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Part 1 of a series of web talks about accessibility as part of the Mozilla Drumbeat P2PU project.
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Curb-cuts on the Web.Why Accessibility Benefits Everybody.
Martin Kliehm. Senior Frontend Engineer. Namics.
6 October 2010. P2PU. Web Accessibility.
Photo: http://flic.kr/p/55Sh6D
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/me
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Skills Web standards and browser technologies Accessibility, usability, device independence Internationalisation (i18n) and localisation (L10N) Technical concept and consulting Talks at international conferences about web topics
Committees Invited Expert in the W3C HTML Working Group Invited Expert in the W3C Accessibility Task Force Stakeholder of the authorised German translation of
the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
Member in the International Liaison Group of the Web Standards Project
Co-author of the German translation of the WaSP InterAct Curriculum
Member of the Webkrauts
Martin Kliehm.Senior Frontend Engineer.
Development, Accessibility,Mobile Access, i18n
Work ExperienceSince 1996, accessibility since 1999, at Namicssince 2008
Contacthttp://klie.hm/profilehttp://twitter.com/kliehm
P2PU. Web Accessibility.
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Web Accessibility
1. Setting Motivation
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Accessibility
“Accessible are […] systems of information technology […], if they are accessible and usable for people with disabilities in a common way, without exceptional burden and principally without outside help.”
German Equal Rights for Disabled Persons Act
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Change of paradigms: disability used to be seen as a medical condition.
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http://flic.kr/p/2Vcqt5
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Disability asindividual problem
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http://flic.kr/p/ws4tD
Human dignity?
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http://failblog.org/2008/09/05/ramp-fail/
The wheelchair doesn‘t create barriers, it‘s the architecture …or society
“Disability results from an interaction between a non-inclusive society and individuals.”
UN Convention on theRights of People with Disabilities
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Change of focus:“disabled” emphasizes the disability.
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“People with disabilities” sets emphasis on the person.
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Change of paradigm:bolt-on accessibility
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http://flic.kr/p/8H1Q
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http://flic.kr/p/rZh2F
Andreas Slominski:„Wheelchair for Crossing theStairs in Odessa“
Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_Stairs
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Potemkin-Stairs in Odessa
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http://flic.kr/p/55Sh6D
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Accessibility as an integral part of design
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http://flic.kr/p/4dqGWd
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http://flic.kr/p/6VCacm
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http://flic.kr/p/5o8k42
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Thanks.
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twitter: @kliehmSlides: http://goo.gl/dH6sContact: http://klie.hm/profile
