Making Internet Accessibility Mainstream
The Boston-IA meeting originally scheduled for June 17 is being postponed until the Fall, propably October 15.
Preety Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Deque Systems (pronounced "dee-que"), makers of the Worldspace and Ramp accessibility evaluation tools, will speak on the topic "Accessibility 2.0: Accessibility for AJAX and Rich Internet Applications".
The Web Accessibility Initiative at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has this to say about the relationship of ARIA and Rich Internet Applications:
"WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies."
The date, location, and other details about the Deque presentation will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
Boston-IA borrowed a great idea from our sister organization, the Usability Professionals Association. On Thursday, April 30, 2009, members and friends of Boston-IA presented an evening of ten-minute talks on a variety of accessibility topics.
The audience loved the format, so we will have to do it again.
We had six great speakers who presented the following topics related to the accessibility and universality of electronic information:
The meeting was held on Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
We'd like to thank our sponsors for this meeting: The Design and Usability Center (DUC) and the Information Design and Corporate Communication (IDCC) department at Bentley University.
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Boston-IA continues to focus on our mission of making Internet Accessibility mainstream.
We define Internet Accessibility as providing universal access, regardless of physical, cognitive, or technological barriers. We define Information Accessibility, in the broadest sense, as ensuring the clarity and organization of content and the information that people need.
Boston-IA board members are actively planning programs for Boston-IA members and visitors for the coming year, many of them joint programs with our partner organizations. Additional details about our 2009 programs will be announced.
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As always, we welcome speakers and topic suggestions for future meetings and workshops:
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