Website accessibility: An australian view

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-28

  Grantham, Jonathon ^a   Grantham, Elizabeth ^b   Powers, David ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disabilities; Disabilities discrimination act; Web development

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITIES; DISABILITIES DISCRIMINATION ACTS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; MANUAL EXAMINATION; WEB DEVELOPMENT; WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY;

WEBSITES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84873296691     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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