NFPA Conference and Expo

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Braeden Benson presented, "Reaching the Whole Community: Examining Website Accessibility," at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference and Expo Tuesday, June 10, 2014 (11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.). The presentation discussed how websites are an important means of communication used in public safety. Using the Website Content Accessibility Guide published by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the research assesses the accessibility of State- and Country-level websites for having content related to people with disabilities and for providing information in a perceptually accessibile format.