Blog archive for 2006

On November 7 we received news that Accessible Web Studio, Ltd. was certified by The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC was founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States.

WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

Studio makes navigation online easier for disabled

By Danielle Portteus
Toledo Free Press Staff Writer

Jadwiga Carlson, president and CEO of Accessible Web Studio in Perrysburg, said 25 percent of Web site visitors have a disability...

...“For me, it's a smart decision to open doors to those with handicaps,” she said. “Businesses don't want to turn away customers because they can't access their Web sites.”

Carlson said she helps businesses to be compliant with Section 508 from the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998...

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Accessible Web Studio was proud to participate, first time as an exhibitor, at the Seventh Annual ADA Day at the Toledo Zoo.

Over 85 various agencies and companies participated. The Ability Center of Greater Toledo sponsored this event. All participating companies provided direct or indirect service to people with disabilities.

Visit the Ability Center website

Way Library fine tunes its site on Web
By ELIZABETH A. SHACK
BLADE STAFF WRITER

Way Library's Web site is getting an upgrade to make it more functional, particularly for those with visual or motor impairments.

The changes are being made by Jadwiga Carlson of Perrysburg's Accessible Web Studio, who said most organizations and businesses aren't aware of accessibility issues...

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In May, 2006 Accessible Web Studio was approved for membership to the Guild of Accessible Web Designers. GAWDS is a world-wide association of accessible web designers and developers - formed to promote standards of accessible web design and here at Accessible Web Studio we are proud to be a member.

We are honored and thrilled to receive this award from Accessites.org. We worked very hard and this award validates all of our efforts and gives us encouragement to strive to go even further.

Accessites.org was created to prove that accessible, usable websites built with universality and standards in mind need not be boring. It showcases and honors the work of today's most progressive accessible web developers and designers.

There are stringent requirements and a long check list of items that are graded. Accessites.org team spends around 8 to 10 hours on a submitted site to evaluate.

At the time Accessible Web Studio received the award there were 122 websites submitted, 78 were rejected without being evaluated (64%), 24 were evaluated and awarded and 2 were evaluated but not awarded.

The Accessible Web Studio site is a really nice site in a number of areas. On the surface it’s all techie business, very contemporary. Under the surface it has so much going for it. So much thought was put in…

- Mike Cherim, Accessites.org

Many thanks to Mike Laskey, Editor In Chief of Business Advantage, for writing this article about Accessible Web Studio, Ltd. and its presence at the Rossford Business Association Business Fair.

…While conforming to W3C standards is a given, Carlson works with her clients to provide sites that are first functional and then attractive. She also makes the transition simple by doing everything from domain registration, design, database programming, content management, search engine optimization and even training…

- Michael Laskey, Business Advantage