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Macromedia's Web Accessibility Seminar (Program in it's entirety) International accessibility consultant Mike Paciello speaks on Moving Beyond Barriers to Pervasive Accessibility followed by Macromedia representatives on Accessibility Issues at Macromedia, Section 508 Solutions Offered and Macromedia’s Tools and What They Can Do.

1. Welcome

2. Mike Paciello Presentation by Mr. Mike Paciello. According to Mike Paciello, technology can tear down the artificial barriers of accessibility that are presented in the technology that we see today. He says there is no problem involving accessibility to the web that can’t be solved with technology and that barriers actually act as a stimulus to innovation. Mike also described a brief history of computerized assistive technology.

3. Discussion Discussion of Section 508.

4. Mike Downey Presentation by Mike Downey.

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This event featured keynote speaker Mike Paciello, a renowned expert in web accessibility along with other Macromedia experts in the field who addressed the latest issues regarding federal agency requirements under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires compliance by June 25, 2001. This free webcast featured AbleTV’s live captioned video streaming or “webcaptingsm” process to assist on-line participants with disabilities and serve AbleTV’s growing audience. This webcast was sponsored by Macromedia and the syndicated national radio show “On line Tonight” with David Lawrence.