Those of us with less- than- perfect sight are a growing population. It's no exaggeration. Failing eyesight, given time to age, you too will join our generation. Together we are destined to all become members of the ELDER NATION.
Were we to meet, upon the street today. Would you block our way? If we knock upon your door, would you send us all away? We too would like to communicate and participate. Person- to- person, around the world, and all across the nation.
In this day and age, everyone is a SAGE. In their mind, and on their own HOME PAGE. Everyone has their role- to- play. Everyone has something- to- say. Everyone is artistic and anyone is a critic.
Among the Disabled is a very special population of the Computer Enabled. Who are experiencing a new, and very different, relationship between Man- And- Machine. These are the computer Enhanced, the computer Assisted, the computer Adapted, and the computer Dependent.
These "ACCESS CONFLICTS" are the result of two advancing technologies. Computers and Adaptive Application Technology changes annually; and runs behind Web Site Language Technology which sometimes advances monthly. To see this clearly add the Advancement- Of- Technologies, to the Market Forces of industry, then the "Physical Factors" of Disability, and the "Human Factors" of the Disabled. Clearly another approach, by you and me, is needed.
Computing with a disability is already tough enough. You can make the change, a little bit each day. You can make it happen and really lead- the- way. All we are asking, is only fair play ... and END THE BLIND- MAN'S- BLUFF.
Should you find this interesting, we suggest the following for reading:
Computers and Internet:
Information and Documentation:
Data Formats: HTML
See: Yahoo Search Results.
Arts Wire - On-Line Access
Instructions for Users with Disabilities:
NCAM - National Center for Accessible Media.
New York Foundation for the Arts.
http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/access.html
Speech Friendly Web Sites Award - Ribbon Sites.
http://www.wwwebit.com/magical-mist/home.htm
Accessible Web Site Guidelines - Index:
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web/index.html
Accessible Web Page Design.
http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/web-desi.htm
DO-IT HTML - Guidelines:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~doit/Other/design.html
Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines:
http://trace.wisc.edu/text/guidelns/htmlgide/htmlgide.htm
Gilbert Healton's Home Page Resource Listings.
Author, Instructer, Programmer, User Of HTML
http://www.exit109.com/~ghealton/
Healton's "No Fluff Description Of Good HTML".
http://www.exit109.com/~ghealton/./nofhtml.html
Accessibility And VRML.
http://www.hprc.utoronto.ca:80/AdTech/rd/vrml/
Java Accessibility Program.
http://trace.wisc.edu:80/world/java/java.htm
SuperAdaptoid 97