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Accessibility: The Current Situation and New Directions

References

1. Disability Rights Commission (DRC UK):  The Web: Access and Inclusion for Disabled People: A Formal Investigation conducted by the Disability Rights Commission, TSO, London, 2004 http://www.drc-gb.org/publicationsandreports/report.asp
2. United Kingdom Parliament: Disability Discrimination Act 1995, HMSO, London, 1995 http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm  ISBN 0 10 545095 2
3. United Kingdom Parliament: Disability Discrimination Act 2005, The Stationery Office Limited, London 2005, ISBN 0 10 541105 1 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050013.htm
4. Forrester Research, Inc.:  “Phase I: The Market for Accessible Technology, and Phase II: Accessible Technology in Computing”: Forrester 2003 (for Microsoft Corp.) www.microsoft.com/enable/research/
5. Carey, Kevin.: Managing Information, July 2004 pp 56 http://www.managinginformation.com/Catalogue/contentsjulyaugust2004.htm
6. Carey, Kevin.: Managing Information June 2004, pp 56 http://www.managinginformation.com/Catalogue/contentsjune2004.htm
7. Carey, Kevin.: ‘A Comparative Analysis of Guidelines for Access by Disabled People to Digital Information Systems : Some Proposals for Simplification’: Inaugural Lecture, City University, London, 25th May 2005
8. Carey, K.: ‘The importance of Digital Information and Tools Design in Enhancing Accessibility’: In: Digital Divide. BECTA/Toshiba, London 2002, pp 32-44
9. Disability Rights Commission (DRC UK):  The Web: Access and Inclusion for Disabled People: A Formal Investigation conducted by the Disability Rights Commission, TSO, London, 2004 : see Tables 1, 2 and 3 as follows:
   • TABLE 1:  Task success rate by impairment group
   • TABLE 2: Mean ease of task ratings by different impairment groups
   • TABLE 3: Task completion times for high and low accessibility sites (in seconds) http://www.drc-gb.org/publicationsandreports/report.asp
10. Miller, George A.: “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information”: The Psychological Review, 1956, vol. 63, pp. 81-97 http://www.well.com/user/smalin/miller.html
11. Carey, Kevin. and Stringer, Roy.: “The Power of Nine”: Library and Information Commission Research Report 74: London 2000: ISBN 1-902394-46-1 - ISSN 1466-2949 & 1470-9007
12. Carey, Kevin.: “The Power of Nine in a Converged Environment”: NESTA, Futurelab, Bristol, UK: 7^th June 2005 http://www.nestafuturelab.org/