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Accessibility is Big Business for Yahoo!

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Access written in Braille on Yahoo! Accessibility Lab WallYahoo! Accessibility leads the industry in meeting needs of users with disabilities.

In the US alone, an estimated 60 million people have disabilities that might affect how they interact with technology and online content.

Yahoo! Accessibility is an industry leader in meeting the needs of users with disabilities — both in the US and worldwide — through integrating accessibility concerns into design thinking and the innovative use of assistive technologies.

But it’s not just about doing the right thing. By focusing on providing deeply personal digital experiences to everyone regardless of ability, Yahoo! is also accessing a market that is estimated to be worth up to a trillion dollars in the US alone. Accessibility is big business. Continue reading Accessibility is Big Business for Yahoo!

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In Case You Missed It: Behind The Scenes

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Lexia, the resident guide dog, dressed as Princess Leia from Star WarsThis week we invite you to take a sneak peek behind the curtain of the Yahoo! Accessibility Lab.

Watch how we do some product testing (and play Angry Birds), play dress up with our resident guide dog Lexia, celebrate our first anniversary, and there’s even an article about how we worked with Flickr to come up with an ARIA code pattern to make their mobile site more accessible. It’s not all fun and games in the lab, but we certainly try to make it that way.

You’ll also find some great links about albinism, inclusive workforces, free eye-tracking software, equestrian therapy, and the futuristic care-giver robot.

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The Librarian: Video collection from AssistiveWare

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

assistiveware video collageVideo collection from AssistiveWare

AssistiveWare has a wonderful group of videos on its site, a collection that Yahoo!’s Accessibility Lab draws on frequently. To understand the impact of assistive technology on the individual experiences of disability, these videos are terrifically useful. If you know of other videos that serve a similar purpose, we’d love to hear about them. Continue reading The Librarian: Video collection from AssistiveWare

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Original Cyborgs: Disability and Technology

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Cover of Cyborg ManifestoThe Exploration of the Cyborg

Unless you are a feminist, geek or academic, you have likely not come across the Cyborg Manifesto. It was written back in 1985 as an exploration of how the boundaries between human, animal and machine are blurring, as well as the implications of that breakdown of barriers (particularly in regards to feminist theory). Dr. Donna Haraway was one of the first academics to really comment on the vast diversity there is within the feminist community. She points out: Continue reading Original Cyborgs: Disability and Technology

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