On-line Resources for Accessible Web Design

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There is a lot of information available on-line on how to make web pages accessible. There are also some useful tools to assist with this process, they are listed below:

Accessibility Guidelines with HTML Examples

• Jim Thatcher's Web Courses on Accessibility

• WebAim - Web Accessibility in Mind - a web accessibility how-to site.
• The Iowa Program for Assistive Technology and the Iowa Department for the Blind have published the guidelines Designing Accessible Web Sites: Creating Sites That Are Accessible to People with Disabilities

  Accessibility guidelines, suggestions, and resources

• Iowa Center for Assistive Technology Education & Resources (ICATER)
• UCLA accessibility resources
• The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) provides accessibility guidelines
• Trace R&D center resources for universal design information for information access.
• Campus Services Assistive Technology site
• Office of Government Policy, Center for Information Technology Accommodation web design guidelines.
• National Center for Accessible Media provides guidelines for web pages, video captioning, audio description, etc.
• The IMS Accessibility Working Group has developed guidelines for accessible learning applications. It provides a description of common accessibility problems and then offers practices that developers and content creators can implement to enhance accessibility for all users.
  
  

  On-line training

• EASI- Equal Access to Software and Information offers on-line workshops on accessible web design.

Web checkers

• Bobby is a web-based public service offered by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities as well as their compatibility with various browsers.
• HTML 4 Validator from W3C
• The Wave from Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology

Web Accessibility Logo Programs

• National Center for Accessible Media
  
  
  
• Bobby Approved
  
  
  
• WC3 HTML 4 Validator Approved