"Reaction [beta]"
Accessibility 101 30 Aug 2006
InformationWeek reports that "IBM has announced a program to give computer science majors the technical skills to develop or adapt computer programs for people with special needs." The first part of the puzzle is a web-based lecture that teaches techniques for making electronic documents (and the web in general) more accessible.
IW's article also does a great job of stating the business case for accessiblity...
"Between 750 million and 1 billion people have a speech, vision, mobility, hearing or cognitive disability, according to the World Health Organization. One-quarter of the U.S. population turn 55 by 2008, and about two-thirds will have a disability after turning 65, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The census and the American Association of People With Disabilities estimate that people with disabilities have a collective income of $1 trillion and control up to $10 trillion in financial assets."
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