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Disability.gov: Conncecting the Disability Community to Information and Opportunities has a plethora of resources for making technology accessible. I have highlighted two that I found of particular insight. The first is Accessible Media Guidlines -- they are a set of guidelines look at ways to achieve the goal of helping students learn by using adaptive and accessible technology which is so important to all educators, but especially to those of us that teach special education. The other site, IRS Talking Tax Forms, is designed for people that are visually impaired that are supposed to be easy to use -- uses Microsoft Active Accessibility compliant screen readers and Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software. It is great that the government is at least trying to make this part of filling out your IRS Tax Form a little easier -- I guess so they can more easily get your money from you.

I am glad that you found this. It is a pretty comprehensive list of what is out there. I am glad that there are a set of guidelines out there to be followed. I think we sometimes take for granted the use of all of our facilities and senses, we are aware that we have them, but don't take into consideration the obstacles we would face had we not.

This is good to know about. I think especially teachers should know about the resources out there to help out every person who might have some sort of disability. Great resource, glad you found this!

I found this article browsing thru the links in Dante's post and highlighted specific example sections on specific disabilities accommodations

This site highlights barriers faced by the aging disabled and the new technology to help software developers make it easier for them to use Web 2.0.

Short article, but contains some good links to other information as well as good info in the post.

I liked the link that described specifics on how people with different disabilities use the web. A great point was made about accessibility features making websites usable to all, but possible for the disabled.

Wow, I was not aware how we sill are so ignorant about the need of accessibility in the age of technology for people with disabilities. In this blog it points out the how the programming technique that is used to create dynamic and interactive web applications such as Java, continually change or update text which makes it difficult for screen readers to interpret websites for visually impaired Internet users. Hello?

Like the author said, it's pretty neat for the apple developers to incorporate accessibility features such as AssistiveTouch to the iPhone, knowing that disabled people are not the large part of the market! I highlighted a few sections.

This article demonstrates technology that is already used, cochlear implants,and new technologies, a driverless car. Very interesting!

I have used the Dynovox and Cochlear impacts in my classroom before and as they are wonderful their prices aren't so wonderful. It's truly shameful that these things would open the doors for so many individuals with disabilities and yet they can't afford them.

I am so amazed and encouraged to learn about the DynaVox system. I had an uncle that had a stroke at the age of forty and he spent fifteen years in a nursing home unable to communicate with the outside world. We think that it got to be so depressing for him that he eventually just gave up on life and stopped eating. Just think if he had been able to participate in spoken communication using only his eyes. He would have loved being able to enter words and phrases through the use of the eye tracking systems with the on-screen keyboard which could translate the text to speech. It is comforting to now know that this technology exists for other loved ones that might be afflicted with a similar situation.

Lots of information about accessibility for the disabled including the current options and other barriers.

Reference and Technical Services Librarian Research into 'Web 2.0 accessibility' for people with disabilities has recently gained momentum in library and information science studies. This is due to the unique problems disabled individuals face because they must rely on digitized formats.

This bookmark says shared by Ashley. Based on the comment dates, I can see it was shared first by Dante on Nov. 19.

I chose this article becuase it really takes a good look into whether the internet is really providing options for disabled people. It looks into the barriers and benefits.

Article in the LA Times from an interview with Stevie Wonder and his thanks to Steve Jobs for the things he has created, which helped the world be more accessible to him and others.

Very moving article Kelly!

I chose to post this article because I think it does a nice job of breaking down this issue. First, the author describes some common web 2.0 tools, then she describes the barriers that people with disabilities might face in using those tools, and then she desribes a few ways that we can make web 2.0 tools accessible.

"then she describes the barriers that people with disabilities might face in using those tools" - That would come in handy in doing resarch for the wiki article!

This article describes how Tech dis looks at how well people with disabilities can access web services. This team has built an accessibility tool kit to test accessibility to Web 2.0 services. They have also developed a pen drive application to assist with accessibility of Web 2.0 services

This is a slide show that talks about the assessability issues that disabled people are facing with all the new graphic web technology. I learned about some neat websites that offer a lot of assistance for disabled users. This is worth looking at!

I chose this article becuase it really takes a good look into whether the internet is really providing options for disabled people. It looks into the barriers and benefits.

This article focus on accessibility awareness as a growing requirement in Web 2.0 and the principles in the Web 2.0 design.

This site was provided by IBM. It has a lot of technical jargon that is somewhat difficult to read through, but I used the highlight tool on mine to help me go through and find the important information. Basically, it notes that there are 4 main areas in which it is difficult to make Web 2.0 tech. accessible to people with disabilities: *Document structure *Dynamic content updates *Enhanced keyboard accessibility *Widget accessibility. It goes on to break down each area and explain how the problem can be addressed and fixed to ensure accessibility for all users.

This says shared by Amanda, but based on join date, the bookmark was first posted by Lilian.

This is an excellent resource that discusses things to keep in mind when designing a website and making it accessible to all, regardless of visual, hearing, motor and cognitive disabilities.

We must have taken the same class :) I remember that as well.

I highlighted some of the areas that stood out the most to me. I liked where it actually broke down the various components of making a site truly accessible. I have noticed that educational sites for students, like BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. are more accessible as they have text pop up that show up when you scroll over images and a CC option on all videos.

Excellent resources for teachers and families of students needing accessible instruction, such as students with print disabilities. I especially like the section on the right "highlights from the field", a gold mine of pertinent links!

I just posted an article found on that page that I liked and highlighted sections of it. Then I came back here and wanted to just highlight the link to it, and AHHHHH! ended up highlighting almost the entire page. I think I goofed because that page was full of links! It was much easier to highlight text within an article. I can't figure out how to remove the highlighter now, if anyone knows,please help.

Never mind, I was suddenly able to see the delete option :)

This website is a Web client for Twitter users that takes into account several features that make Twitter more accessible for users with disabilities. To name a few, it includes features such as: - "All links are keyboard accessible (and visual styling on focus as well as hover states). - Headings and page titles are implemented for optimal accessibility. This includes an H3 heading (for author screen name) added to tweets to assist with screen reader users. - Large default text size and high color contrast. - Text resizes many levels without breaking. Access keys (keyboard shortcuts) to main menu items."