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		<title>WebAIM screenreader survey&#8230;the results are in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hat-tip to ATF member Jared Smith:
WebAIM recently conducted a survey of preferences of screen reader users. With over 1100 responses,  the results of this survey provide much useful information about screen reader user demographics and preferences. Some of the results were quite surprising. This comprehensive survey of screen reader user preferences provides much needed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2009/01/31/webaim-screenreader-survey-results/</link>
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		<title>WCAG 2.0 is a W3C Recommendation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 9.5 years of work, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 have reached W3C Recommendation status. On behalf of the WaSP Accessibility Task Force, I&#8217;d like to welcome WCAG 2 officially into the pantheon of Web standards.
I think this tweet by caledoniaman sums up the level of anticipation:
WCAG 2.0 and a new Guns &#8216;n&#8217; Roses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2008/12/11/wcag-20-is-a-w3c-rec/</link>
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		<title>BSI British Standards invites comments on new draft standard on accessible web content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
BSI British Standards is inviting all interested parties, and in particular marketing professionals and disabled web users, to review and comment on the draft of a new standard on accessible web content.  DPC BS 8878 Web accessibility – Building accessible experiences for disabled people – Code of Practice is applicable to all public and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2008/12/01/bsi-british-standards-invites-comments-on-new-draft-standard-on-accessible-web-content/</link>
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		<title>Call-to-action: Save the UT Accessibility Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Texas is closing its Accessibility Institute today. Non-profit Knowbility has started a petition to save it.
Though you may not have heard of the Accessibility Institute, you have been influenced by its work. Its late founder, Dr. John Slatin, was the former co-chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG2), and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2008/08/29/save-the-accessibility-institute/</link>
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		<title>What the Target settlement should mean to you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a question many of us in accessibility have been waiting for years to be answered.
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to the web?
Sadly, accessibility&#8217;s ultimate cliffhanger once again reaches an awkward denouement, leaving us deflated, and looking at yet another boring sequel. The National Federation of the Blind v. Target lawsuit, which promised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2008/08/28/what-the-target-settlement-should-mean-to-you/</link>
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		<title>British Standard for accessibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The British Standards Institution (BSI) has  invited two members of the WaSP, Bruce Lawson and Patrick Lauke, to join the drafting committee for the first British Standard for Web Accessiblity.
Two years ago, the  BSI was  sponsored by the Disability Rights Commission to write a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) called PAS 78: Guide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2008/07/11/british-standard-for-accessibility/</link>
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		<title>UK government accessibility consultation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK government has issued a consultation document on Delivering Inclusive Websites.
It&#8217;s not finalised, as the consultation doesn&#8217;t end until November 13 (my birthday, by the way &#8230;) but in its current state it&#8217;s not a bad document; it rehashes PAS 78, recognises that the only way to find out if a website is accessible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2007/11/04/uk-government-accessibility-consultation/</link>
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		<title>A review of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, May 2007 Working Draft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In last month&#8217;s Interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0, we read that:
WCAG 2.0 went through several Public Working Drafts in recent years, and a Last Call Working Draft in 2006. Each Working Draft was sent out for public review — altogether to hundreds of individuals, organizations, and lists around the world where people had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2007/06/11/review-wcag2-may2007-working-draft/</link>
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		<title>London: Shawn Lawton Henry on WCAG 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Organised by the RNIB, Shawn Lawton Henry will be talking about WCAG 2.0 at Westminster University, New Cavendish campus on Tuesday 5th June 7pm.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/28/london-shawn-lawton-henry-on-wcag-20/</link>
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		<title>Screen Reader User on U.S. National Public Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard a piece on NPR this morning featuring an atypical screen reader user: atypical because he is not blind.
His vision-impairment is caused by a lack of muscle control due to cerebral palsy, effectively making him vision-, mobility-, and dexterity-impaired. The mention of the screen reader is a minor note in the story but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/24/screen-reader-user-on-us-national-public-radio/</link>
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