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- Title
ACCESSIBILITY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS' WEB SITES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
- Authors
Bray, Marty; Flowers, Claudia P.; Smith, Shelia; Algozzine, Robert F.
- Abstract
Many Elementary Schools use the World Wide Web (WWW) to disseminate and gather information. On-line barriers limit the accessibility of the WWW for students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accessibility of Elementary Schools' home pages. A total of 244 Elementary School web sites were located using a popular online directory and evaluated for accessibility. A software program was used to quantify the number of accessibility errors at each site. The results indicated that most (57.4%) Elementary School home pages had accessibility problems, many of which were severe and should be given a high priority for correcting. The good news is that the majority of the errors can easily be corrected. The work reflects a need for Elementary Schools to examine the accessibility of their home pages. Direction for improving accessibility is provided.
- Subjects
WEBSITES; STUDENTS with disabilities; ELEMENTARY schools; WEBSITE directories
- Publication
Education, 2003, Vol 123, Issue 4, p815
- ISSN
0013-1172
- Publication type
Article