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Influencing With Accessibility

Influencing With Accessibility The explosion of social media has created many things beyond connections between people. Social media has created its own subculture and ecosystem. One of the coolest ways it has influenced our daily lives is, well, influence. The…

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Subtitles vs. Captions: What is the Difference?

When you see words displayed across the bottom of your screen, what term comes to mind? For some, they think of closed captions; others may call them subtitles. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but even though they have…

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Happy 10th Birthday to the CVAA!

Ten years ago, on October 8th, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) into law, pushing forward another groundbreaking step in the realm of media and digital accessibility. The CVAA contains many telecommunications…

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Section 508 Compliance Checklist

Section 508 is an important amendment to the Rehabilitation Act that protects the rights of people with disabilities, requiring Federal agencies to ensure that their websites and electronic information technology is fully accessible to those who have disabilities. This also…

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Election 2020: Voting Accessibility and Accommodations

In what has already been a year no one will ever forget, 2020 isn’t letting up. With the presidential election right around the corner, how do accessibility practices come into play at the polls or in early voting from home? Let’s take a look.…

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