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Designing for colorblindness - The Verge
Living with colorblindness feels like you’re constantly being pranked by the world in subtle, irritating ways.The other day, I was booking a flight on Kayak, trying to figure out which dates are...
WhoCanUse
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Creating opportunities that enable play in order to combat social isolation, foster inclusive communities, and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities."
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Testing Sites And Apps With Blind Users: A Cheat Sheet — Smashing Magazine
users of screen readers — special software that converts the source code of a site or app into speech. Usually, these are people with low vision and blindness but not only. They’ll help you dis...
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities. WAVE can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Gu...


2016 spring cis89a 3. text

http://wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/CIS_89A_HTML_and_CSS/CIS89A_-_Text

  1. Adaptive technology - It is important for web developers to understand both the limitations and the powerful tools provided by technology so people with disabilities can use the web. The result may be different but accessibility can be much greater if the web developer understands Adaptive Technology. Here are some websites with good information on Adaptive Technology.
    .. Indiana University - Using technology to provide equal access and an inclusive environment for the IU community
    .. California State University - series of videos of students with disabilities
    WebAIM inforgraphic - good overview of web design to promote accessibility with / without assistive technology

  2. Accessibility - Dyslexia simulation - Try out this constantly changing dyslexia simulation, which you can read more about at Reddit, Website Aims to Simulate What It’s Like to Be Dyslexic. Or try one of the other simulations. Does the simulation give you a better understanding of the problems faced by computer users with these disabilities?
    Then post a describe your experience in 2-3 sentences in the Accessibility Simulations discussion. Review the simulations and comments of 2 other students.

2015 fall cis2 5. work

  1. DeAnza provides support to individuals with disabilities through a broad range to resources to help them through education and training. People with disabilities are able to participate more fully in work and careers through the use of Adaptive Technology. Here are some websites with good information on Adaptive Technology.
    .. Abledata - http://www.abledata.com/
    .. Indiana University also has a site with a lot of information on AT - http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadapts/sitemap.html
    There is a great site from Fresno State that explains (with quicktime videos!) a number of strategies to design "access-friendly" websites. http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/resources/

    WebAIM has created several simulations in Shockwave that demonstrate web content accessibility problems for people who have vision disabilities. http://www.webaim.org/simulations
    Try one of the simulations. Does it work on your computer? Does the simulation give you a better understanding of the problems faced by computer users with vision disabilities?

    Read about accessibility, how to make web sites more accessible, and try the disability simulations. Comment on these experiences. Post a 2-3 sentence response to Disabilities and Accessibility discussion.