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David will be presenting the paper\u00a0on Monday 26th April at 11am (4pm GMT). I&#8217;ll link to our paper\u00a0&#8216;Developing Countries; Developing Experiences: Approaches to Accessibility for the Real World&#8217; as and when it becomes available following the conference.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to follow the conference remotely, consider using micro-blogging site\u00a0<a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Accessible Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessibletwitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accessible Twitter<\/a>, either as a registered user or bystander. I&#8217;ll be following David&#8217;s reports over the course of the W4A Web Accessibility Conference at <a title=\"David Sloan's Twitter Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sloandr\" target=\"_blank\">@sloandr<\/a>, as well as\u00a0Brian&#8217;s during the parallel <a title=\"World Wide Web Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www2010.org\/www\/\" target=\"_blank\">WWW conference<\/a> via <a title=\"Brian Kelly's Twitter Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/briankelly\" target=\"_blank\">@briankelly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know more about both Twitter and it&#8217;s role in facilitating my collaboration\u00a0with\u00a0Brian and David, Brian has <a title=\"Brian Kelly blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/ukwebfocus.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/26\/it-started-with-a-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogged about our first virtual meeting<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, you may have noticed it&#8217;s been pretty quiet here at Lewthwaite Towers\u00a0as I press on with my PhD and complete my &#8216;Exploring Disability History&#8217;\u00a0teaching at Sheffield Hallam University. The last two months have been hugely rewarding, hopefully I&#8217;ll be putting more into the public domain over the next few weeks &#8211; not least because May 1st is Blogging Against Disablism Day! If you&#8217;d like to actively take part in this great online festival, be sure to visit the brilliant\u00a0<a title=\"diary of a goldfish\" href=\"http:\/\/blobolobolob.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diary of a Goldfish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"W4A Web Accessibility Conference\", \"798\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"798\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>On Monday the 7th Internation Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility begins in Raleigh, USA.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s conference theme is Developing Regions: Common Goals, Common Problems?. 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