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January 23, 2012
A Government Department Introduces Accessible Website - The Philippines
The following information was retrieved from the "Disability & Development" mailing list with a consent of the publisher, the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).
DSWD makes website friendly to disabled
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
By: Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The website of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is easy to use, especially for people with disabilities.
According to the DSWD, the website [dswd.gov.ph] has an Accessibility Statement page that teaches users how to enlarge the texts that could be found on the site to make them easier to read and how to use keyboard shortcuts to get to important pages immediately, among other features.
The DSWD said it had met most of the Web accessibility recommendations of the Philippine Web Accessibility Group (PWAG), which had noted the department was qualified to receive the “Disabled Friendly Website” award from the National Council on Disability Affairs and the National Computer Center.
Among the DSWD website features that meet the PWAG’s specifications are—aside from the Accessibility Statement page—alternative text for every image, “skip to content” links, the use of descriptive links, a site map, a Home link on every page, text resizing and the use of standard access keys.
The site’s webpages also have a consistent design and column positions.
The PWAG has encouraged other government agencies to make their websites accessible to the public, including persons with disabilities.
Posted by jicafriends at January 23, 2012 01:45 PM