SIGACCESS Newsletter "Accessibility and Computing" 
Issue 85 - June 2006 now on-line 

Available at: http://www.acm.org/sigaccess/newsletter/index.php 

It's a bumper issue this time - with almost 60 pages of articles. This issue
is also a little different to those that have preceded it. This Newsletter
begins with 3 regular articles, but the remainder of the Newsletter is
something of a celebration of the diversity of the SIG members. Eleven
members were selected at random from the database and asked to provide
profiles of their research projects, background and motivation for working in
this area. The aim of these articles is to help personalise SIGACCESS and
give Newsletter readers, especially those who do not have the opportunity to
attend the SIG sponsored conferences such as ASSETS, a chance to learn more
about other members of SIGACCESS.  

- "A note from the editor" - Simeon Keates - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center 

- "AccessComputing: An alliance to increase the participation of individuals
  with disabilities in computing careers" - Sheryl Burgstahler and Richard
  Ladner - University of Washington 

- "Challenges, Solutions for Screen Reader / I.T. Interoperability" - Kip
  Harris - IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center 

- "W4A - International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility
  Workshop Report - 2006" - Simon Harper, Yeliz Yesilada, and Carole Goble -
  University of Manchester 

- Member profiles:
    Julio Abascal - University of the Basque Country
    Joan Francioni - Winona State University
    Matt Huenerfauth - The City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College
    Frankie James - SAP Research
    Blaise W. Liffick - Millersville University
    Edmund LoPresti - AT Sciences, LLC
    Kathleen F. McCoy - University of Delaware
    Jessica Paradise Elliott - Georgia Institute of Technology
    David Sloan - University of Dundee
    Andrea Tartaro - Northwestern University
    Jim Thatcher - Jim Thatcher, Accessibility Consulting

- Call for Participation - ASSETS 2006

Submitted by: Vicki L. Hanson