[atlarge-discuss] FYI: Disability and Special Needs resources

[espresso@e-scape.net]

>From E-Access Bulletin http://www.e-accessibility.com

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+05: CYNTHIA SAYS.

An new international group which aims to help addressing the
internet needs of people with special needs has launched a new
free service to evaluate web page accessibility.

The Internet Society Disability and Special Needs chapter
(http://www.isocdisab.org) is the first ever non-geographical
chapter of the society, a free membership organisation
comprised of 11,000 individual and institutional members from
182 countries.

Together with technology company HiSoftware and the
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
(http://www.icdri.org), the chapter has helped develop Cynthia
Says (http://www.cynthiasays.com), an online web accessibility
test similar to the well-known software Bobby
(http://bobby.watchfire.com).

The chapter is currently inviting people to contribute to
forthcoming projects which include the creation of a member
newsletter and the identification of issues it ought to address.

Membership of ISOC and the chapter are free. For ISOC membership
see: http://www.isoc.org/members And to join the disability and
special needs chapter email Michael Burks on: mburks952@att.net

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+08: MEETING STANDARDS: The public and private sectors have
successfully developed reasonable accessibility standards, but
they have yet to show that they can stick to them, according to
a new report by the universal access charity HumanITy:
http://fastlink.headstar.com/humanity1

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