Jim Allan is a teacher in Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. He has worked in Assistive Technology and Accessible Information Access. He is also a Webmaster and Statewide Technical Support Specialist and became an Accessibility Coordinator.

He is a participant in the World Wide Web Consortium’s-Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C – WAI). He is the current Chairman of the User-Agent Working Group that developed browser accessibility guidelines and Co-Chairman of the Low Vision Taskforce. 

Jim is committed to accessible web design, the development of accessible multimedia textbooks, online learning materials, and assessment. He has been teaching developers how to create accessible websites. He presented various national and international conventions on website accessibility, and Accessibility Judge for International Accessibility Internet Rally, and judging nonprofit and art organization websites for accessibility during redesign competitions.

Jim was also a member of the Space Camp Hall of Fame 2009. He helped Space Camp be accessible to visually impaired students and has been bringing students for 23 years. 

He worked on state and federal legislation related to accessibility and was an alternate representative to Section 508 Refresh. He is a recipient of the 2011 Dewey Winburne Community Service Award.

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