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To help you learn more about the facts, the talk and the mythology of accessibility and the iPad, we have put together a summary of the reporting from around the world.
The Public Information Forum in Sydney was held last Thursday, 25 March, and comprised a diverse group of educators representing various concerns with the Draft National Curriculum. The Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) Chair Barry McGraw and General Manager Robert Randall said that ACARA would be taking feedback very seriously in refining the curriculum, and encouraged people to do so through the online feedback forms. This is an opportune moment to push towards accessibility for students with sensory impairment.
In a blog post, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Senior Product Manager for Accessibility at Adobe Systems, states that, “[t]he Flash Player will employ IAccessible2 from the Linux Foundation and the WAI-ARIA specification from the W3C to address user and developer needs and to ease interoperability with assistive technology vendors.”
Upgrades are expected to start with the next major release of Adobe Flash Player (following Flash Player 10.1).
