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Books and Articles

• Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design, S.L. Henry, ET/Lawton, 2007. (updates online 2011-2020)
• "The role of standards in Web accessibility", S.L. Henry and S. Abou-Zahra, in EDF Freedom Guide, December 2011.
• "Usable Accessibility of the Web", S.L. Henry, in User Experience Usable Accessibility issue, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2010.
• "How WAI-ARIA can help make our sites accessible", S.L. Henry, in .net/Practical Web Design, November 2009.
• "Older Users Online". A. Arch, S. Abou-Zahra, S.L. Henry, in User Experience, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2009.
• "Understanding Web Accessibility", S.L. Henry, chapter in Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, friends of ED, 2006.
• Accessibility in the User-Centered Design Process, S.L. Henry and M. Grossnickle, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Inc, 2004.
• "Understanding Web Accessibility", S.L. Henry, chapter in Constructing Accessible Web Sites, Glasshaus, 2002.
• "Everyone Interfaces", G. Vanderheiden and S.L. Henry, chapter in User Interfaces for All: Concepts, Methods, and Tools, Stephanidis, C. (Ed.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000.
• Managing Accessibility In Technology: Bringing Together People, Processes, and Techniques For Successful Implementation, S.L. Henry, in progress.
• Accessibility columns in Internetworking, the newsletter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Internet Technical Group (ITG), December 1999-December 2000.

Papers

• The role of accessibility in a universal web. S.L. Henry, S. About-Zahra, J. Brewer. W4A '14: Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference, April 2014. (available from MIT Open Access Articles http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/88013)
• Essential components of mobile web accessibility. S. Abou-Zahra, J. Brewer, S.L. Henry. W4A '13: Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, May 2013.
• CSS for Readability: Analysis of user style sheets to inform understanding users' text customization needs. S.L. Henry. Proceedings of the W3C WAI Symposium on Text Customization for Readability, November 2012.
• Developing text customisation functionality requirements of PDF reader and other user agents. S.L. Henry. ICCHP'12: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, July 2012. (available from MIT Open Access Articles http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74638)
• Exploring web accessibility solutions in developing regions as innovations for the benefit of all. S. Abou-Zahra, S.L. Henry. W4A '10: Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, April 2010.
• Redesigning www.w3.org/WAI: A Tale of Two Sites. S.L. Henry, C. Haas. Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) 2006 Conference Proceedings, June 2006.
• Interdependent Components of Web Accessibility. W. Chisholm, S.L. Henry. W4A '05: Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility, May 2005.
• Adapting the Design Process to Address More Customers in More Situations. S.L. Henry, C. Law, K. Barnicle. Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) 2001 Conference Proceedings, June 2001.
• Waving Magic Wands: Interaction Techniques to Improve Usability Testing Low Fidelity Prototypes. B. Kauffold, S.L. Henry. Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) 2000 Conference Proceedings, August 2000.
• Usability Screening Techniques: Evaluating for a Wider Range of Environments, Circumstances and Abilities. C. Law, K. Barnicle, S.L. Henry. Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) 2000 Conference Proceedings, August 2000.
• Software Usability Standards for the Next Millennium: Key Issues and Future Challenges. P.S. Reed, S.L. Henry, J. Williams, J. Carter, H. Blanchard, S. Lewis, A. Lund. IEA/HFES 2000: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, July 2000.
• Software Usability and Accessibility Standards: Progress, Issues, and Implications. P.S. Reed, S.L. Henry. IEA/HFES 2000: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, July 2000.
• Designing hands-free, eyes-free, silent (or noisy) environment, and accessible interfaces. G. Vanderheiden, S.L. Henry. CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 1999.
• Overcoming Roadblocks to Usability Services Development. J. Nowicki, S.L. Henry. Usability Professionals' Association 6th Annual Conference Proceedings, August 1997.
• Usability services at Compuware-Madison: bringing usability to data processing. J. Nowicki, S.L. Henry. CHI '97 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, March 1997.

See also Presentations.

Online Resources

• Making Audio and Video Media Accessible , S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang), updated November 2019.
• What's New in WCAG 2.2 Working Draft, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang), updated August 2020.
• What’s New in WCAG 2.1, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang), updated August 2020.
• Text Customization for Readability, S.L. Henry, 2012-1014.
  • Understanding Users' Needs
    • When Text is Not Displayed Well
    • User Experiences
    • From How I See It
  • Text Display Aspects
    • Printing Customized Text
    • Element-Level Customization
    • Scrolling
  • Support for Text Customization
• Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), March 2014.
• Web Accessibility Basics, S.L. Henry, S. Abou-Zahra, S. Keith, V. Menezes Miller, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), September 2012, the basis for Web accessibility basics on Web Platform Docs.
• Web Accessibility is Smart Business Presentation, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), December 2011.
• How to Make Presentations Accessible to All, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), May 2010.
• Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility, S.L. Henry, S. Abou-Zahra, A. Arch, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), December 2009.
• Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites, A. Arch, S.L. Henry, S. Abou-Zahra, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), December 2009.
• Transcripts on the Web: Getting people to your podcasts and videos and Transcription Services, S.L. Henry. uiAccess, October 2009.
• Accessibility - W3C, S.L. Henry and L. McGee, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), October 2009.
• W3C Multimedia Accessibility FAQ, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), October 2009.
• "Components of Web Accessibility" Presentation and Step-by-Step Guide, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2009.
• "Benefits of WCAG 2" Presentation, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2009.
• How WCAG 2.0 Differs from WCAG 1.0, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), December 2008.
• How to Update Your Web Site from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0, H. Swan and S.L. Henry, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), December 2008.
• Web Accessibility Quicktips: WCAG 2 at a Glance, S.L. Henry and W. Dick, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), July 2008.
• Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices, J. Thorp and S.L. Henry, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2008.
• Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities, Y. Yesilada, A. Chuter, and S.L. Henry, eds. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2008.
• WAI-ARIA FAQ, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2008.
• "About WCAG 2.0" Presentation, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), October 2007.
• WCAG 2 FAQ, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), October 2006.
• How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), September 2006.
• Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), April 2006.
• Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), November 2005, updated December 2009.
• Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), August 2005, updated December 2009.
• WAI Web Site Redesign Project, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), July 2005.
• Essential Components of Web Accessibility, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), February 2005.
• Introduction to Web Accessibility, S.L. Henry, ed. World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), January 2005.
• WAI Overview and introductory documents: Web Accessibility and Older People: Meeting the Needs of Ageing Web Users, Mobile Accessibility, Designing for Inclusion, Overview of "Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review", Introduction to "How People with Disabilities Use the Web", The WCAG 2.0 Documents, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview, Navigating WCAG 1.0 Guidelines and Techniques Documents, User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview, Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) Overview, Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite Overview, Indie UI Overview, WCAG-EM Overview: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology, Introduction to "Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA", Finding Your WAI ("way") to New Web Accessibility Resources, Using WAI Material: Permission to Use with Attribution, Referencing and Linking to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents ,Personalization Overview, Pronunciation Overview, Translating WAI Resources, Cognitive Accessibility at W3C.
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Blog Posts

• WCAG Techniques and Understanding WCAG Updates (July 2013)
  WCAG Techniques Updated – Learn about the informative guidance (January 2010)
  New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques (October 2010)
• WCAG 2.0 is now also ISO/IEC 40500! (October 2012)
• Make Your Presentations Accessible to All updated – share the news (February 2012)
  Make Your Presentations Accessible to All (2010 June)
• Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. You can make a difference (2010 January)
• W3C's Shawn Henry on Website Accessibility (2010 January)
• Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case (2009 December)
• Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility (2009 December)
• New resources on making Ajax and related technologies accessible (2008 February)
• A personal reflection on the WCAG 2.0 publication (2008 December)
• A New Era for Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 is Finalized (2008 December)
• With real world implementations WCAG 2.0 steps closer to expected Dec 2008 publication (2008 November)
• WCAG 2.0 takes a giant leap forward — Now it's your turn (2008 April)
• Is WCAG 2.0 almost done?! (2007 December)

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