INTERACT'99 Workshop : Making Designers Aware of Existing Guidelinesfor Accessibility Position paper for the IFIP TC.13 INTERACT'99 Workshop: Making Designers Aware of Existing Guidelines for Accessibility Design of a Web site with guidelines for accessibility* Anne de Baenst-Vandenbroucke, Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture Institut d Informatique University of Namur 21, rue Grandgagnage, B-5000 Namur, Belgium e-mail: adb@info.fundp.ac.be, mno@info.fundp.ac.be Nathalie Lecomte, Ren Patesson, Pascale Steinberg CREATIC University of Bruxelles 39, rue de Bruxelles, B-1400 Nivelles, Belgium e-mail: nalecomte@,ulb.ac.be, rpatessQ~ulb.ac.be, psteinbe@ulb.ac.be Introduction The access of people with disabilities to the New Technologies of Information and Communication (NTIC) is crucial on many grounds. Society is evolving in a direction where these technologies are part of everyday life and a two-speed society is not acceptable. At the same time, such technologies offer a substantial help in the process of improving the way of life of people with disabilities. In Belgium, the welfare department of the Walloon Region has considered the question important enough to encourage practical implementations and research in that direction. It is under these auspices that the two teams are carrying out joint research into the design and the development of a methodological Web site with guidelines for accessibility intended for the designers
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