I'm making my first steps regarding web accessibility, and today I was checking the RNIB.org.uk website when I found this news article<http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/petition-to-save-john-slatin%E2%80%99s-accessibility-institute/>in their blog. I quote:
"John Slatin, a respected member of the web accessibility community and former chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, sadly passed away earlier this year leaving behind him the University of Texas Accessibility Institute<http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/> . Sadly UT want to close the Accessibility Institute which has been a centre of excellence for research and innovation in web accessibility. This would be a huge loss to the industry as the Accessibility Institute has contributed to the furtherance of web accessibility in many ways." You can read the rest of the news here<http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/petition-to-save-john-slatin%E2%80%99s-accessibility-institute/> . Sign the petition to save the Accessibility Institute<http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SavetheInstitute>today and tell anyone else who may be interested. Gonzalo González Mora PS: Sorry for my English but it's not my native language (I'm from Argentina), and this is the first discussion I open in the WSG so if I made any mistakes, please, point them out so that I can avoid them the next time. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
