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Web and Mobile Accessibility in Health Information Technology Judy Brewer World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative Interagency Committee on Disability Research September 17, 2015
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Reflecting back, looking forward Thank you for revisiting accessible HIT At 2010 conference – a new conversation At this conference – appreciate the action orientation Looking forward: the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has resources which we hope can help hope to see specific actions come from conference
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Role of Web accessibility in HIT Connect to information through Web and mobile Accessibility & usability linked; both essential is the content on Web sites accessible? is the user interface accessible? do all the browsers support accessibility, and work well with assistive technology? are accessibility features integrated into mobile? are the tools for creating content accessible, and do they support production of accessible content?
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The resources already exist for Web Mature, freely available standards, guidelines, and frequently updated developer implementation resources To make content of Web sites accessible: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Expecting 508 to move in that direction To improve accessible authoring: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG 2.0) To improve accessibility of browsers: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG 2.0)
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Also resources for mobile accessibility Jointly covered by WCAG 2.0 UAAG 2.0 W3C WAI is developing a combined mobile accessibility resource note
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Extensive educational materials Such as: How people with disabilities use the Web Business case for Web accessibility Quick tips for Web accessibility Quick reference for meeting WCAG 2.0 Web accessibility tutorials WCAG Evaluation Methodology Report Tool
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Expanding accessibility solutions Deepening the existing coverage for some areas: Cognitive and learning disability task force Low vision task force task force
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Keeping pace with technology evolution W3C is international, headquartered at MIT Technology evolution there is outpacing some of my favorite science fiction WAI develops future-compatible accessibility standards, guidelines, and educational materials WAI develops user requirements development: media, TV and web, digital publishing, automotive, web of things, more
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How can we help? The HIT community has been slower to take up accessibility solutions than many other fields What are the specific barriers? Accessibility itself is not hard; system-wide implementation can be What specific policies, practices, and resources should the HIT field be taking up? How soon can those get in place?
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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) WAI website lists standards, guidelines, educational resources, how to participate While WCAG 2.0 is stable for now, we are planning for future guidelines use the WCAG 2.0 and ATAG 2.0 standards now but give us input for the future we use an open, transparent, multi-stakeholder process http://www.w3.org/WAI/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Thank you NIDILRR and Department of Education for support, now also HHS ACL and the Access Board
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