Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Web accessibility: guidelines for busy administrators

Web accessibility: guidelines for busy administrators Purpose – The purpose of this article is to guide administrators in making their organizations web sites accessible to people with disabilities. Design/methodology/approach – It summarizes legal issues, access challenges for people with disabilities, accessibility guidelines and standards, accessibility tests, and steps that can be taken by administrators to assure that web sites are accessible. Findings – The author concludes with steps that administrators can take to assure the accessibility of web sites. Originality/value – It is made clear that administrators do not need a broad range of technical skills regarding web site design in order to direct staff to make organizational web sites accessible and provide them with the tools and guidance they need. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Handbook of Business Strategy Emerald Publishing

Web accessibility: guidelines for busy administrators

Sheryl Burgstahler
Handbook of Business Strategy , Volume 7 (1): 6 – Jan 1, 2006
Download PDF
6 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/web-accessibility-guidelines-for-busy-administrators-9K5mlignyr
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1077-5730
DOI
10.1108/10775730610618990
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to guide administrators in making their organizations web sites accessible to people with disabilities. Design/methodology/approach – It summarizes legal issues, access challenges for people with disabilities, accessibility guidelines and standards, accessibility tests, and steps that can be taken by administrators to assure that web sites are accessible. Findings – The author concludes with steps that administrators can take to assure the accessibility of web sites. Originality/value – It is made clear that administrators do not need a broad range of technical skills regarding web site design in order to direct staff to make organizational web sites accessible and provide them with the tools and guidance they need.

Journal

Handbook of Business Strategy – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: Design; Wordwide web; Disabilities

References

  • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
  • DO‐IT
  • Overview of state accessibility laws, policies, standards and other resources available on‐line
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Web page design: a study of three genres
    Jackson, A.
  • Site accessibility: a study of ADA compliance
    Jackson‐Sandborn, E.; Odess‐Harnish, K.
  • WARP: Web Accessibility Reporting Project Ireland 2002 baseline study
    McMullin, B.
  • Electronic and information technology accessibility standards
    Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration