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Accessibility
- SAP and Accessibility
(offers public accessibility resources) - Accessibility
(overview article) - Accessibility Glossary
- Accessibility Links and References
Read also...
- Making Web Pages Accessible – Questions and HTML Examples
- Vision and Visual Disabilities – An Introduction
- Section 508 – § 1194.22
- Overview of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Links & More
Accessibility Links and References
Laws & Regulations | Other 508 Websites | European Accessibility Links | W3C Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources | Other Accessibility Web Resources | Links for Color Palettes, Color Deficiencies, Design for Visually Impaired People, ... | Universal Access and Elderly Users | Check Tools
Updated: March 27, 2007
Here, we compiled links to Websites related to accessibility and Section 508.
Laws & Regulations
- Official 508 Website
- Section 508 – Full Standards
- Section 508 – Summary
- Open Letter to President Clinton
Other 508 Websites
- Section 508 Home Page Department of Justice
- The Access Board (a federal agency committed to accessible design)
- ICDRI (International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet): Homepage, Accessibility, USA Legal and Policy Resources
European and Global Accessibility Links
- European Concept for Accessibility Network
- Commission acts to improve access for the disabled at the workplace (press release, 15 May 2000)
- ICDRI (International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet): Global Legal and Policy Resources
- ICDRI (International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet): European Union Legal and Policy Resources
W3C Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (Homepage of the Initiative)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
You can read this guideline as offline article in:
interactions. New Visions of Human-Computer Interaction. July+August, 2001, vol. VIII.4, p. 35-54. - Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (W3C Working Draft)
- Bobby Online Check Tool (Watchfire, see also below)
Other Accessibility Web Resources
- EyeHelp.co.uk (EyeHelp.co.uk was formed in late 2005 to offer a unique reference point on eye problems and eye care.) new
- ICDRI – International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
- Trace center (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
- www.trace.wisc.edu/ (Trace Research & Development Center)
- www.trace.wisc.edu/docs/browser/ (Product Design Ideas Browser)
- www.trace.wisc.edu/world/ (Designing a More Usable World – for All)
- Web Accessibility in Mind (WAIM)
"Our goal is to improve accessibility to online learning opportunities for all people; in particular to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities who currently may have a difficult time getting access to online learning opportunities."
Links for Color Palettes, Color Deficiencies, Design for Visually Impaired People, ...
- Visicheck (offers online checks of Web pages for color deficiencies): www.vischeck.com/examples
- BTexact (Web safe colors for color-deficient vision): more.btexact.com/people/rigdence/colours
- Visibone (free html & color popups, color & html stuff, color deficiencies): www.visibone.com
- Colorvision test (The "Science" Stuff Website): home.sc.rr.com/mikebennett/colorblind.html
- Designing for people with partial sight and color deficiencies (Lighthouse International): www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm
- Making text legible (Lighthouse International): www.lighthouse.org/print_leg.htm
Universal Access and Elderly Users
- WUAUC01 - EC/NSF Workshop on Universal Accessibility of Ubiquitous Computing: Providing for the Elderly. 22-25 May 2001 Alcácer do Sal, Portugal (virtual.inesc.pt/wuauc01/)
- Universal Access – Universal Remote Console
- Universal Remote Console Communication Protocol (URCC): www.stakes.fi/tidecong/715vande.htm
- Universal Remote Console - Prototyping the Alternate Interface Access Standard: www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2002/proceedings/141.htm
- V2 – Information Technology Access Interfaces (Homepage): www.ncits.org/tc_home/v2.htm
- NCITS V2 – Standards Development Committee on Information Technology Access Interfaces: http://www.ncits.org/tc_home/v2htm/V2docs/v201011.htm
- National Committee for Information Technology Standards (www.ncits.org)
- The Speech Project (Oxford Brookes University, UK): cms.brookes.ac.uk/computing/speech/
Check Tools
- Bobby Online Check Tool (Watchfire)
- Wave 3.0 (Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT), Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM))
