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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: assistive technology, Internet, 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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