Workshop
Title: Web Accessibility
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Presenter:
Andrew Arch, Vision Australia Foundation, Andrew.Arch@visionaustralia.org.au
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Outline: This workshop will start by discussing disability
and disadvantage in Australia, cover the W3C Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines and look at conformance and management issues. We
will then look at addressing special needs including assistive
technology, accessible methodology and common pitfalls, and
finish the day looking at a range of evaluation and repair tools
and their pros and cons. During the workshop we will look at
a range of Web sites, including those of the participants, with
various assistive technologies and evaluation tools. Participants
will gain a good understanding of why accessibility is important
and enough knowledge to start assessing their own Web sites
and implementing the WAI Guidelines. Extensive resources will
be provided and there will be ample time for discussion and
questions.
Biography: Dr Andrew Arch works for Vision Australia
Foundation http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/
as their Web Product Development Manager and consults widely
in the government and private sector on web accessibility. He
is an invited expert on the Education and Outreach Working Group
for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. He has run his own
consulting business and been Web manager for a large Government
Dept. (See also http://members.optushome.com.au/amja/amja.html).
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