Access

Access Like most technology access issues, the first drawn into new technologies are usually white men, teens, and boys. Therefore, the industry appears to cater to that group with products, software, games, etc. This often leaves girls, minorities, the disabled, and, due to cost, the poor in untenable positions for getting jobs and advancing in the work place. In addition, most of the Internet is not accessible to the disabled due to HTML programming that is not //W3C// accessible and due to the high cost of assistive technology. Finally, with filtered access to the Internet in schools, students without access at home are at a disadvantage when accessing information as compared with those with access outside of school. This phenomenon is slowly changing for some, but not for all. __The issue is equal technology access for all: How can we ensure access to the disadvantaged or disabled?__ World Wide Web Consortium: http://www.w3.org/ Closing the Gap: http://www.closingthegap.com/
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