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Blue Beanie Day 2008
on Nov 27, 2008 in web development Section 508 web design WCAG web standards accessability Standards make sense.Get your blue toque or beanie on and support Web Standards — it's good for you, your browsers and surfers and it's good for the web... face it, Web Standards just make sense.Huh, what's up with that?Visit A List Apart to ge...
Color Blindness is my Strength
on Jan 11, 2009 in Life Adaptability Color Blind Color Blindness Compliant Disability Motivation Section 508 Strength Some Facts At age 8, I gained interest in coloring using Crayons. At age 13, during our drawing/coloring test, I was scolded by my parents for not being able to identify the color “Black” from “Dark Blue”. In my 8th grade (ag...
John Slatin AccessU 2009
on May 22, 2009 in accessibility Section 508 SEO John Slatin AccessU 2009 writing for the Web plain language Building on the incredible experience of John Slatin AccessU 2008, the 2009 conference keeps on giving. I ran across a comment by a colleague from the UK who was a little puzzled about accessibility in the US. This gave me the opportunity to synthesi...
TX Text Control and Section 508: Accessibility to persons with disabilities
on Jun 16, 2009 in Section 508 Section 508, part of the Rehabilitation Act, was adjusted by the U.S. Congress to require that all Federal agencies make their electronic and information technology accessible to users with disabilities. It was enacted to remove barriers in...
Sandisk Enhances Cruzer Enterprise Secure USB Drives for Government Use
on Aug 18, 2009 in Portable Devices 508 requirements adherence environmental standards federal government government employees information technology military standard new opportunities occupation people with disabilities SanDisk sandisk cruzer section 508 USB drives waterproofing As far as USB drives are concerned, security and care for them since they are perceived to contain valuable information was usually left at the hands of the person handling it. Occupation was never seen to be a problem but it looks like SanDisk will...