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[[User:Sweerdenburg| Steven Weerdenburg]] [mailto:sweerdenburg@learn.senecac.on.ca?subject=bth740_research Email] <br>
 
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With web technologies evolving to allow more creative and striking web displays on computers, how are developers addressing accessibility of less capable devices such as cell phones and PDAs?
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With the internet becoming increasingly technologically diverse and pervasive to our daily lives, just how inclusive is it becoming for those with disabilities?
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* J. Sydik. Design Accessible Web Sites: Thirty-six Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms. Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic Bookshelf 2007
 
* J. Sydik. Design Accessible Web Sites: Thirty-six Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms. Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic Bookshelf 2007
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* O. Ball and D. Sweeney. “Is Your Web Site Violating Human Rights?” Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibility Conference 2008 Conference Proceedings (23 December 2008), 167-173. Southern Cross University. ISBN 978-0-9804980-5-9 <http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1526&context=sass_pubs#page=168>
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* D.Kreps. “How the Web Continues to Fail People with Disabilities” (2008), 1-12. Leeds. <http://www.kreps.org/papers/alt-c2008.pdf>
  
 
= Research Notes =
 
= Research Notes =

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WCAG on the Modern Web

Steven Weerdenburg Email

Thesis Statement

Thesis

With the internet becoming increasingly technologically diverse and pervasive to our daily lives, just how inclusive is it becoming for those with disabilities?

Keywords

Accessibility, Evaluation, Education, Section 508, people with disabilities, guidelines, methodologies, metadata, contextual design, automated usability evaluation, design guidelines, empirical studies, usability, web site design, ATAG, UAAG, W3C, WAI, WCAG, World Wide Web, Internet, ageing, disability, impairment, older people, usability, device-tailored evaluations, mobile web, web device, disability rights

Bibliography

  • S. K. Kane, J. A. Shulman, T. J. Shockley, and R. E. Ladner. “A web accessibility report card for top international university web sites.” Proceedings of the 2007 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A) 225 (2007), 148-156. ACM. 17 October 2010, <http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1243441.1243472>
  • D. Sloan, A. Heath, F. Hamilton, B. Kelly, H. Petrie, and L. Phipps. “Contextual Web Accessibility – Maximizing the benefit of Accessibility Guidelines.” Proceedings of the 2006 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A) 134 (2006), 121–131. ACM. 17 October 2010, <http://portal.acm.org /citation.cfm?doid=1133219.1133242>
  • M. Vigo, A. Aizpruna, M. Arrue, J. Abascal. “Evaluating web accessibility for specific mobile devices.” Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A) 317 (2008), 65–72. ACM. <http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1368044.1368059>
  • L. G. Reid and A. Snow-Weaver. “WCAG 2.0: a web accessibility standard for the evolving web.” Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A) 317 (2008), 109-115. ACM. Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, ON. <http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1368044.1368069>
  • J. Clarkson, P. Langdon and P. Robinson. Designing Accessible Technology, 199-208. London: Springer (2006).
  • S. Horton. Access by Design : a Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers. Berkeley, CA: New Riders (2006).
  • J. Sydik. Design Accessible Web Sites: Thirty-six Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms. Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic Bookshelf 2007

Research Notes