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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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- Understanding Disabilities when Designing a Website: Thursday 18 Sep 2008
- Help save the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas in Austin: Monday 1 Sep 2008
- 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
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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Monday 22 Dec 2008
GAWDS Award, Fourth Quarter 2008
Update: Voting in now closed for this Award.
We are now taking votes for the GAWDS Award for fourth quarter of 2008.
Due to the holiday season, this poll will remain open until midnight GMT on January 5th. 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.
Happy holidays to you all!
Jon
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Thursday 11 Dec 2008
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 released
http://www.w3.org/ -- 11 December 2008 -- Today W3C announces a new standard that will help Web designers and developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with disabilities and older users. Drawing on extensive experience and community feedback, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 improve upon W3C's groundbreaking initial standard for accessible Web content. This new standard from the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) will advance accessibility across the full range of Web content (such as text, images, audio, and video) and Web applications. WCAG 2.0 can be more precisely tested, yet it allows Web developers more flexibility and potential for innovation. Together with supporting technical and educational materials, WCAG 2.0 is easier to understand and use
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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! Voting has closed and the winning site will be announced soon!
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
