Accessibility in the
New World
Gary Barber
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•Make Web Sites Usable by People
•Design Websites
•Passion for Accessibility
•AWIA Committee
Accessibility in the New World

WHAT?
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The power of the Web is in its
universality. Access by everyone
regardless of disability is an
essential aspect.
- Tim Berners-Lee
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Mobile Web
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Low or High Speed
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Connectivity
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Equal Access
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Common
Technology?
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Assistive Technology
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Motor Disability
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Sensory Disabilities
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Cognitive
Disabilities
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WHY?
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Going Fishing?
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2000 - SOCOG vs HREOC
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It’s the Law
US - Section 508, Rehabilitation Act
AU - Discrimination Act
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Moral Choice
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WHO?
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14 Years Young
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Professionalism
Usability
Professionals’
Association
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Qualifications
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Beware
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Yes It’s Confusing
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Standards?
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•Best Practice Standards?
•Real Standards
‣ISO/IEC 15445:2000 - HTML
‣ISO/IEC 16262:2002 - Javascript
‣ISO 8879 - SGML
‣ISO 13407 - Interactive systems
‣ISO 9241 - Ergonomics and visual display
terminals
‣ISO 32000 - Adobe PDF
•Industry is beyond these
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So What is Used?
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So What is Used?
•W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
•ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications
•WCAG 2 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
•Recommended Specifications (state of play)
‣HTML 4
‣xHTML 1
‣CSS 2
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So What is Used?
•Semantic Web
•3 Pillars of the Web
‣Content (the information),
‣Design (the look),
‣Function (the interaction)
•Unobtrusive Programming
•Graceful Degradation
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User Testing not User Acceptance Testing
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Usability Audit
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Methods - User Centred Design
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Disability Testing
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It’s Not All Bad and Good
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In Summary
✓Experience
✓Qualifications
✓Professionalism
✓Build to Best Practice / Standards
✓Holistic Usability and Accessibility
✓Procedures and Methodology
✓Industry Knowledge
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Questions?
Gary Barber
http://radharc.com.au
web@radharc.com.au Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial 2.5 Australia License
Australian Web Industry Association
http://webindustry.asn.au
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