Comments on: Accessing Accessibility Tools http://www.webgrrls.com/blog/2008/02/13/accessing-accessibility-tools/ Insight, Information and Inspiration on women's careers, business, technology and the Industry. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: ChiChi http://www.webgrrls.com/blog/2008/02/13/accessing-accessibility-tools/#comment-216 ChiChi Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:19:31 +0000 http://www.webgrrls.com/blog/2008/02/13/accessing-accessibility-tools/#comment-216 It's also helpful to consider your web project's accessibility in relation to other types of disabilities and special needs. Most people generally focus on visually impaired users, but neglect the needs of users with motor, seizure/neurological, cognitive, and auditory disabilities; not to mention the aging and elderly, and language issues (limited language, low-language proficiency, and limited vocabulary). One no-cost test is to try navigating a web project using a keyboard instead of a mouse. That alone is an eye opener. It’s also helpful to consider your web project’s accessibility in relation to other types of disabilities and special needs.

Most people generally focus on visually impaired users, but neglect the needs of users with motor, seizure/neurological, cognitive, and auditory disabilities; not to mention the aging and elderly, and language issues (limited language, low-language proficiency, and limited vocabulary).

One no-cost test is to try navigating a web project using a keyboard instead of a mouse. That alone is an eye opener.

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