Skip to main content
  • Book
  • © 2019

Web Accessibility

A Foundation for Research

  • The only book to cover the broad spectrum of research accessibility and its relationship to the Web
  • Edited by the founders of the only Web Accessibility Research conference
  • Entirely new and updated and covering Mobile Web Technology and Web Applications as well as Web content

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 229.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Understanding Disabilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Visual Disabilities

      • Armando Barreto, Scott Hollier
      Pages 3-17
    3. Physical Disabilities

      • Shari Trewin
      Pages 19-33
    4. Deafness and Hearing Loss

      • Raja Kushalnagar
      Pages 35-47
    5. Cognitive and Learning Disabilities

      • Lisa Seeman, Clayton Lewis
      Pages 49-58
    6. Ageing and Older Adults

      • Sri Kurniawan, Andrew Arch, Sean-Ryan Smith
      Pages 93-119
    7. Speech and Language

      • Abi Roper, Stephanie Wilson, Timothy Neate, Jane Marshall
      Pages 121-131
  3. Conducting Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
    2. Inclusive Writing

      • Tom Babinszki, Anna Cavender, Michael Gower, Jeffery Hoehl, Darcy Lima, Erich Manser et al.
      Pages 135-152
    3. Working With Participants

      • Christopher Power, Helen Petrie
      Pages 153-168
    4. Working with Companies, Charities and Governmental Organisations

      • Andrew Arch, Lisa Seeman, Sarah Pulis, Glenda Sims
      Pages 169-183
    5. End-User Evaluations

      • Sukru Eraslan, Chris Bailey
      Pages 185-210
    6. Reproducible and Sustainable Research Software

      • Caroline Jay, Robert Haines
      Pages 211-221
  4. Society and Standards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. Standards, Guidelines, and Trends

      • Shadi Abou-Zahra, Judy Brewer
      Pages 225-246
    3. Web Accessibility Policy and Law

      • Jonathan Lazar
      Pages 247-261
    4. Tackling the Inaccessibility of Websites in Postsecondary Education

      • Jane Seale, Sheryl Burgstahler, Björn Fisseler
      Pages 263-279

About this book

New and fully updated to cover the last 10 years of accessibility research published since the first edition, this book covers key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities. It provides comprehensive coverage of Web accessibility research.

Building on the first, this second edition places more focus on Mobile Web technologies, Web applications, the Internet of Things and future developments where the Web as we know it is blending into infrastructure, and where Web based interface design has become predominant.

Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an overview of existing research and also looks at future developments, providing a much deeper insight than can be obtained through existing research libraries, aggregations, or search engines. In tackling the subject from a research rather than a practitioner standpoint, scientists, engineers and postgraduate students will find a definitive and foundational text that includes field overviews, references, issues, new research, problems and solutions, and opinions from industrial experts and renowned academics from leading international institutions including W3C, Google, IBM, and CMU, Colorado and Lisbon Universities. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus, Güzelyurt, Turkey

    Yeliz Yesilada

  • School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Simon Harper

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 229.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access