Using 3D Virtual Worlds for teaching and learning
Month: November 2007
508 Accessibility Issues
"In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities." (www.section508.gov)
The following list, from the same Web site, encapsulates the 16 requirements needed to make any Web site accessible to people with disabilities. Additional requirements apply to multimedia that is embedded in Web pages. For a full list of 508 requirements for all kinds of communications, see http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Video