Discussion Group

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Discussion Group

• Design and Accessibility

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Wheres the Gap?

• Lack of Education
• Lack of Resources and/or Definitive Guidelines
• Lack of a Big Enough Stick

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Bridging the Gap
Lack of Education raise awareness using

• Newsletter articles
• Mailing lists
• Informal training (drop in and learn)
• Formal training
• External resources (RNIB video/CD-ROM)

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Bridging the Gap
Lack of Resources and definitive guidelines

• External resources (RNIB video/CD-ROM)
• Internal guidelines (webpages)
• Internal resources (Accessibility Toolkit)
• Checklists
• Have a site-wide Accessibility Policy
• Have all authors sign an an acceptable use policy
  and write accessibility into this

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Bridging the Gap
Lack of a Big Enough Stick

• Have all authors sign an an acceptable use policy
  and write accessibility into this
• Nagging
• Positive naming-and-shaming (top ten most
  accessible departmental sites)
• Warning of financial implications - being sued -
  and who would get the blame (those at the top!)
• Point out negative publicity this would generate
  vs. how easy it is to change