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1	An Introduction to WAI-ARIA Dan Jackson Web Team Leader City University London
2	About this session
3	Get the acronym out of the way early doors....
4	What does ARIA do?
5	Why do we need ARIA?
6	Why do we need ARIA?
7	ARIA to the rescue!
8	"Roles" Roles States and Properties Keyboard access Live Regions The technical part
9	Roles
10	Landmark Roles
11	Landmark roles
12	Widget & Element Roles
13	States and Properties
14	"Accessibility isn’t just about screen..." Accessibility isn’t just about screen readers.... Throw away your mouse.
15	Keyboard access
16	Eh?
17	Live Regions Are Way Cool
18	"Problems" Problems, issues: The V-Word ARIA vs. HTML 5 Is it supported? Complexity Will AT users adopt it? Where aria we with ARIA?
19	Issue #1: The V-Word
20	Issue #2: ARIA vs. HTML 5 ARIA HTML 5
21	Issue #3: Is ARIA supported? To use ARIA you need a browser that both supports ARIA and is supported by a screen reader that also support ARIA. ARIA-aware OS/browser/AT combinations are some way off becoming the norm. Browsers: Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9.5+, IE8, WebKit
22	Issue #3: Is ARIA supported?
23	Issue #4: Complexity
24	Issue #5: Do AT users update? Screen reader? Mostly. Browser? Questionable.
25	...it’s not all doom and gloom
26	Best practice
27	Resources