Sunday, January 31, 2010

Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects

Universal Design means addressing and thinking about the needs of the widest possible audience when creating a website. We all know the internet has been connecting people around the world and has the potential to make information accessible to everyone. But the reality is some websites are not accessible to people with disabilities. This article is about how make a website that is accessible to everyone.

I found this article very interesting because I am sure I will encounter many different students with varying disabilities in the future, thus I feel it is important to learn how to provide appropriate techniques for various situations. The article includes disabilities a teacher may encounter, however the answers for working with these disabilities/circumstances seem complicated and look as though they require a lot of additional training. This led me to wonder if schools have trained specialists who know what to do for students with various disabilities.

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