Local Governments Continually Ignore Web Accessibility Guidelines According to the Bureau of Internet Accessibility
17. Januar 2018 14:35 ET
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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...
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
11. Januar 2018 10:32 ET
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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....
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
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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
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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...
The UN Declaration of Human Rights turns 70
13. Dezember 2017 10:19 ET
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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...
School Districts are Receiving Letters of Complaint from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
07. Dezember 2017 11:08 ET
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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...
Web Accessibility Increases Cyber Monday Sales
27. November 2017 12:17 ET
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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...
Flash Content Could Cause Seizures
21. November 2017 10:50 ET
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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...
The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is cracking down on school websites
16. November 2017 13:26 ET
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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...
Dave and Busters Scores Work-Around for an Inaccessible Website -- It's a Telephone....
07. November 2017 14:11 ET
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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...