WAI develops strategies, standards, supporting resources to make tech accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility: Essential for some, useful for all.

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Joined April 2009
Share your perspectives on being able to choose font, text size, background color, & more. Deadline: 24 Sept bit.ly/tc4r1 -#a11y
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#CfP Easy-to-Read on the Web exploring needs of people w/ cognitive disabilities or low language bit.ly/RDe2r1 Due 12 October #a11y
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Web #Accessibility Metrics Research Report on measuring level of accessibility – draft for review. bit.ly/RDmetrics3 - #a11y
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#CfP: Text Customization for #Readability – exploring low vision, #dyslexia, & more. See bit.ly/tc4r1 Papers due 24 Sept. #a11y
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WCAG2ICT draft helps clarify how to use WCAG 2.0 to make non-web ICT, docs & software, more accessible bit.ly/wcag2ict1 #a11y #ict
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Understanding WCAG 2.0 updates in progress. Draft for review available. See bit.ly/wcag2ub #a11y #wcag
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Role Attribute allows authors to add semantic information to documents, a requirement of WAI-#ARIA. See lists.w3.org/Archives/Public… #a11y
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#W3C WAI Update and Q&A on Web #Accessibility – all welcome - Linz, Austria - Wednesday 11 July. details: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public… #a11y #ux
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Registration open for #Mobile #Accessibility - Online Symposium on 25 June. Space limited. Info at bit.ly/RDmobileR #a11y #ux
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Indie UI will make web applications work better with different devices, inc. assistive technologies. See http://bitly/IndieUI #a11y #w3c
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Reminder: ATAG 2.0 Last Call working draft comment deadline is Tuesday 5 June, which is in 2 week. bit.ly/ATAGlc #a11y
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Shawn talks about "Embracing #Accessibility – Go for the Carrots" 17 July in Halifax at PSEWEB: pseweb.ca/ #a11y #webdesign #w3c
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Meetup with Michael Cooper on 24 May in Ottawa, Canada – registration & details at w3.org/2012/05/meetup-Ottawa #a11y #w3c
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Reminder: Submissions due Monday 7 May for Mobile Accessibility Online Symposium: bit.ly/rdmobile1 - #a11y #mobile #accessibility #ux
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@w3c_wai Reminder: Share #Mobile #Accessibility info! Call for Papers for #W3C online R&D Symposium: bit.ly/rdmobile1 - due 7 May #a11y
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If you develop web authoring tools (CMS, LMS, web editors, etc), see ATAG 2.0, now Last Call working draft bit.ly/ATAGlc #a11y
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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) retweeted
The W3C has a new Community Group, WAI-Engage, which I am pleased to be chairing. bit.ly/IddqCz #webdesign #webdev #ux
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Share your #Mobile #Accessibility info! Call for Papers for online R&D Symposium: bit.ly/rdmobile1 - deadline 7 May #a11y
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