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An accessible website is one where the site's information may be understood by users with disabilities, including those with visual impairments that use screen readers and those with hearing impairments. Federal law requires that all federal websites are made accessible according to Section 508 of the Disabilities Act. Tarek helps develop websites subject to Section 508, conducts accessibility audits, and provides consultation to website managers. I follow best practice for all websites according to the Web Accessibility Initiative and considers issues of accessibility from the outset of every project. Below are a sampling of relevant completed projects and tasks.

Passed Government 508-Compliance Review

2010-08-04

A government website for which I serve as the lead developer and designer, just passed a rigorous 508 compliance review.  The review was conducted after we did a number of enhancements and a significant content build out.


 

Implemented 508-Compliant Version of AddThis

2010-08-03

The AddThis bookmark and sharing widget isn't 508 compliant out of the box, and using their suggested solutions provides a very reduced service.  To address the issue, I implemeted a fully 508 compliant version of their widget by working with some customized CSS and javascript code.  Just got the repot back from the government compliance review and they found no issues. 


 

New website with jQuery-powered Historical Timeline

2010-07-21

NCLD-Youth's website (http://www.ncld-youth.info), a site I designed and developed, was recently launched.  The site is managed via my custom content management system.

One compontent of the site is an interactive timeline about disability history.  The timeline was developed completely without the use of Flash, so it fully accessible, diplays on non-Flash supported devices like the iPhone, and prints nicely.  It uses plain old XHTML, CSS, and javascript (jQuery).


 

Federal website launched

2010-02-01

Launched a new Federal website. I was responsible for many components including requirements gathering, information architecture, design oversight, and co-development. 


 

Finished Front-End HTML and CSS for Government Website

2009-12-15

Serving as lead developer and project manager for project to overhaul a U.S. government website.  The design and initial coding work was outsourced, but the outside vendor solicited my help in fixing problems with the site's homepage carousel.  I successfully fixed the HTML/CSS problems, converted the delivered files into templates, and initiated the content-loading phase of the project.  i'm now overseeing coders prepraing the content and ensuring that all final pages are 100% valid and section 508 compliant.


 

Section 508/Accessibility Audit

2009-05-14

Conducting a Section 508 / Accessibility audit for www.ncwd-youth.info.


 

Printer-Friendly Page Snippets

2009-04-01

I developed a "print this section" function and added it to a series of web pages for the Members Only section of the National High School Center.


 

Huge Website Overhaul for Federal Technical Assistance Center

2009-03-01

Serving as technical advisor and co-project manager for the redesign and development of a very large website--about 750 unique pages. Directly managed a team of web support associates that were responsible for coding in the content.


 

New Website for NAEP-ESSI

2009-01-07

I finished the design and development of a new website for NAEP-ESSI. It was launched in mid-January, although the organization is still entering content in many parts of the site.