Nearly 20 years ago Huntington Potter kicked up a storm of controversy with the idea that Down syndrome and Alzheimer's were the same disease. Now the evidence is in: He was right.
there were more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among children aged 17 years and younger in the United States in 2003. Of these cases, finger and thumb amputations accounted for the majority of the injuries (64 percent).
Workers exposed to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease
How long it will be before web designers fully commit themselves to designing their websites for use by those who are disabled? In a report carried out by the Center for Human Computer Interaction Design, at City University, London, for the Disability Rights Commission of the UK. It found that over 81% of websites fail to satisfy the basic Web Accessibility Initiative category. Only a mere 19% of websites complied with even the lowest priority checkpoints for accessibility.
The aim of this draft is to provide best practice guidance on providing text alternatives for authors of HTML documents. Conformance requirements will be based on: WCAG 2.0, Guideline 1.1. Text Alternatives and WAI CG Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5. Status: This document is for review by the HTML and Protocols and Formats working groups and is subject to change without notice. This document has no formal standing within W3C. The basis of the current content is from sections 4.8.2.1.1 to 4.8.2.1.11 of the HTML5 specification and the text produced for Action 54 in the HTML issue tracker.
The aim of this draft is to provide best practice guidance on providing text alternatives for authors of HTML documents. Conformance requirements will be based on: WCAG 2.0, Guideline 1.1. Text Alternatives and WAI CG Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5. Status: This document is for review by the HTML and Protocols and Formats working groups and is subject to change without notice. This document has no formal standing within W3C. The basis of the current content is from sections 4.8.2.1.1 to 4.8.2.1.11 of the HTML5 specification and the text produced for Action 54 in the HTML issue tracker.
