Accessible Web Sites 101

Requested amount from Knight News Challenge: 
$5,000
Total cost of project including all sources of funding: 
$50,000
Expected amount of time to complete project: 
2 years

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires accommodations to be made for persons with disabilities. The Act applies to internet sites operated by businesses as well as non-profit and government agencies [Section 508]. The purpose of this project is to assure that low income blind and visually impaired residents in Wisconsin have access to community services from non-profit organizations, government agencies and other important community services that are currently available to others on the internet. Our objectives are: to develop a set of written guidelines for adapting websites for the visually impaired and disseminating these; to provide training for webmasters on how to make the most effective changes to their current websites, and to raise awareness among other businesses and service sector agencies about the need for accomodations. Betsy Gruber, Director of Technology at Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired is the instructor. The class is taught over the internet using Talking Communities software that is provided to each student on the internet.

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