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Web Accessibility Of The Higher Education Institute Websites Based On The World Wide Web Consortium And Section 508 Of The Rehabilitation Act, Najma Habib Alam
Web Accessibility Of The Higher Education Institute Websites Based On The World Wide Web Consortium And Section 508 Of The Rehabilitation Act, Najma Habib Alam
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The problem observed in this study is the low level of compliance of higher education website accessibility with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The literature supports the non-compliance of websites with the federal policy in general. Studies were performed to analyze the accessibility of fifty-four sample web pages using automated testing via auto-validation tools and using manual testing via assistive technology, followed by a comparative analysis of the findings of the auto validation tools. The auto-validation tools utilized on the sample web pages were comprised of three W3C validation tools. The results showed that two-thirds of the …