[Sigia-l] FW: FC: Judge rules Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't cover web

[Noreen Whysel]

I should have clarified.  The usability.gov site has links to resources on 
accessibility.  It was interesting to me, since it comes from a fed govt 
website.

Noreen




>From: "Smith, Denise (Hewitt)" <denise.smith at idea.com>
>To: sigia-l at asis.org
>Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] FW: FC: Judge rules Americans with Disabilities Act 
>doesn't cover web
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:43:48 -0600
>
>Sorry for being pendantic but:
>
>usability != accessibility
>
>It causes a lot of confusion when those terms get interchanges...
>
>Best,
>
>Denise
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: noreen whysel [mailto:nwhysel at hotmail.com]
>
>As far as I know the only Federal regulations on usability apply to 
>websites
>
>of the federal government.  The text of the regulations are located at:
>
>http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm
>
>There is also a lot of interesting government usability info produced by 
>the
>
>National Cancer Insititute, of all places, at:
>
>http://usability.gov
>
>Noreen Whysel
>
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