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Making the world more accessible with web design

Candid

When architects and construction professionals start designing a building, one of the first things they have to consider is accessibility. Good building accessibility means creating spaces that can be used by anyone. Accessibility by itself refers to the “ability to access.” What is web accessibility?

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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ADA Compliance and Your Website

Byte Technology

No matter how long your website has been up and running, it’s never too late to be sure you are reaching everyone and maintaining a well accessible website. Because of this, video transcripts, alternative image text, and meta-tagging are even more necessary and should be implemented. ADA Compliance Improves Your SEO.

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Dear Moby, What does Email Accessibility look like?    

Whole Whale

“I want to be more accessible in my email strategy. What are the accessibility fundamentals in the email marketing world? Are there any tools I can use to help my content be more accessible?” Here are some ways to make your email marketing strategy more accessible: 8 Elements of Accessible Email Marketing 1.

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Nonprofit Guide to US Digital Privacy Laws: CCPA, SHIELD

Whole Whale

This article is for the overworked techie in charge of all of the digital things who just panicked that it is 2020 and there are new privacy laws. There are also multiple bills moving through legislature in no less than 25 other states and the federal government ( COPRA ) that could become law in 2020.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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In the United States, only approximately four states have a law prohibiting marriage under the age of 18. Someone under the age of 18 who is in a battered or abusive situation is still a minor in the eyes of the law, even when they are married,” Allison explained. My immediate reaction is access to money,” Allison replied.