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Joe Clark at Carson Workshops

Firstly, I’d like to say a big ‘well done’ to Ryan and Gill Carson for organising the workshop. Everything went swimmingly! I did have a little too much coffee though and remained skittishly

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Joe Clark in London

Carson Workshops have a few good things coming up… The first I heard about was Malarkey’s CSS for Designers course with Molly Holzschlag on the 17th Nov, here in London. Then I got an email this

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Testing Javascript in Screenreaders

A few weeks back I emailed Bob Easton of Access Matters to suggest that he post a quiz about javascript support in screenreaders. Bob got back to me quick-as-a-flash to say that James Brothercake had

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Accessible Flash - a Touch of Magic

I had a slightly drunken conversation with a really really good Flash chap a few months back,who told me that Flash could be made extremely accessible…

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Web Access and Inclusion for Disabled People

I’ve just spotted the DRC’s The Web Access and Inclusion for Disabled People article, which makes for some pretty interesting reading. I’ve only had time to scan it but a couple of things jumped out

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Working with screen readers

This is an absolutely brilliant article: Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites: Observing Users who Work with Screen Readers. It provides some fantastic insights into how people actually use

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Accesskeys are Dead, Long Live Access Points

The Future of Accesskeys from Derek Featherstone of WATS.ca makes for some interesting reading…

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DiveIntoMark Accessibility Statement

On the day the DDA ammends come into full effect here in the UK it seems fitting to post an accessibility link…

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Visionary Design Awards 2003

The National Institute for the Blind has announced the shortlist for it’s annual award for accessiblity. It’s well worth looking through the entries to see how people are applying accessibility in the

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