Computers: Internet: Web_Design_and_Development: Accessibility
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Web Accessibility Initiative
- Guidelines and resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Access Matters
Bob Easton searches for accessibility best practices.
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 Ireland
Aims to promote accessible design and enable website designers to receive feedback on their web sites from users, disabled and otherwise.
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.
Accessify.com
Tools, links and resources on Website accessibility.
AccessifyForum.com
Discussion forum regarding site building, news, and legal issues relating to accessibility.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design
Describes the many business and technical benefits that are realised by applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to Web applications.
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.
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.
The Guild of Accessible Web Designers
An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards.
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
By enabling human capability through innovation, the center strives to help people with disabilities maximize their potential.
Illinois Web Accessibility Standards
Official state guidelines. Readable format with an explanation and implementation tips for each item.
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.
Microsoft - Accessibility
Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services.
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.
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.
UI Access
Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies.
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 Survey
Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages.
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera
Broswer add-on from the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium providing useful tools and validation links. Site includes documentation and free download.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Recommendation from the W3C, which explains to developers and authors how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities.
Web Credible: Accessibility Resources
Offers tips, tricks, tutorials, links and information about Web accessibility, including UK legal requirements.
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.
Wikipedia: Web Accessibility
Encyclopedia article about the topic, including discussion of benefits, technology, guidelines, and legal provisions.
WCAG 2.0: Woeful to Wonderful in One Easy Draft?
Accessites.org article by Jack Pickard, providing a review of the latest changes to the working draft. (May 25, 2007)
hAccessibility
Article by Bruce Lawson and James Craig, raising accessibility issues with the use of some microformats, and specifically the abbr design pattern. (April 27, 2007)
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. (May 19, 2005)
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. (August 7, 2000)
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