Ensuring Digital Accessibility Through Process and Policy.

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Critical Acclaim for Ensuring Digital Accessibility through Process and Policy -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction to accessible technology -- Introduction -- Defining Accessible Technology -- Various Types of Disabilities -- Various Types of Technologies -- Accessible Technology vs. Augmentative Communication and Prosthetics -- Various Types of Policies -- How Policies and Laws Can Lead to Improved Access to Digital Information -- Summary -- A Note About the Usage of Terms -- References -- Chapter 2. The history of access technology -- Introduction -- Early History of Assistive Technologies (through the 1960s) -- The 1970s-Present -- Current Events and Trends -- How Accessible Technology has Crossed Over into the Mainstream -- Understanding Why/How People with Disabilities Adopt Technology -- How the Changes in Technology Over Time Must Influence Changes in Solutions -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3. The discriminatory impact of digital inaccessibility -- Introduction -- Separate But Equal in the Context of Disability -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4. Technical standards for accessibility -- Accessibility Standards -- The World Wide Web Consortium and the Web Accessibility Initiative -- The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines -- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines -- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines -- Accessible Rich Internet Application -- EPUB -- Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5. U.S. laws and lawsuits -- Introduction -- Federal Statutes that have an Impact on the Accessibility of Technology -- State Laws Applicable to Accessible Technology -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6. International disability law -- Introduction.

Disability Law in the United Nations: A Brief History -- The European Union -- Statutory and Case Law on Digital Accessibility -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7. Regulations -- Introduction -- How Regulations Are Influenced by International Technical Standards -- The Role of Performance Standards -- Existing Regulations Related to Digital Accessibility -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8. Evaluation methods and measurement -- Introduction -- Metrics for Accessibility? -- Core Methods for Evaluation -- User Testing -- Expert Inspection (Also Known as Expert Reviews) -- Automated Review -- What to Do with All of the Evaluation Data -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9. Compliance monitoring policies and procurement -- Introduction -- Compliance Monitoring is Often Missing from Regulations -- Different Types of Technology and How Compliance Monitoring Differs -- Spending Money as the Trigger -- Updating Content as the Trigger -- Updated Versioning as the Trigger for Evaluation -- Annual Reports -- Putting an IT Accessibility Plan in Place -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 10. Case studies of success -- Introduction -- Best Practices in Libraries -- Best Practices in Education -- Best Practices in Government -- Best Practices in Corporations -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11. Culture change -- Introduction -- The Cultural Meaning of Disability -- The Predominant Disability Narrative of "Disability as Tragedy" -- The Segregating Effect of the "Tragedy Narrative" of Disability -- The Counter-Narrative: A Disability is a Trait to be Dealt with in Leading a Normal Life -- Effecting Culture Change-How to Make the Counter-narrative, Equal Opportunity, A Reality in the Context of Technology -- Barriers Ahead -- Summary -- References -- Index.

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