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5 Technologies to Promote Community Integration and Participation Through Social Connectedness
Pages 35-40

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... WEB ACCESSIBILITY Judy Brewer Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium; Massachusetts Institute of Technology The World Wide Web provides people with access to the world. It offers news, information, online learning, civic participation, health care, social networking, entertainment, and more.
From page 36...
... Thus, compatibility and interoperability with assistive technology are critical elements of universal design for the Web. Web Accessibility Initiative The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
From page 37...
... The Open Web Platform ties together the current generation of Web technologies, including mobile devices, tablets, traditional desktops, and kiosks. The Web Accessibility Initiative has been working to build accessibility into the platform so that it will conform with the goals of universal design.
From page 38...
... Cloud-Based Accessibility Technology The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure initiative,2 supported by NIDRR and led by Gregg Vanderheiden, has been working to improve the user experience for computer users with disabilities by allowing those individuals to store their needs and preferences online and then autopersonalizing online content and services on the basis of those stored settings. For example, someone could store a need for larger font sizes.
From page 39...
... For example, someone who sometimes gets disoriented in the community could know that they could always call for help. A major initiative called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is developing ways to make online transactions safer, faster, and more private, which could have important implications for people with disabilities.3 Further opportunities for cloud computing include developing improved technology for creating accessible content and services, supporting the sharing of experience among technology consumers, and using big-data techniques on data from cloud-based services to improve services.
From page 40...
... Otherwise, services for people with disabilities will continue to be expensive and limited and will constantly lag behind those available to the public at large. Support for work such as the Web Accessibility Initiative of the W3C, and the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure initiative, he said, is crucial.


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