508 Spot
Guides and resources to help build applications with accessibility and usability. |
Access Matters
Bob Easton searches for accessibility best practices. |
Access.Edu
Information pertaining to the creation of accessible Web sites, evaluation tools, tutorials. |
Accessibility Color Wheel
A tool to help choose a color pair with good contrast and suitable for text and background of accessible sites. It simulates also various kinds of color-blindness. |
Accessibility Guide
A guide designed to help webmasters comply with web accessibility guidelines, with special emphasis on HTML techniques. |
Accessibility Wizard
A tool for web developers and project teams. It breaks down the WAI Checkpoints into individual tasks for each job role in a development team. |
Accessible eLearning For All
The ALFA Project is being developed to allow educational content providers to create eLearning on any subject and in any language. |
Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center
The AWARE center is a resource developed by the HTML Writer's Guild to assist all web writers to create more accessible web sites. |
Accessible Web Page Design
List of resources for building accessible websites. |
Accessible Webpage Design: Resources
Site created to promote awareness about the need for accessible web design and to steer those who wish to learn more about the topic into the right direction. |
AccessibleNet.org
Accessible directory of links and resources to help Policy Makers and Web Designers make informed decisions about Web accessibility. |
Accessify.com
Tools, links and resources on Website accessibility. |
AccessifyForum.com
Discussion forum regarding site building, news, and legal issues relating to accessibility. |
Adobe - Accessibility
Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Adobe software. |
AiSquared
Developers of tools for seeing or hearing content from your computer. |
All About Access
A blog about web accessibility and issues involving access technology at large, including but not limited to screen readers, operating systems and productivity software. |
alphaWorks : aDesigner
Disability simulator software that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. (IBM ID required to download.) |
ALT texts in IMG
Detailed techniques for using the ALT tag. |
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
The US Dept. of Justice's resource page for the ADA. Voluminous, and not limited to computer and Internet issues, but at least it should be fairly authoritative, if you're willing to wade through the material. |
AnitraPavka.com
Personal weblog with views on accessibility issues, news, and accessibility events. |
AskAlice
Free report provides an assessment of a site's accessibility, and information on how to improve. |
ATPM.com - Web Accessibility
Article by Raena Armitage. Addresses why Web accessibility matters, and gives some practical tips to apply to your Web sites right now. |
ATPM.com: Putting Curb Cuts and Wider Doors on the Internet: Toward Web Site Accessibility
Article by Sylvester Roque and Kimberly Nyles-Roque. Covers disabilities that can affect the internet experience, and gives advice on how to improve sites and avoid causing problems for users. |
CNN: Web Sites are Locking out the Disabled
Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning, but many Web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Things don't have to be that way. |
Color-Blind Design Evaluation
Online tool to show what your site colors look like to color-blind people. |
Could Helen Keller Read Your Page?
Technical tips on improving the accessibility of a web page. |
Design Your Web Content for Accessibility
Short article by Bryan D. Caplovitz covering audience, guidelines, and validation. |
Designing More Usable Web Sites
Research and links from the Trace Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
Digital Web Magazine: Accessibility
Web accessibility articles by various authors. |
Dive into Accessibility
A comprehensive 30 day guide to making your website more accessible. Can be downloaded as a PDF. |
EServer TC Library: Accessibility
A rapidly-growing annotated bibliography of reviewed and rated online resources in accessible and universally-usable design. |
Euroaccessibility
Launched to foster European cooperation toward a harmonised methodology for evaluating the accessibility of web sites. Members, committees and task forces, working rules, objectives, and FAQ. |
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
Outlines approaches for preliminary review web site accessibility and for evaluation of conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. |
Flapback Accessibility Demonstration
A review of browsers, tools and design principles for creating user-sensitive, device-independent web pages. Finger-spelling and morse code are employed to argue for an internet on-ramp serving desktop, handheld and special surfers alike. |
Freedom Scientific
Developer of JAWS for Windows Screen Reader, MAGic Screen Magnification software, the PAC Mate accessible Pocket PC, and WYNN literacy software. |
Government of Canada: Accessibility
Official standards and guidelines for Government of Canada Web sites, as part of the Treasury Board's "Common Look and Feel" initiative. |
Henry's Hints on Web Access
Discusses the invisible image techniques for text only browsers. |
How to Make Website Content Accessible
Articles with advice and tips on making website content universally accessible. |
HTML4.com
Information on web accessibility, usability and web standards. |
IBM Accessibility Center
Information on IBM's 'accessible' products and services. |
ICDRI: Accessibility on the Web
Article defining accessibility and arguing its importance from ethical and economic perspectives. Covers basic techniques for design and testing. |
Introduction to Accessible Web Design
Article introducing accessible Web design and initiatives to improve accessibility. |
Joeclark.org
Accessibility info and Weblogs from the writer Joe Clark |
Library Hi Tech Volume 20, Number 2, 2002
Special issue: Accessibility of web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Read abstracts online; pay for access to full articles. |
Macromedia - Accessibility
Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Macromedia software. |
Microsoft - Accessibility
Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services. |
Opensourcetutorials.com: Web Accessibility Is Similar To Search Engine Optimization
Matthew Drouin explains how web accessibility is similar to SEO along with the 5 essential actions to take to make a site accessible. |
RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design
Royal National Institute for the Blind's campaign for accessible web design. |
RNIB Web Access Centre
A free online resource centre to help designers and managers create accessible web sites. Also links to consultancy services. |
Searchenginewatch - Don't Disable Your Site for Handicapped Users
Article by Matt Bailey. Designers of web sites that are not accessible to disabled users are overlooking a market segment of millions of searchers and potential buyers. |
Section508.gov
Official website for Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act. |
Self Direction Community Project
Providing online disability awareness training. |
SightWeaver
SightWeaver is a tool for repairing HTML tables, to make them more accessible. |
Society for Technical Communication: Internet Accessibility
Information about accessibility to the Internet. Points to many articles, websites and tools to help create and analyze digital documents. |
Standards-schmandards
Weblog about web standards, accessibility and usability. |
TDT - Accessibility
The Design Times Section 508 guidelines, checklists, information, and tools to help build applications with accessibility and usability. |
TechDis Accessibility & Usability Resource
Provides information on the technical and practical aspects of accessibility (including usability issues) and its evaluation, and information on how disabled users access the Internet. |
The Alliance for Technology Access: Web Accessibility
Extensive articles with many links to resources to educate and help with planning and creating accessible web pages. |
The Guild of Accessible Web Designers
An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards. |
The Wave
Helps you check if your page is accessible to people with disabilities. New version includes tests for section 508. |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Accessibility
Links to information on web accessibility and resources for building sites that are accessible to all users regardless of disability. |
UI Access
Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies. |
UnBounded Access
Provider of web accessibility technology, services and research. |
Usability First - Accessibility
Includes background information on Accessibility and lists computer related accessibility aids according to types of disability. |
UsableAccess.com
Web accessibility and usability resources including articles, news, discussion, and research. Focuses on both theory and practice of user-centered design. |
USPS Section 508 Handbook in HTML
Explains the requirements of Section 508 and sets forth, in broad outline, the Postal Service's policies on how to comply with them. |
USPS Section 508 Technical Reference Guide in HTML
Technical Reference guide in support of USPS AS-508, detailing techniques and technical approaches to Section 508 and accessibility. |
Viewable With Any Browser
Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific WWW. Resources, more information and links about this effort. |
W3 Compliant Sites
A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers. |
Web Accessibility
An overview of website access for people with disabilities, and an overview of UK law and the Disability Discrimination Act. |
Web Accessibility Initiative
Guidelines and resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). |
Web Accessibility Survey
Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages. |
Web Credible: Accessibility Resources
Offers tips, tricks, tutorials, links and information about Web accessibility, including UK legal requirements. |
Web Design Standards Project
Offers advice, articles and tutorials for standards compliant web site design including accessibility, xhtml and css. |
Web Page Accessibility Section 508 Checklist
Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Section 508 Guidelines |
WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
Information, training, resources, guidelines and standards for Web accessibility and disability access to the Web. |
Webdisabilities.com
Listing of web companies that have been awarded a kite mark for considering the disabled user. |
Webmates
The purpose of Webmates is to assist other webmasters in their personal efforts to comply with the current standards regarding coding, accessibility and usability. |
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