Accessibility is a fundamental problem for disabled Internet users. While advances in cyberspace are evoking wonders for the general population, people with impaired mobility continue to be deprived of their right to gain access to this wealth of knowledge and information. Following the guidelines from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and related laws and knowledge of how assistive technologies work, we discuss and share some of the solutions that will ultimately provide equal Access to all.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Section 508, signed into law by President Clinton on August 7, 1998, is actually an amendment to the the Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 508 requires that electronic and information technology that is developed or purchased by the Federal Government is accessible by people with disabilities.
Our goal at Northern Arizona University and the E-Learning Center is to develop online course materials that comply with accessibility laws and make our course content as widely accessible and usable to a variety of disabled populations.
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