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Local Governments Continually Ignore Web Accessibility Guidelines According to the Bureau of Internet Accessibility
17. Januar 2018 14:35 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - January 17, 2018) - The following is a statement by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility (BoIA) and based on their finding from conducting automated audits of Local...
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
11. Januar 2018 10:32 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - January 11, 2018) - Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects more than 3 million Americans, roughly half of whom don't even know they have it....
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Title II and III of the ADA and Section 508 Will Need to be Updated for New Accessibility Standards
10. Januar 2018 10:44 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - January 10, 2018) - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has issued a "last call" for comments from the public regarding the...
$100,000 School District Donation Available from Bureau of Internet Accessibility
09. Januar 2018 10:36 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
Providence, Jan. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In recent years, OCR has increased the number of demand letters it has been sending to school districts and academic institutions across the country...
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights turns 70
13. Dezember 2017 10:19 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - December 13, 2017) - In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Two years later, the holiday known as Human Rights...
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School Districts are Receiving Letters of Complaint from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
07. Dezember 2017 11:08 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - December 07, 2017) - Schools and school districts across the country have received letters of complaint from The Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and the frequency of...
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Web Accessibility Increases Cyber Monday Sales
27. November 2017 12:17 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - November 27, 2017) - Full compliance with WCAG 2.0 web accessibility guidelines is both a practical and legal necessity for retailers. Cyber Monday is the perfect...
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Flash Content Could Cause Seizures
21. November 2017 10:50 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - November 21, 2017) - According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1 in every 26 Americans will suffer from a form of epilepsy at some point in their life. Given the prevalence...
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The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is cracking down on school websites
16. November 2017 13:26 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - November 16, 2017) - The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is cracking down on school websites, and schools are scrambling to avoid conflicts...
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Dave and Busters Scores Work-Around for an Inaccessible Website -- It's a Telephone....
07. November 2017 14:11 ET | Bureau of Internet Accessibility
PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - November 07, 2017) - An ongoing suit levied against the Dave & Buster's franchise suggests that more legal support for universal accessibility might be on the...