On March 10, 2009 a hearing will be held at the Texas State Capital to vote on the future of a proposed Voter Photo Identification bill, SB 362.  The purpose of this bill would be to require more exhaustive procedures in identifying voters.  If this bill passes into law, simply providing a voter registration card [...]

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In our lives, the U.S. economy plays a vital role!  Right now, things are tough for almost everyone when it comes to money and finances.  The percentage of people who are currently without jobs is rising virtually every day.  Up until June of last year, the Current Population Survey taken each month to identify employment [...]

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One of my blog readers has given me a fantastic suggestion and something to add to my tool box when on the internet.  It is called WebVisum.  It works with Mozilla Firefox, but not internet explorer.  It has several different options, from hot keys to show all mouse-over elements on a [...]

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Ok, the title is misleading, these are women not girls, but I had to think of something catchy.  I recently found out about fastcompany.com.  This site is a place for you to go and read and write comments about various aspects of owning, running and working as part of a business.  It provides networking opportunities, [...]

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At midnight tonight, I know of at least one of my local stations that is going all digital and will no longer broadcast an analog signal.  Congress delayed the deadline until June of this year, but some stations are prepared and are going to embrace this new way of broadcasting sooner rather than later.  You [...]

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I am hoping to attend my fourth conference this May in Austin. I’m new to this blog. I have competed in AIR Houston several times and am now on the AIR Houston board. I am the webmaster of the Houston Department of Health and Human Services.  Part of my interest in accessibility is that both [...]

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I am very excited to add a new chapter in my social media adventures!  An independent group is working on an accessible version of Twitter!  Many features are still in the working stages, but this is so exciting indeed!  I tried out the site so far and find it much less difficult to read my friend’s [...]

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For the past couple of weeks, I have been on facebook, fairly active and experimenting.  I started out with just a couple of friends, but through the power of this social media, in the past few days, I now have almost 50 friends.  I have figured out how to link my facebook with my twitter, [...]

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For the past two months, WebAIM has been conducting a Screen Reader survey to get a feel for how users deal with various types of web content.  There were 1121 participants, 95% of them being blind and/or low vision, and the remaining consisted of testers and/or web designers who use screen readers for evaluation purposes. [...]

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Knowbility posted this to the web site home page as 2008 turned in 2009.  We archive it here:
There were major setbacks in the struggle to ensure equitable access for all and there were some great triumphs. This is our list of ten influential events and we would love to hear your perspective.

The Web Content [...]

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