Accessibility

An official British Accessibility Standard

Nik — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:05:18 -0400

News from the Web Standards Project – it seems that the old PAS78 standard that was so popular is being made into an official British Standard for Accessibility

If this sticks, which it looks like it will, the web development community could finally find itself at a point where we can work to a set of proper rules, which frankly will be a welcome addition to the industry.

This sounds like progress – how very un-British!

Get an accessible website and reap the benefits

Nik — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:55:23 -0500

In this recent article from CMSWire, web accessibility is highlighted with an emphasis on business, as they summarise a white paper by Squiz.

Squiz suggest: “businesses of all sizes neglect standard web accessibility standards, and thus lose out on all kinds of business opportunities. [Full article]

Leonard Cheshire Disability & Aardman bring new angle to accessibility issues

Nik — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:51:28 -0500

BBC News today announced that Aardman Animation (home of animation stars Wallace & Gromit) are releasing a new series of adverts hoping to change the way people view disability.

The Creature Discomforts adverts are based on the popular Creature Comforts series. The characters, who include a dog in a wheelchair, will appear from next week.

[They] feature in four animations, with each of the short films ending with the message: “Change the way you see disability.”