OK, let’s be honest: that “vs” (for “versus”) shouldn’t even be in this post’s title. It’s not like Universal Design and Inclusive Design are at war with each other.| OZeWAI
CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It is a system that almost always relies on a user’s vision to determine whether the user of a web site is a human or a bot. Unfortunately, due to its inherently visual nature, when CAPTCHAs were initially developed they were […]| OZeWAI
Written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman. This post was prompted by some discussion at TPGi about the use of em dash punctuation, on two fronts: Is the use of the em dash making our posts look like they were generated by A.I.? How do screen readers convey em dashes? If, at this point, your reaction […]| OZeWAI
Mental health disabilities (sometimes called “psychosocial disabilities”) are often overlooked when people think about accessibility. In fact, WCAG2 does not reference the needs of people with mental health disabilities at all. According to Healthdirect Australia, the main groups of mental health disabilities are:| ozewai.org
People with cognitive, language and learning disabilities comprise the largest group of those with disabilities accessing the web—approximately 15 to 20% of the population. It is important to remember that people with cognitive disabilities often have a problem in only one area of cognition and can be of average or higher-than-average intelligence. People with cognitive disabilities are just as likely as those without disabilities to be in technical careers and/or careers requiring high int...| ozewai.org