I think it is important for all of our campuses to remember that, whatever
guidelines/standards we might adopt, they should be viewed as a
starting point for assuring accessiblity. In addition to applying
guidelines/standards, a system needs to be in place for making
accommodations when a specific individual with a disability cannot access
content of our web pages.
Sheryl
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Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.
Assistant Director-Information Systems, Computing & Communications
Director, DO-IT; Co-Director, AccessIT; Director, UW ATL
University of Washington, Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-0622 FAX (206) 221-4171
http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, David Poehlman wrote:
> 508 compliant may not get you what you need as far as accessibility is
> concerned. there Is a lot of good material and you may find some info
> that leads to answers at:
> http://www.w3.org/wai.
>
> I mention this because it is possible that many of your students might
> need accessibility that 508 does not provide for.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Clevenger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:26 AM
> Subject: COMPLIANCE WITH WEB ACCESSIBILITY
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Our college's teaching and technology just had a meeting
> today with its major focus and agenda being web site
> accessibility. The major question came up for me to ask
> the experts from this listserv as follows:
>
> Given that each of our Maricopa community colleges have
> hundreds, if not thousands, of web pages (including
> courses on the web. This all comes after several
> years of development and .....recently the staff and
> faculty are now realizing the responsibility to have the
> web sites/pages be ADA/508 compliant.
>
> The question is this: Iin what order of the web
> sites/pages do we need to ensure are accessible. We
> know that we definitely need to have the home page be
> 508 compliant along with its links.
>
> Please comment and advise. Thank you in advance for
> taking the time to submit your replies to the above
> question.
>
> Jack Clevenger, Coordinator
> Disability Resources and Services
> Mesa Community College
> Mesa, Arizona
>
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