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There were 5 blog postings during December (2006):
Internet psychologist and accessibility
Recently I was listening to internet psychologist Graham Jones
giving a talk on blogging. He believes that blogging is an
essential part of any organisation as it helps raise awareness and
then creates business.
I am trying to emulate him and blog...
Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 8th December '06
UN International Day of Disabled persons
Sunday 3rd of December was the United Nations International Day
of Disabled Persons and the theme this year is E-Accessibility. As
my contribution to the discussion I would like to quote from a
sermon my friend Alex Cowan gave at a special Crystal...
Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 5th December '06
Websites - Fixed size text and other matters
IT-A and
IT-D fixed size
text
The articles I write get published in various places but
especially on IT-Analysis and IT-Director. Yesterday some of my
readers pointed out to me that the sites were not accessible
because the text on them was...
Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 6th December '06
Petition Number 10 on accessibility
An e-petition has gone live on the '10 Downing Street,' the
British Prime Minister's website, aiming to persuade Tony Blair to
ensure government complies with basic web accessibility
requirements from when they are launched.
One of 892 e-petitions...
Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 11th December '06
UN Convention on Disabilities adopted
The Plenary of the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13 December 2006. The treaty is now open for signature and ratification. If 20 countries sign and ratify, the treaty will enter into force.
I...
Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research | 20th December '06