Great, short article in USA Today by deaf journalist Lisa S. Goldstein regarding the continual struggle of folks with disabilities--look for her statement on being left out regarding the Internet.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-07-26-goldstein26_ST_N.htm?csp=obinsite
Accessibility is such an important issue. How much of the cool stuff we have learned about is accessible? Are we using Universal Design?
Some info and resources:
http://www.isoc.org/briefings/002/
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/technology.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
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