In June 2001, the US Government began requiring information technology to be accessible
for purchase to people with disabilities. The legislation introducing this requirement, Section …

Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, establishes standards for
electronic and information technology accessibility for Federal agencies. These standards …

Accessibility features in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) help facilitate access to
electronic information for people with disabilities. This workshop explores how to create …

With the US government's new requirement for accessibility, companies such as IBM, are
revising their method of selling products and solutions to ensure compliance. The delivery …

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1998 requires that all electronic information used by
federal agencies be accessible to people with vision, hearing, and mobility impairments …

Digital publishing technologies offer publishers and other content providers a new
dimension in shaping their publications. Well-constructed digital content can be configured …

An increasingly important topic in the field of information technology is accessibility, which
means that information systems can be effectively used by people with disabilities. US …

The Internet is a growing source of information for persons worldwide, but for many people
with disabilities the Internet can be a confusing jumble of images, frames, scripts, and colors …

" Universal design" is the process of creating products that are usable by people with the
widest possible range of abilities, operating within the widest possible range of situations; …

Ideally, content created by technical communicators would be accessible to anyone
regardless of disability or impairment. However, most content (eg, documents, webpages …