GOVPUB Digest - 8 Jul 1998 to 9 Jul 1998 (#1998-84)

[Smith, David]

My first suggestion is to make sure that you use People First language,
or the advocacy groups will come after you in a fierce way. See
http://www.kidstogether.org/pep-1st.html for a primer.

My second suggestion would be to invite local advocacy groups to
participate in the planning process. Have a meeting, tell them what you
are trying to do, and ask for feedback and guidance on the
inclusion/exclusion criteria as well as accessability issues.

Another thing that would be useful in your role as a webmaster is to
have patrons with disabilities participate in a usability study of your
entire site. It is one thing to have the Bobby program evaluate your
pages and another to watch someone who is using a text-to-speech
synthesizer navigate through your system.

David Smith
Texas Information and Referral Network
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/tirn/tirnhome.htm
E-mail : david...@hhsc.state.tx.us
Phone : 512-424-6520

-----Original Message-----

Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:21:29 -0400
From: Linda Parry <lp0...@epfl2.epflbalto.org>
Subject: Re: suggestions on page for disabled persons

We are in the process of expanding the services covered on our county
webpage. A request has come in from a resident requesting online
guidance
to any services for disabled persons available through the county. Has
anyone seen any such pages that might serve as models? Any thought on
how
best to approach the issue?

Thanks for the help.
Linda M. Parry
Webmaster
Wicomico County Free Library
410-749-3612, ext 40

------------------------------