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While I was teaching... Nose to the Page (1)
I recently had a remarkable teaching experience. I was teaching on typographic accommodations that support visual readers with low vision. I had explained how there are more than 20 common ways to get low vision and these can attack about 15 systems in the eye and brain. …
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Are you a veteran of Knowbility's AIR force?
Accessibility in web education This spring has been tremendously busy and just as exciting. Developers and IT program managers are thinking about accessibility more urgently and are seeking ways to integrate accessibility skills into the education of developers of …
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Random Notes
Random Notes by Ron Hicks, March, 25 2011 Fair is Fair: For those of you who haven’t kept up…After 20 years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has made a prudent and cautious gesture toward realizing the “ADA´s promise to provide an equal opportunity for …
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Jim Thatcher receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th Annual CSUN Conference
Nearly 200 people gathered to recognize Jim Thatcher 's unparalleled contributions to technology access on May 17th at the CSUN Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego. The occasion was an award from Jim's peers to honor a life dedicated to ensuring technology …
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From SXSW to CSUN!
Made the jump from SXSW to CSUN and learned these lessons on Wednesday: Glenda really is a good witch, She and Deque's Wes Dillon worked a bit of magic on our behalf - thanks! Lisa Herrod has great ideas about engaging web teams in accessibility by re-categorizing WCAG 2.0 …