Competencies Related to the Web and Digital Accessibility
Competencies Related to the Web and Digital Accessibility

Author(s): Valentina Kirinić
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Web accessibility; Digital accessibility; Competencies
Summary/Abstract: An important aspect of information technology (and digital information/content) should be and is its inclusiveness and openness to people with disabilities (PwD) as well as to all other people with special needs. Web and digital accessibility are the basics of digital inclusion, needed to assure equality in the digital world. Each profession should implement, support and promote accessibility in domains that it is responsible for. Accessibility is an important priority today for all. In this paper, the competencies related to the web and digital accessibility are analyzed and discussed. The goal of the study presented is to investigate, using in-depth content analysis, how accessibility is defined and described in information technology standards, recommendations, models and frameworks of (digital) competencies.

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