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Links and Resources
General Sites
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)Homepage
WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility
of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools,
education and outreach, and research and development.
Web Accessibility
Initiative - WAI Printable Glossary - Internal Working Draft
This work in progress will contain an alphabetical listing of terms used in
the following documents: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines
1.0, Working Draft User Agent Accessibility Guidelines.
Alliance for Technology Access
The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based Resource
Centers, Developers, Vendors and Associates dedicated to providing information
and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing
their use of standard, Assistive, and information technologies.
Design of
Accessible Web Pages
This document is funded in part by the project "An Internet Based Curriculum
on Math and Aeronautics for Children with Physical Disabilities," supported
by Cooperative Agreement #NCC2-9011 with NASA's High Performance Computing and
Communications Office, a part of NASA's Information Infrastructure and Applications
Program and the project "Improving Access to Disability Data, a National
Dissemination and Utilization Center," #133D50017 with the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Webable
WebABLE is an authoritative Web site for disability-related Internet resources.
The WebABLE site goal is to stimulate education, research, and development of
technologies that will ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to
advanced information systems and emerging technologies.
Trace Center UW Madison
Designing a More Usable World is dedicated to cooperative efforts linked toward
building a more usable Web for all. At the present time, there are a number
of interlocking and interrelated efforts.
Starling Access Services
Detailed analysis with practical solutions.
Beyond Alt Test:
Designing Accessible Websites
Upon completing this tutorial, participants will have learned about accessible
and inaccessible designs and what makes the designs good or bad. Through discussion
and examples, attendees will learn how to design better websites for people
using the following assistive technologies: screen readers, screen magnifiers,
and various motor skill adaptive technologies. There is a charge for this product.
SNOW (Special Needs Opportunity
Windows)
The Special Needs Opportunity Windows or SNOW Project is a provider of online
resources and professional development opportunities for educators and parents
of students with special needs. Of particular interest are: Courseware Accessibility,
Evaluation and Repair Tools, Emerging Technologies, and Web Access Resources.
Accessibility for 508
This practical tutorial includes examples along with recommendations.
National Center for
Accessible Media: Making Educational Software Accessible
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development facility
dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with
disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities. NCAM's mission
is: to expand access to present and future media for people with disabilities;
to explore how existing access technologies may benefit other populations; to
represent its constituents in industry, policy and legislative circles; and
to provide access to educational and media technologies for special needs students.
Online Courses
Online Course: Designing Universally
Accessible Web Resources
This course is designed for web developers to learn how to create universally
accessible web resources for people with disabilities. Look for REHAB 711NC.
EASI (Equal Access Software and Information)
A leader in making the Internet accessible, they provide a variety of courses
and webcasts.
Validators
W3C Validation Tool
A free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to
W3C Recommendations and other standards.
Bobby
Bobby was created to help web page authors identify and repair barriers to access
by individuals with disabilities. Single web pages can be checked for free.
You must purchase the software to check your entire site.
WAVE
Another way to check whether your web page is accessible to people with disabilities.
It is free.
A-Prompt
This tool diagnoses website accessibility problems and suggests repairs. This
is free.
Lift for Dreamweaver
and Ultra Dev
This Macromedia extension fundamentally changes the way web designers create
usable and accessible content. With LIFT, users can eliminate the lengthy retrofitting
process and create usable and accessible content as they go, without having
to learn a new software environment. There is a charge for this product.
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