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Web Accessibility

international symbol for web accessibility - person in a wheelchair with a laptop fact from limeconnect.com:
1.2 billion people globally report having a disability, and people with disabilities in the U.S. control aggregate annual income of > $1 trillion*

The focus of our business is Web Accessibility. It is the practice of making web pages on the internet accessible to all users, especially those with different abilities of all kinds. Making your online services and products accessible means making them available to the broadest range of users which ultimately can boost your bottom line and allow everyone the right to access information in the same manner.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990) states "reasonable accommodations" must be made in meeting the needs of individuals with disabilities. It now applies to online services. The Rehabilitation Act Section 508 (1998) requires that groups with disabilities have comparable access to and use of information and data that is provided online.

Accessible Web Design...

The practice of designing web pages on the Internet so they are accessible to all users, especially those with disabilities.
This primary audience consists of users who are:
- blind
- sight impaired
(e.g. common types of poor eyesight and color blindness)
- motor impaired
(e.g. Parkinson's Disease, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke)
- cognitively impaired
(i.e. dyslexia or poor short-term memory)
- hearing impaired or deaf -
non-native speakers of the web site's language (s), including users of sign languages

Individuals would have the ability to perceive, understand, navigate, interact and contribute with and to the world wide web and society.
It is giving older people with limited abilities due to aging, access to knowledge, health care, other services and the world around them.

It encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, neurological and technological. Making your online services accessible means making them available to the broadest possible range of users, including those with disabilities of all kinds.

Who is Aardvark Web Works LLC?

Aardvark Web Works is a full service marketing firm focusing on web accessibility and custom web solutions, including database development and design, content management system development, proprietary software development and programming and multimedia solutions. We provide accessible, creative and technical web solutions to businesses small to medium in size. This is achieved by working in the most timely, effective manner and encouraging you to take control by educating you along the way so you have a solid understanding of all processes.

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"Web Accessibility and WAI-ARIA Primer"

Figures as high as 81 percent - the number of websites that are inaccessible. This comes from a lack of understanding about the importance of web accessibility, and a lack of knowledge regarding implementation of accessibility guidelines. However, figures from A List Apart’s 2008 Survey for People Who Make Websites, 46% of respondents say they have accessibility knowledge.
Although 46% isn’t a horrible number, ther is no way it is represents all web designers and developers. I'm pretty sure the number is much lower in reality. And just as Emily says, 'just because a person believes he has accessibility knowledge, doesn’t automatically translate to implementation. So, let’s try and change this!"
Emily P. Lewis
June 15, 2010

"COAT Very Pleased with House Hearing on H.R. 3101, Scheduled for June 10, 2010"

The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) is very pleased that the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing on H.R. 3101, "The Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009."
COAT, Washington, DC.
June 4, 2010

"Deaf State Workers Sue Over Lack of Services"

Brooke Donald, Associated Press
May 22, 2010

"Proposed Legislation Will Increase Burden for Website Legal Compliance"

Chip Cooper
May 10, 2010

"Senate Bill Introduced: "Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act "(S. 3304)"

Washington, DC
May 5, 2010

"Google Funds New Research to Help Blind Web Surfers"

Mike Addelman
March 30, 2010

"Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill"

Claire Cain Miller
March 24, 2010

"Board Releases Draft Refresh of Section 508 Standards and Section 255 Guidelines"

March 17, 2010

"Screen Reader User Survey Results"

October 2009

"Choosing A Smart Password"

Michael Santerre,
Consumer Operations Associate, Google
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:58 PM

"Accessible Twitter at Open Web Camp"

Dennis Lembree
September 26, 2009

"Accessibility Testing 14 PDF Creation Tools"

Ted Page
September 12, 2009

"CAPTCHAs, CAPTCHAs everywhere"

Jim Thatcher
March 2, 2009


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Aardvark Web Works, LLC has the ability to draw from a highly experienced team while maintaining a personalized form of business liaison. The ultimate in consultation, skills diversity and adaptability to meet client expectations are the very strengths of Aardvark Web Works, LLC.

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" ... the discomfort of not knowing is an essential part of the process of creativity and change. The truth is that we rarely know as much as we think we do -- or as much as we wish we did -- so we might as well find some humor and ease in the fact that we are always in the unknown."
-- Nina Utne

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Web Accessibility Evaluations
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Website Hosting
Content Management Systems
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