Introduction

My name is Jonathan Avila and I have recently been invited to participate
in the WCAG WG.  I started in the field of accessibility in 1999 at the
time the first accessibility standards were published.  US Section 508 law
was not effective at that time and most of my work focused around Section
504 providing accessibility accommodations, configuration, and customized
screen reader scripting to people with visual impairments.  As Section 508
became effective and gained traction I began to define an evaluation
methodology and develop testing tools for accessibility testing with the
company I work for SSB BART Group.  I have a Computer Science background
and have worked with a number of customers to develop accessibility
implementations for products and frameworks including those with MSAA and
Java Accessibility APIs.  I've performed work for many US Federal agencies
that cover testing methodology, training, and audits.  I've worked with
numerous large corporations and smaller entities to make and develop plans
to remediate documents, websites, Windows software, Adobe Flash, mobile
apps, hardware, video players, and other ICT to be accessible.



I'd be happy to contribute in regards to mobile web, mobile software,
 ARIA, or other HTML, CSS, JavaScript related accessibility efforts.  I
personally would like to see more techniques that support users with low
vision.



Best Regards,



Jonathan