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USER CENTERED DESIGN IS IMPORTANT

The Usability Professional’s Association supports usability specialists by providing an international network to share information about techniques and methodologies. Notably, UPA offers

a job bank,
reading lists,
a store,
links to UPA Chapters,
projects,
publications,
conferences,
and membership.

USE CYNTHIA SAYS TO IDENTIFY SECTION 508 WEBPAGE ERRORS

The HiSoftware Cynthia Says portal is a web content accessibility validation solution designed to identify errors in one web page at a time of content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines. The Section 508 guidelines must be followed by U.S. websites. Another important set of guidelines from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The European Union is looking to base their upcoming accessibility regulations on these guidelines. Other US organizations such as schools are starting to follow these guidelines as well. </p>

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