A group of people involved in the field of Web Accessibility has set up a project to honor John Slatin, the former co-chair of the WCAG 2.0 Working Group, and help advance his work in Web Accessibility. From The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project...

We recently participated (and helped sponsor) the fabulous, annual Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities , which is commonly referred to by its hosting university, CSUN. It was a whirl-wind of keynote speeches, presentations on best practices...

John Slatin, the former co-chair of the W3C's WCAG 2.0 Working Group , passed away Monday night. John had a profound influence on that standard and on the field of Web Accessibility. It was always a pleasure to work with him and he will be missed.

We've just announced support for UI Automation in Silverlight 2.0 . There's a lot of Accessibility stuff happening at MIX. I can't wait for CSUN.

Do you have aspirations to showcase your design skills and creativity? The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a great opportunity to do so! The Cup is for university students around the world. There are various contest categories, such as software, gaming, embedded...

I've been waiting for this one. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is out, and it has features that will make it much easier for Web developers to make their pages accessible. The one that's getting the most buzz is the new support for the WAI-ARIA spec from...

The Microsoft Accessibility Labs is sponsoring the W4A Web Accessibility Challenge at the Web 4 All conference in Beijing, April 21-22, 2008.. This contest is open to anyone who has a practical solution for a Web Accessibility issue. You don't have to...

For the first blog, I wanted share some tips for using just your keyboard to get around Windows Vista. I'm focusing on using the fundamental components of Windows Vista - the parts that appear the first time you log on. I'll break these into 3 parts:...