Abrahams Accessibility blog contains short pieces of news and
thoughts on accessibility and usability.
Accessibility covers making all of ICT easier to use by people
with disabilities and challenges and how to make peoples lives
easier by the use of ICT.
Deeper examination of product and supplier matters appear in Peter Abrahams publications and articles for Bloor Research, a good
introduction can be found in
A Report on Usability and Accessibility in ICT.
I recently wrote a blog: Standards must be accessible, in which I complained that a standards document on accessible documents was not itself accessible. Adobe had promised to create an accessible version which they have duly done. I have been...
CEN, the European Committee for standardization, recently produced a report CWA 15778:2008 Document Processing for Accessibility. This report provides guidelines on integrating accessibility approaches and workflows within the document management...
I have just received this press releas on Europenan e-Inclusion Awards 2008. I think this is an Award that as many organisations as possible should enter as an excellent way to raise the profile of e-Inclusion.
I will report on the results...
I have just been reading a blog 'Big organisation optimisation for small projects' from Bankervision. It raises some interesting questions about how accessibility needs to be integrated into small projects. You can read the whole blog but I will...
Microsoft has taken accessibility seriously for many years, working closely with Assistive Technology vendors, defining Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) and, more recently, UI Automation, sitting on relevant standards organisations and being...
An Open Conference on the results from Phase 1 of Standards Mandate 376: Public Procurement of accessible ICT in Europe took place 3-4 June 2008 in Brussels. It brought together many of the great and the good in the accessibility world including...
e-Access is a yearly conference in London reviewing accessibility and technology. I could not attend last year so I found it particularly interesting to compare the change in emphasis over two years. See my blog Accessibility to direct the...
This blog will be updated each time I become aware of a new conference. If you are running a conference please click on the contact the author button and I will update the blog.
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CSS Naked Day 08 is intended to be a fun way to show the wider public the importance and power of CSS. The idea is that some website owners and designers have committed to disable their CSS for the day, so in fact showing the naked body of the...
The Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) is the leading employers' organisation in the UK focused on disability as it affects employers and service providers. It recently announced the formation of the Business Taskforce on Accessible Technology...
Simon Holloway Practice Leader - Process Management & RFID Bloor Research
Philip Howard Research Director - Data Management Bloor Research
