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Latest Content
- Accessibility in a Web2.0 World added Monday 29 Sep 2008
- Running Persona Workshops added Monday 15 Sep 2008
- The Web, what's in a colour? added Monday 18 Aug 2008
- Regelingenbank Stadskanaal gains GAWDS Web Accessibility Award, Second Quarter 2008 added Friday 15 Aug 2008
- Little Blue Plane gains GAWDS Web Accessibility Award, First Quarter 2008 added Monday 14 Apr 2008
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- QnECMS - the accessible CMS updated: Wednesday 20 Aug 2008
- Regelingenbank Stadskanaal wins GAWDS Web Accessibility Award, second quarter of 2008: Friday 15 Aug 2008
- Singularity Web Conference 2008: Monday 4 Aug 2008
- Joint Accessibility event with Texthelp Systems Ltd and Jim Byrne: Thursday 10 Jul 2008
- Opera launches Web standards learning resource: Tuesday 8 Jul 2008
- GAWDS Award, Second Quarter 2008: Friday 20 Jun 2008
- AbilityNet Summer Courses: Wednesday 11 Jun 2008
- 2 Web Accessibility Consultants Required - AbilityNet: Tuesday 22 Apr 2008
- Last Chance to Register for Accessibility 2.0 Event: Friday 18 Apr 2008
- Little Blue Plane gains first ever GAWDS Web Accessibility Award: Monday 14 Apr 2008
- GAWDS Award, First Quarter 2008: Thursday 20 Mar 2008
- The Highland Fling 2008 - The browser and beyond: Wednesday 19 Mar 2008
- Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom: Thursday 28 Feb 2008
Guild of Accessible Web Designers
The Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS) is a worldwide association of professional organisations, web designers and developers working together to promote the use and preservation of accessible design standards.
"Promoting a vision of the future that assumes accessible web design to be, relevant, obtainable, and not at odds with successful business practice or good visual and usable design."
Join now if you are an accessible web designer or developer, or a supporter of accessible web design.
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Thursday 25 Sep 2008
GAWDS Award, Third Quarter 2008
We are now taking votes for the GAWDS Award for third quarter of 2008.
The poll will be open until the end of the month (23:59 GMT on October 6th). Get voting now!
The award replaces the old Site of the Month feature. A review of the winning site will be written up and published for people to comment on.
If you are a GAWDS member with good technical auditing and writing skills and would be interested in writing a quarterly review, then please let us know.
You can find out more about the Award and Regelingenbank Stadskanaal, winner of the last GAWDS Award, in last quarter's review.
Jon
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Thursday 18 Sep 2008
Understanding Disabilities when Designing a Website
I recently published an article on the Digital Web Magazine which explains some simple techniques which if incorporated into the design of a website will enhance its accessibility and usability for people who have a vision, hearing, physical, cognitive or learning disability.
The article can be found at the: Digital Web Magazine
If anyone has any comments or questions, please email me: leona@agooit.co.uk.
Monday 1 Sep 2008
Help save the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas in Austin
I'm sure most people with an interest in web accessibility have at some point stumbled across the work of the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas in Austin, which was founded by the late Dr. John Slatin.
The University of Texas has decided to close the Accessibility Institute, which was a guiding light in our field, giving important opportunity for research and providing useful resources to the world.
If you would like help save the Accessibility Institute, please show your support by putting your name on the petition that Knowbility have set up, which is at the following web page:
Petition to save the Accessibility Institute.
Thanks!
