Posts filed under: Internet

June 6
Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder
Website accommodation rules on the horizon
Almost every company has a website these days. We buy, sell, promote, show videos, convey information, and do just about everything electronically that's historically been done only in brick and mortar stores, offices and plants. It's easy to presume that many of the laws and requirements that businesses work with daily in the physical world can be overlooked in the virtual business world, but that's not always the case, according to the Department of Justice.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, employment, public policy, technology

May 26
Society for Human Resource Management
Making Recruiting Sites Accessible for All
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is sending employers an important message: “Talent has no boundaries; workforce diversity includes workers with disabilities.” As employers begin to hire once again, therefore, they had better make sure that applicants with disabilities can find and compete for jobs just like everyone else.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, employment, public policy

May 21
On the Media
The Digital Divide of Disability
Knowbility is an organization that advocates for technology that allows blind, deaf and otherwise disabled people to use the net. Knowbility’s Sharron Rush and Desiree Sturdevant talk about the challenges they face in raising awareness and changing the laws surrounding online usability.
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Filed Under: Internet, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, assistive technology, public policy, technology

April 6
The Delaware (Ohio) Gazette
Friends with disabilities collaborate on county Web site
For Brad Whitmoyer, using computers isn’t just a pastime, it’s a way of life.
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Filed Under: Internet, assistive technology, developmental disability, employment, profile, technology

March 25
The New York Times
Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill
A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular Friday night online chats are her lifeline.
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Filed Under: Internet, assistive technology, technology

March 24
The New York Times
Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill
A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular Friday night online chats are her lifeline.
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Filed Under: Internet, technology

March 18
San Jose Mercury News
Cassidy: Yahoo lab looks to put disabilities top of mind
If there is one thing I can do it's type like a fiend
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Internet, assistive technology, technology

Jan. 1
San Francisco Chronicle
Web more accessible to those with disabilities
During her high school years, Lisamaria Martinez, who has been visually impaired since she was 5, carried a 25-pound backpack to school crammed with books written in Braille.
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Filed Under: Internet, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, assistive technology, public policy, technology, visually impaired

Dec. 15, 2009
Associated Press
Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to buy concert tickets or enroll in a class.
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Filed Under: Internet, assistive technology, technology

Nov. 15, 2009
FierceGovernmentIT
Are government websites fully accessible to the disabled?
There's a federal law--the Rehabilitation Act--requiring that federal agencies' electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities. It's a law that every agency must take seriously, but many are falling short of the requirements to make web access fully available for 54 million Americans with disabilities. Read more here
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Filed Under: Internet, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, technology

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