Mox Box

Attending presentation entitled "Content Management Systems II: Illinois Efforts Panel" by Tim Offenstein, Nicholas Hoyt, Robert Slater, and Jeremy Todd at the 2009 UIUC Web Accessibility Conference.  About 50 people in attendance.

Attending presentation entitled "Accessible Presentations Panel" by Hadi Rangin and Christy Blew from College of Applied Health Sciences and Marc Thompson from Academic Outreach at the 2009 UIUC Web Accessibility Conference.  About 20 people in attendance.

Attended presentation entitled "Web Accessibility and Usability Go Hand-In-Hand" by Cordelia Geiken, Tim Offenstein, and Jonathan Hsieh of CITES Usability Design group at the 2009 UIUC Web Accessibility Conference.  About 70 people in attendance.

Attending "IITAA Web Accessibility Requirements and Certification Program" presented by Mike Scott of the Illinois Department of Human Services at the 2009 UIUC Web Accessibility Conference. About 60 people in attendance.

Keynote presentation entitled "Accessibility in the real world, experiences from building a more accessible Yahoo! Network" given by Victor Tsaran, Senior Accessibility Program Manager at Yahoo!  Approximately 117 people registered, most if not all of whom attended this keynote.

A discussion on the UIUC Webmasters listserv talking about copyediting style linked to a completely unrelated article entitled Javascript and screen readers which I found to be much more interesting than the style discussion (although the style discussion was interesting, too).  The article traced some accessibility design principles back to the limitations of two popular screenreader programs (Jaws and Window Eyes).  It specifically is in the context of AJAX-enhanced pages and, I believe, serves as a foundation for future articles that will get more specific.