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Title | ||
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Danger, danger! Evaluating the accessibility of Web-based emergency alert sign-ups in the northeastern United States |
Abstract | ||
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People with disabilities need access to emergency-related information at the same time that the general public receives that information. Many county and municipal-level governments suggest that citizens sign up on a Web page to receive emergency alert information. While the messages being sent out via e-mail or text message might be accessible, the sign-up processes are often inaccessible, preventing people with disabilities for signing up for these important information services. In this paper, all of the county-level emergency alert sign-ups in Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland, were evaluated for accessibility. A total of 156 evaluations took place (6 evaluations for each of the 26 counties evaluated). Of the 26 counties evaluated, 21 of them had accessibility violations. Legal, policy, and design-related implications are presented in the following discussion. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1016/j.giq.2014.02.010 | Government Information Quarterly |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Web accessibility,Policy,Disability,Section 508,Section 504,WCAG,Emergency alerts | Text message,Information system,Economics,Advertising,Web page,Web application,Web accessibility | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
31 | 3 | 0740-624X |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.43 | 21 |
Authors | ||
6 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wentz | 1 | 40 | 4.28 |
| Jonathan Lazar | 2 | 566 | 46.55 |
| Michael Stein | 3 | 3 | 0.77 |
| oluwadamilola gbenro | 4 | 3 | 0.43 |
| edwin holandez | 5 | 3 | 0.43 |
| andrew ramsey | 6 | 3 | 0.43 |