Ensuring Digital Accessibility through Process and Policy

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright
5. Critical Acclaim for Ensuring Digital Accessibility through Process and Policy
6. About the Authors
7. Preface
8. Chapter 1. Introduction to accessible technology
   1. Introduction
   2. Defining Accessible Technology
   3. Various Types of Disabilities
   4. Various Types of Technologies
   5. Accessible Technology vs. Augmentative Communication and Prosthetics
   6. Various Types of Policies
   7. How Policies and Laws Can Lead to Improved Access to Digital Information
   8. Summary
   9. A Note About the Usage of Terms
   10. References
9. Chapter 2. The history of access technology
   1. Introduction
   2. Early History of Assistive Technologies (through the 1960s)
   3. The 1970s-Present
   4. Current Events and Trends
   5. How Accessible Technology has Crossed Over into the Mainstream
   6. Understanding Why/How People with Disabilities Adopt Technology
   7. How the Changes in Technology Over Time Must Influence Changes in Solutions
   8. Summary
   9. References
10. Chapter 3. The discriminatory impact of digital inaccessibility
    1. Introduction
    2. Separate But Equal in the Context of Disability
    3. Summary
    4. References
11. Chapter 4. Technical standards for accessibility
    1. Accessibility Standards
    2. The World Wide Web Consortium and the Web Accessibility Initiative
    3. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
    4. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
    5. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
    6. Accessible Rich Internet Application
    7. EPUB
    8. Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies
    9. Summary
    10. References
12. Chapter 5. U.S. laws and lawsuits
    1. Introduction
    2. Federal Statutes that have an Impact on the Accessibility of Technology
    3. State Laws Applicable to Accessible Technology
    4. Summary
    5. References
13. Chapter 6. International disability law
    1. Introduction
    2. Disability Law in the United Nations: A Brief History
    3. The European Union
    4. Statutory and Case Law on Digital Accessibility
    5. Summary
    6. References
14. Chapter 7. Regulations
    1. Introduction
    2. How Regulations Are Influenced by International Technical Standards
    3. The Role of Performance Standards
    4. Existing Regulations Related to Digital Accessibility
    5. Summary
    6. References
15. Chapter 8. Evaluation methods and measurement
    1. Introduction
    2. Metrics for Accessibility?
    3. Core Methods for Evaluation
    4. User Testing
    5. Expert Inspection (Also Known as Expert Reviews)
    6. Automated Review
    7. What to Do with All of the Evaluation Data
    8. Summary
    9. References
16. Chapter 9. Compliance monitoring policies and procurement
    1. Introduction
    2. Compliance Monitoring is Often Missing from Regulations
    3. Different Types of Technology and How Compliance Monitoring Differs
    4. Spending Money as the Trigger
    5. Updating Content as the Trigger
    6. Updated Versioning as the Trigger for Evaluation
    7. Annual Reports
    8. Putting an IT Accessibility Plan in Place
    9. Summary
    10. References
17. Chapter 10. Case studies of success
    1. Introduction
    2. Best Practices in Libraries
    3. Best Practices in Education
    4. Best Practices in Government
    5. Best Practices in Corporations
    6. Summary
    7. References
18. Chapter 11. Culture change
    1. Introduction
    2. The Cultural Meaning of Disability
    3. The Predominant Disability Narrative of “Disability as Tragedy”
    4. The Segregating Effect of the “Tragedy Narrative” of Disability
    5. The Counter-Narrative: A Disability is a Trait to be Dealt with in Leading a Normal Life
    6. Effecting Culture Change—How to Make the Counter-narrative, Equal Opportunity, A Reality in the Context of Technology
    7. Barriers Ahead
    8. Summary
    9. References
19. Index