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Global Accessibility Awareness Day

UPDATE: The GAAD website is now live. Just want to help spread the word about this effort. Here is what it is all about (from their Facebook page): About Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a community-driven effort whose goal is … Continue reading

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Testing students with low vision

Increasingly in American schools, district assessment leaders are utilizing Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) as the methodology to assess student learning as required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). In CAT, the test is administered by computer … Continue reading

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New Captioning Video Resources

Just wanted to call your attention to a new resource we have been developing on the Maine CITE website. Called “Captioning Video,” this resource contains information about the need for and the way to caption videos on your websites or … Continue reading

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Quick tips about text readability

The following brief set of tips was recently published in the WebAIM Newsletter. I thought they were very useful and hopefully posting them here will help them find a wider audience. See more information about text/typographical layout issues and accessibility … Continue reading

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Update on Access Board Public Hearing

From Access Board news – January 12, 2012 The U.S. Access Board recently held a public hearing on a revised draft of updated requirements for information and communication technology (ICT) covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section … Continue reading

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