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Subject: Dyslexia and the Internet Author: StefSpan (Dyslexia and the Internet) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:02:09 07/24/08 Thu I am a student at City University and currently completing my master’s thesis on ‘Dyslexia and the Internet’. I chose this topic because I feel the internet should not exclude participants that may have to use additional software and hardware when browsing the World Wide Web. Despite web accessibility guidelines many websites do not adhere to standards set, therefore excluding users. My aim is to raise awareness of accessibility issues by discussing topics that affect all users, especially those with disabilities. My interests lie in your opinions and thoughts on accessibility and the internet, especially in regards to dyslexia. I have posted some discussions on my website ‘Connect-Ability’ (http://connectability.ning.com/) to get you started. If there are accessibility issues you wish to highlight, please feel free to start your own discussions. Whether you have a disabilities or not I would appreciate your opinion and thoughts. Please do not feel obliged to participate in all discussions. Any opinions or thoughts that you may have are welcome. In order to participate in discussions you will have to become a member, as you would when using any social networking website. None of the information that you provide will be passed on or used in the future. Discussions posted as of August 20th 2008 will no longer be included my thesis. Despite this, the website will remain active, allowing members to discuss related issues. Presently this website is not fully accessible, but changes are being made to adhere to all web accessibility guidelines. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any accessibility related queries, want to request additional information on the thesis, raise issues or discuss more private and sensitive topics please feel free to contact me. My information is available via my members’ page. Thank you for your time and please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested in dyslexia and the internet or accessibility related issues. Many thanks, Stefanie Spanos [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]