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BRIDGING DISABILITY DIVIDES

A critical history of web content accessibility through 2001

Elizabeth Ellcessor Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 289-308 | Received 01 Sep 2009, Published online: 24 Apr 2010

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