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This page in particular provides scenarios and accessibility solutions for users of web 2.0 who are disabled. It includes information about color blindness, deafness, classroom student with dyslexia, cognitive disabilities, etc.

Hi Brooke, The section about the classroom student with dyslexia really caught my attention. I saw that text to speech software is used with an option for freezing animated objects. Text to speech software is not only great for individuals with dyslexia or ADD, but it can also be modified for blind or nearly blind students and younger age kids, like kinders or pre-k!

Wikis, Blogs, this, that!!!! Web 2.0 causes so many barriers to different groups of people depending on the tool used. This article is great because it discusses the issue of access barriers and which groups are affected by certain 2.0 tools.

This blog post features explanations about Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 and the static vs. dynamic abilities of both. An explanation is included as to what changes to the web are occurring with Web 2.0 applications and how that impacts disabled users. Towards the end, the author shares where the future for web 2.0 accessibility is going. He shares his predictions about what the new WCAG 2 guidelines will bring to web users and web creators. I chose this article because it simplified some of the tech terminology as well as gave insight about what the options are for the future of the web and differently-abled users.

In this article there are several common Web 2.0 applications discussed. There are also examples of common accessibility problems with web 2.0 pages. This best part of this web page is the list of ways that web designers and companies that have disabled employees can check for accessibility and make their pages accessible if they are not.

I follow this site on Twitter and noticed that they had this post. It has resources to make the web accessible to those with learning differences, including voicethread.

This article explores the role of virtual learning environments in education. I have some gifted students at my school who find a lot of barriers or restrictions in traditional classrooms, and this could be a way for them to capitalize on their giftedness.

This is really interesting. You all should read it. It talks about what colors to use on a web page or text to optimize concentration by those with dyslexia and how they're very different preferences than those without dyslexia.

This paper describes some barriers ESL students face with web text and how it hinders their access to material. Very interesting!