Link Roundup - September 2010

• Bonus! An offer to the HTML5 team to save longdesc by Vlad Alexander at XStandard
• Landmark Technology Access Bill Heads to President Obama's Desk
• Accessibility testing tools (Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group)
• Response to HTML5 editor on Canvas accessibility (by Rich Schwerdtfeger)
• Adobe’s Andrew Kirkpatrick interviewed on Accessibility in Government (video)
• Accessibility for web writers, part 1: Introduction
• Assistive Technologies for Online Learning
• Web Accessibility day course by RNIB in Edinburgh (Oct) & London (Nov)
• Should Sighted Developers Use Screenreaders To Test Accessibility? (great comments!)
• Using Accessible Twitter With JAWS Screen Reader
• HTML5 Canvas Accessibility in Internet Explorer 9 by@stevefaulkner
• 20 Sites Assessed For Cognitive Web Accessibility
• Top 4 Reasons Why You Need to Address Web Accessibility
• WebAIM Aids eBay Accessibility Efforts
• Blind woman sues Canadian feds over online access
• Very entertaining video explaining closed captions (YouTube)
• Does your website legally need to be accessible? (U.S.)
• Web Design Guidelines for Low Bandwidth
• Web #Accessibility, Structured Negotiations & DOJ Rulemaking
• 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility
• WCAG 2.0 for Usability Specialists presentation (W3C) (April 2010)
• Facebook patent for 'social CAPTCHA' fails on accessibility
• Accessibility and the Law: How good UX can keep you out of court (U.S.)
• Raakt - The Ruby Accessibility Analysis Kit