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Section 508 update by Doug Wakefield of Access Board
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prof Norm Coombs)
Wed Oct 30 10:07:17 2002
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:49:38 -0800
From: Prof Norm Coombs <nrcgsh@RIT.EDU>
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EASI Webcast: Update on Implimentation of Section 508 by Doug Wakefield of
the Access Board:
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
Transcription available for the Deaf
In the year plus since section 508 web accessibility standards went into
effect, colleges, universities, schools, libraries as well as government
agencies have been improving the accessibility of their web sites. Some
have instead been looking for legal advice to help them avoid having to
make changes. In both cases, this has been a hot topic of discussion over
the past year. As a member of the Access Board, Doug Wakefield helped to
draft the original standards and has been closely involved in helping
organizations work to meet these standards.
Doug acknowleges the gigantic job to impact all of the covered web sites.
He finds many organizations working to comply.
Note EASI has 2 courses on accessible web design and one on accessible
e-learning:
Nov. 4 Barrier-free e-learning http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm
Nov. 4 Accessible Internet Multimedia http://easi.cc/workshops/mmedia.htm
Norman Coombs Ph.D.
CEO EASI
http://www.rit.edu/~easi
