The McFarlane Prize has been awarded annually since 2006 in memory of the late Nigel McFarlane, an IT professional well respected for his extensive knowledge of web development and open source.
To be eligible for nomination:
The WCAG 2.0 CoE has been formed to support the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy which requires all Federal, State and Territory government websites to conform to the Single A level of WCAG 2.0 by the end of 2012, and all Federal government websites to conform to the Double A level of WCAG 2.0 by 2015.
Although the interface looks visually similar to the earlier version, a number of accessibility improvements have been made behind the scenes, including:
IBM Research intends to internationally address issues of accessibility such as literacy in India and improved public services in Japan. Another example is that the OpenAjax Alliance (OAA) will open roll out new source tools to help developers test Web 2.0 applications to see how they line up with federal accessibility standards.
Such initiatives hold great potential for people with disabilities, as accessibility in the cloud has the potential to let users set up their access features online, and have those features appear on any device or platform.
