About this project
About Inclusion Code
Inclusion Code is an accessible HTML learning tool created to support blind learners and educators, and to strengthen real digital accessibility work through practical skills.
Both the online version of Inclusion Code and the Windows version have been created to allow blind users to easily and intuitively practice basic HTML elements and preview their code in a web browser, using screen readers softwares and Braille displays. Understanding the fundamentals of HTML markup language is an excellent entry point into the world of web programming. Also, learning to structure documents with headings, paragraphs, lists, and links enables the creation of well-organized digital content for the web, while also ensuring a high level of digital accessibility.
It is important to clarify that Inclusion Code is an educational tool and is not designed as an editor to create web sites. However, the use of Inclusion Code is an excellent accessible alternative as the first step for HTML learning by a blind person. The program allows practice HTML coding in an non -intimidating way. For advance HTML programming software, we recommend the use of a Integrated Development Environment (IDE), like Visual Code Studio.
About Manolo
Dr. José Manuel Álvarez Cabán, better known as simply "Manolo", is a blind person, but with a great vision of life. He is a true believer in social inclusion, which is why he has dedicated his life to promoting equal access to technology for all. He is a technological innovator, developer of apps, educational software and video games for blind students, podcaster, researcher and professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras Campus, of assistive technology courses. He has offered courses in accessible technology at the graduate level as a visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts, (UMass), Boston campus. As well as digital accessibility workshops at universities in Panama, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Spain.
As a result of his experience as a blind programmer, Manolo is clear that in web accessibility, manual testing becomes more powerful when the evaluator understands HTML structure (headings, landmarks, labels, links, forms). That’s why learning basic HTML is a practical pathway for blind people to influence digital accessibility changes more directly.
Contact
For questions, collaboration, or accessibility feedback, contact: manolo@manolo.net