Making events accessible web resource by Scie

Access is the same for non-disabled people as disabled people. You wouldn’t hold a meeting on the 10th floor with no lifts, or where there was nowhere to sit, or in pitch blackness or even where all documents were given out in Braille.

Last year I consulted on a Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie) web resource project. I predominately looked at the usability of the access-wiki website however my personal/research experience of accessibility was also put forward. As a result of this and other work [1] Scie have recently launched a Making events accessible web resource (it is no longer referred to as a wiki) . The aim of the web resource is to help people plan events and meetings within the social care field that are accessible to people who use services. However I feel the findings presented within the web resource should be considered by all event organisers. The Making events accessible resource can be found here: http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/accessibleevents/index.asp
Screenshot of Making Events Accessible: Choosing a Venue webpage
Screenshot of Making Events Accessible: Choosing a Venue webpage - http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/accessibleevents/choosingavenue/index.asp

[1] This resource was written by Fran Branfield from the suggestions and comments made by people who use services on SCIE’s access-wiki website. The web access-wiki was usability and accessibility tested by consultants which in turn affected the delivery of the final resource.

British Sign Language (BSL) Resource for Learners

BSL resource logoRecently I came across a brilliant American Sign Language (ASL) resource by Glenda Hampton Anderson, as a result I searched for a similar resource related to British Sign Language (BSL) and did not find anything as comprehensive.

I’ve been a BSL learner for last 2 years and I’m in the process of completing a Level 2 BSL certificate at hfals. During this time I have gathered a comprehensive list of BSL resources that I will now share with new, current or future BSL learners, which I hope you will find useful.

This resource will cover BSL websites related to: information, news, mobile apps, TV, events, dictionaries, books and Twitter.

Last update: 21 March 2012, 13:36.

Information

News

Dictionaries

Mobile and Apps

TV

Events

Books

Other

Twitter

  • List coming soon…

#csun12 Twitter statistics and content analysis by @maccymacx

Chart showing #csun12 hashtag between 27/02-03/03/2012Over the next couple of days I plan to upload Twitter statistics and content analysis for 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN’12). To do this I will be using #csun12 hashtag from Monday 27th February to Saturday 3rd March 2012.

— Data correct as of 03/02/2012 at 08:39PST.

Total tweets:

4,880 including retweets and @ mentions (see graph on right)

Associated hashtags

#csun12, #a11y, #perfecta11y, #wacol, #accessibility, #a11ysociety, #accessgrade, #gerijewell, #etext,

#bs8878, #ipad, #newblack, #w3c, #blind, #csun2012, #socialmedia, #ibm, #html5, #tweetup, #accessibilité,

#ixd, #619, #mobile, #windows, #techcomm, #ios, #braille, #bsi, #road2csun, #aac, #apps, #adobe, #web,

#html5a11y, #accessu, #autism, #kinect, #twitter, #aria, #webable, #twitpix, #video, #awesome, #axs,

#inclusivetlc, #assistivetechnology, #sandiego, #media, #disabilities, #tobii, #ipad2, #slpeeps, #disability,

#android, #tapit, #csun13, #spedchat, #wcag, #windows8, #moodle, #longdesc, #oi_vote, #blindness,

#description, #epub, #microsoft, #newtwitter, #ipad3, #205, #accessiweb, #seo, #html, #csunsocial,

#csuntweetup, #deaf, #webdev, #edtechbc, #technology, #win8, #usability, #a11yla, #pdf, #aphasia,

#apraxia, #assistive, #ally, #windoweyes, #road2csun, #olderixd, #cost, #eowg, #petition

Tweet Locations:

  • USA
  • Canada
  • France
  • UK
  • Germany

Key communities tweeting:

  • Technology
  • Bloggers
  • Students
  • Engineers
  • News
  • Politics

Sentiment analysis

  • 25% positive sentiments
  • 1% negative sentiments
  • 74% neutral sentiments

Gender

  • 82% male
  • 18% female

Top 3 Retweets

  1. RT @maccymacx: WCAG 2.0 success criteria: keyboard accessible Facebook 14%, LinkedIn 29%, Youtube 0%, Google Plus 0% and Twitter 0%. #CSUN12
  2. RT @SeroTalk: All of the @serotalk Podcast interviews from #csun12 are now available on SPN Radio available from the front page of iBlin …
  3. RT @gwmicro: #CSUN12 Window-Eyes and Windows 8 Presentation now available online:http://t.co/DgRqeINo

Top 10 tweeters:

  1. @maccymacx
  2. @yahooaccess
  3. @jennison
  4. @dboudreau
  5. @goodwitch
  6. @webaxe
  7. @slewth
  8. @mpaciello
  9. @karlgroves
  10. @blindbargains

Other twitter users include:

@leoniewatson @pauljadam @iheni @joedolson @scenariogirl @a11ymedia @whitneyq @ppatel @serotalk

@jared_w_smith @aseanidpp @graceapp @a11yconf @oliviernourry @mike107designs @lflegal @wahlbin

@stcaccess @nethermind @gba11yday @dennisl @canadian_diva @easychirp @csuncod @wendyabc

@johnfoliot @terrillthompson @stevefaulkner @pyyhkala @googleaccess @vick08 @gwmicro @charjtf

@dbo75 @clydewii @accesssandiego @uxprinciples @hanshillen @sinabahram @mongoose_q @msftenable

@kelsmith @christiane @mactoph @ladymoonan @chadleaman @samuelsirois @looktel @ibmaccess

@gbla11yday @mikecalvo @jesse_a11y @mediaaccessaus @lordjeff @accessforall @webaim

@marcoinenglish @salesforce @kmactane @audaciouslife @martinlittler @arigaud_pro @accessibledaisy

@jfc3 @mollydotcom @robert_sinclair @hkramer99 @dequesystems @knowbility @feather @senderogps

@ricky_enger @berkeleyblink @web @marcozehe @leonie_watson @vincent45nord @paciellogroup

@pooja_nahata @kevinchao89 @lisamareedom @jage9 @cptvitamin @jonhassell @sallycain @nfb_voice

@swimsy @mattmay @sonnentuete

Analysis of final day of conference (2/03/2012)

Tweets:

  • 998 tweets generated
  • 480 original tweets
  • 81 @ mentions
  • 437 retweets
  • 861,444 impressions reaching an audience of 258,898 followers

Top 3 by number of impressions:

  1. @maccymacx: 57.460
  2. @mpaciello: 41,580
  3. @cindyii: 41,447

Top 10 by number of tweets in last 24hrs:

  1. @maccymacx: 68
  2. @slewth: 47
  3. @kmactane: 31