Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines By Lucy Wang

Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines Introduction –Population of disabilities –Market of disabilities What is web accessibility –Definition –Issue

Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines Web content accessibility guideline in practice –How people with visually impaired access web sites Legal ramifications of web accessibility –Section 508 is the Federal law governing all federal, state and local government web sites.

Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines History of web content accessibility guidelines -The first Web Content Accessibility Initiative meeting in May Who are the author of WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 –What does WCAG focus on? –Total of 14 guidelines –65 Check points –Separate in to 3 priority level

Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines List of 14 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 List of the purposes of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Web Content Accessibility for the People with Disabilities, Standards and Guidelines The status of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines –Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Draft was published Using “Bobby” web accessibility test program to check some web sites –the School of Information Science at University of Pittsburgh web site did not passed the test.