Philip M. Ferguson, Emily Nusbaum, “Disability Studies: What Is It?”, Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (2012) Vol. 37, No. 2, 70-80.
Group Activity: Defining Accessibility for oneself. What is your personal definition?
10:15 – 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 – 11:30 am
Kessler Foundation and National Organization on Disability, “The ADA 20 Years Later: An Executive Summary,” July 2010. Available here
Demonstrating how blind and deaf users use digital resources.
Demonstration of accessibility tools.
Session 2a: Led by Dr. George Williams
11:30 – 12:30ish pm
George H. Williams, “Disability, Universal Design, and the Digital Humanities,” Debates in Digital Humanities. University of Minnesota Press. Available here
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Session 3: Led by Dr. George Williams
2:00 – 3:00 pm
“How People with Disabilities Use the Web,” Web Accessibility Initiative. Available here
“Considering the User Perspective: A Summary of Design Issues,” Web Accessibility InitiativeWebAIM
The WAVE Firefox toolbar provides a mechanism for running WAVE accessibility reports directly within Firefox.
(See also “Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: Overview.”)
Evaluation and discussion of a number of online resources, including the following:
