August 2008

Get Started with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0

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By Henny Swan, Senior Web Accessibility Consultant, RNIB

For those who are working on AJAX applications WCAG 2.0 is supported by the WAI Accessible Rich Internet Applications suite (also known as WAI ARIA) which includes a new specification to support the development of accessible AJAX. Combined, WCAG and WAI ARIA, should provide the grounding for an accessible, rich Internet experience for all users.

If you have already been working with WCAG 1.0 you will be on your way to meet WCAG and now is a great time to start. If you have not yet worked with WCAG 1.0, 2.0 is a great place to start as it provides a wealth of explanation, support, examples, tools and resources to build truly exciting and accessible web sites and applications. WCAG is also a much more robust set of guidelines to support web sites in the Web 2.0 world.

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  • As per World Health Organization (WHO), there are 600 million people with disabilities in the world. Almost 10 per cent of the world's population is disabled.
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