Accessibility Videos

On this week's show: Paul and Marcus are joined by Matt Curry who shares some advanced Google Analytics techniques. We have a review of Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton and Paul goes on endlessly about the Website Owners Manual.

Dennis and Ross review web sites which should be great in web accessibility, but fail badly. The hosts provide a lot of constructive criticism, including many fixes that can be done in a minimal amount of time. Issues are also good to discuss as a reminder for our own work. Download Web Axe Episode 76 (Web Accessibility Disasters) Chatter Web Design Sketchbook give-away Dennis presented on Accessible Twitter at the Accessing Higher Ground conference TEDxDetroit - technology, education and design Excited about WordPress 2.9! Articles W3C WAI: Web Design and Applications Accessibility: the what, why links not underlined. Headings not marked up appropriately. Menu missing ul List not a list (see Compliance page). Inline / intrusive JavaScript. Job Accommodation Network (JAN) A service provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). JAN's mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, and family members with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects. The Good Textual navigation; no Javascript based navigation. Has proper ALT text on pictures and JAN and ODEP logos. The Bad No heading tags; some marked up with bold tag. There is a summary on layout table (double whammy). No skip nav or skip to link provided. Inline javascript. Example: body onload="P7_ExpMenu()" Non-breaking spacing used for layout. The Rose Project Mission is to provide maternal and child healthcare to the economically poor people of Malawi, with particular reference to HIV treatment and care. One of nine listed for Most Accessible Website in the Irish Web Awards? The Good XHTML; semantic, clean mark-up Using headings Language is defined (xml:lang="en") SWFobject.js for unobtrusive flash embedding The Bad When JavaScript is unavailable, Flash replacement image has broken links and placeholder text. Skip links - Skip link doesn't work? 'Find out about ways to give' button. logo missing alt text for tag line. H1 headings should be H2 (such as Featured Project). Some links that should be underlined, are not. Use of small tags not recommended. Links lack the default focus effect and outline removed! DO NOT do this: :focus { outline-color:-moz-use-text-color; outline-style:none; outline-width:0; }

We wrap up YUI Theater coverage of YUICONF 2009 with a talk from Todd Kloots (@toddkloots) on the accessibility features of YUI 3: Building Accessible Widgets with YUI 3. Todd covers YUI s support for keyboard handling, focus styling and management, ARIA roles and states, and much more. (Don t miss Todd s other YUICONF talk, YUI 3 Sugar, which is a great primer on other hidden gems in the library.) If the video embed below doesn t show up correctly in your RSS reader of choice, be sure to click through to watch the high-resolution version of the video on YUI Theater; the downloadable version is much smaller, optimized as it is for iPods, iPhones, and other handheld devices. Download video (m4v) Download slides The Full Roster of YUICONF 2009 Videos on YUI Theater: Douglas Crockford: The State and Future of JavaScript Yahoo! JavaScript Architect Douglas Crockford discusses the recent ECMA5 development process and efforts to improve the language in the future. Brendan Eich: ECMA Harmony and the Future of JavaScript Brendan Eich, the creator of the world s most popular programming language, talks about the struggle over the ES4 proposal and how it resulted in a specific set of proposals for ES5. Luke Smith: Events Evolved YUI engineer Luke Smith provides a deep introduction to the YUI 3 event system including its support for DOM events, event delegation, synthetic events, and custom events. Todd Kloots: YUI 3 Sugar YUI engineer Todd Kloots presents an indispensable introduction to YUI 3 s powerful suite of tools. Isaac Schlueter: Solving Problems with YUI 3 YUI engineer Isaac Schlueter works through a real-world use case of building YUI 3 s forthcoming AutoComplete widget. Dav Glass: Contributing to YUI YUI engineer Dav Glass introduces you to the YUI Gallery and steps through the process of making contributions to the YUI project. Allen Rabinovich: YUI 3 Infographics YUI engineer Allen Rabinovich discusses the YUI 3 Charts implementation, currently under development. Reid Burke: Building YAP Applications with YUI YUI engineer Reid Burke discusses the Yahoo! Application Platform and how you can use it, along with YUI, to reach Yahoo! s vast audience. Matt Sweeney: YUI 3 Performance YUI architect Matt Sweeney reviews principles of high-performance web development and looks at how best to implement those principles in YUI 3-based projects. Satyen Desai: A Widget Walkthrough YUI engineer Satyen Desai provides a detailed tour of the YUI 3 widget subsystem. Todd Kloots: Building Accessible Widgets with YUI 3 YUI engineer Todd Kloots demonstrates the accessibility toolkit built into YUI 3. Chad Auld: Introducing PHP Loader Chad Auld of Yahoo! introduces the YUI PHP Loader, a flexible tool for loading modular JavaScript and CSS projects. Eric Ferraiuolo: Web App Development with YUI 3 Eric Ferraiuolo of Oddnut Software talks about the nuances of deploying real-world web applications using YUI 3. Ron Adams: Automated Integration Testing with YUI Test, Selenium and Hudson Yahoo! engineer Ron Adams discusses the creation of automated QA workflows that combine YUI Test, Selenium and Hudson to automate JavaScript unit tests. Stephen Woods: Creating Beautiful Documentation with YUI Doc Yahoo! frontend engineer Stephen Woods provides a guided tour to YUI s documentation engine, YUI Doc. YUI Doc is language-agnostic and can be used to document a variety of project styles. Matt Snider: Introducing the YUI 2.8.0 Storage Utility Matt Snider, the lead frontend engineer for Mint.com (recently acquired by Intuit), contributed the YUI Storage Utility in the 2.8.0 release. In this session, he provides an overview of the Storage Utility s features and the nuances of the various storage backends. Luke Smith: Debugging in YUI 3 YUI engineer Luke Smith discusses the fine art of debugging web applications, looking at general tools and techniques and providing a few specific hints about debugging in YUI 3. Subscribing to YUI Theater: YUI Theater RSS feed YUI Theater on iTunes

In this episode, Bob Vernon explains the new design available through Van Products for wheelchair accessible vans.

Bob Vernon explains the Van Products advantage -- giving people with disabilities more options of doing something we all need to do -- get around town.

On this week's show: We have interviews with two great upcoming web designers (Jamie Rumblelow and James Proud) as well as a new segment called Elevator Pitch.

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Step by step explanation of how to get from the hammock to the wheelchair with one bad foot. Author: youtube

Mobility stores can tell you more when you are window shopping, but here's what I know about this wheelchair so far. Author: youtube

From a wheelchair, trying to make room to get around, getting distracted and showing off my E-Z Reacher from the dollar store. Author: youtube

Of course, that's probably because it's temporary, but it reminds me of being a child in a wagon or a wheelbarrow! Author: youtube

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Idling: A Transit Story is an online documentary produced by Jeff Preston, chronicling the lack of accessible transportation in London, Ontario and across the province. Follow Jeff on his mission to bring about change the disabled population desperately needs by driving his wheelchair over 650km from his home in London, Ontario to the nation's capital in Ottawa. Chapter 1, Part 3 considers the problems and possibilities with accessible taxi cabs, ending with a plea for increased services across the country. Featuring music by Dale Murray (http://www.myspace.com/dalemurray)

On the last show, Paige and Kathy discussed what accessiblity means, not just to technology users with disabilities, but to ALL users. This week, they share some accessibility tools for the designer AND the user!accessibility | auditory | cognitive | disabilities | eissinger | king | mobility | technology | tools | visual | websites

People with disabilities ranging from visual and auditory impairments to mobility and cognitive challenges are finding that it's becoming easier to get an education from the comfort of their homes. Well, it's easy if the website they're using is designed for accessibility. Join Kathy and Paige as they discuss the importance of providing accessible websites for education and lifelong learning and share some tips for creating them.accessibility | auditory | challenges | cognitive | disabilities | education | impairments | learning | mobility | training | visual | websites

Ron is a C5-6 quad with a spinal cord injury. He talks frankly about his injury, people's reactions, wheelchair accessibility, adapted driving, questions from kids,and more. http://www.easystand.com