Worldwide, there are more than 750 million people with disabilities. As we move towards a highly connected world, it is critical that the Web be usable by anyone, regardless of individual capabilities and disabilities.

• Tim Berners-Lee  (Director of the W3C and inventor of the World Wide Web) on the launch of W3C Web Accessibility Initiative

Resources:

• Readings
• Online Courses on Web Accesibility
• Browser Tools to Analyse Accesibility
• Guidelines

Introduction to Web Accessibility

• Online Course by the Web Accessibility Initiative

→ credits go to researchers, including researchers with disabilities

→ crip theory as a field of web innovation

→ awareness, active decision

1. Accessibility is about people

Using the computer with physical disabilites

2. People and Digital Technologies

Summary