Accessibility Issues

• Design Guidelines:
  • W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
  • Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines

• Resources:
  • ABLEDATA
  • AbilityHub
  • Accessible Web Design - by the National Science Foundation
  • Alliance for Technology Access (2001). Product descriptions: Alternate input. In Computer and web resources for people with disabilities (part 2, chap. 4). http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atabook/s02/s02-03a.html
  • Accessible Web Page Design: Resources
  • ADA & Disability Info
  • The Adaptech Project
  • Adobe accessibility tools for PDF files
  • Alliance for Technology Access
  • Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
  • AWARE Center
  • Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA)
  • Clark, J. (2002). The glorious people's myth of standards compliance. http://www.joeclark.org/glorious.html
  • Empowerment Zone
  • Entrypoint
  • Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
  • FCC Disabilities Issue Task Force
  • Gilmour, K. (2001, August). The future is bright. Internet Magazine. http://www.internet-magazine.com/features/jakob1.asp
  • HalfthePlanet.com
  • Handspeak
  • HiSoftware Accessibility Verification Software
  • IBM Web Accessibility Center
    • IBM Web Accessibility Center and Sun Microsystems' Accessibility Group Java Accessibility Checklist.
  • IBM Special Needs Systems Home Page
    • Home Page Reader
  • Ihnatko, A. (2002). Who says design should be simple? Newmedia. http://www.newmedia.com/nm-ns.asp?articleID=2275
  • Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center
  • Iowa Department for the Blind - Information on how a screen reader works
  • Ishihara Test for Color Blindness
  • McNeil, J. M. (1997). Disabilities affect one-fifth of all Americans: Proportion could increase in coming decades. Census Brief 97(5). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce. http://www.census.gov/prod/3/97pubs/cenbr975.pdf
  • National Center for Accessible Media
  • Nielson, J. (1997a, October). How users read on the Web. Alertbox . http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
  • Nielson, J. (1997b, March). The need for speed. Alertbox. 2, http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9703a.html
  • Nielson, J. (2001, November). Beyond accessibility: Treating users with disabilities as people. Alertbox. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html
  • Rodchester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf
    National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
  • Math Education and the Nemeth Code
    Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • ReadPlease 2000
  • Section 508 Notes
    Criterion 508 Solutions
  • Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students (TAEVIS Online)
  • Robertson, J. S. (2002, July/August). Making online information accessible to students with disabilities. The Technology Source. http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=948
  • Texas guidelines on accessibility for State web pages
  • Trace Research & Development Center
  • U.S. Access Board. (2001). Section 508: Scope. http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/scope.htm
  • U.S. Department of Justice ADA Home Page
  • University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology. (2000). Statistics on blindness and blinding disease in the United States. http://depts.washington.edu/ophthweb/statistics.html
  • UseableNet.com
  • Virtual Assistive Technology Center
  • W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
    • Checklist for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  • WebAIM
  • WebABLE
  • Web Site Accessibility Class for NETC and ACE members.
    
    August 4 through September 8, 2000 - Jeanne Wiebke & Linda Ffolliott
  • WorldEnable
  
  
• Validators
  • A-Prompt
  • Bobby - Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
  • LIFT - UsableNet
  • The WAVE Accessibility Tool
  • W3C HTML Validation Service
    
    
• News Articles:
  • Accessibility goal: Tear down barriers to virtual schooling
    By Corey Murray, Assistant Editor, eSchool News, May 26, 2004
  • Flash News Flash: It's Accessible - Wired News (4/23/02)
  • The disabled community is potentially a big market. So why is it ignored? - ZDNet April 2000
  • Adobe Press Release (4/18/2000)
  • Web Access for the Blind - The New York Times (12/10/98)
  • Making the Internet accessible for persons of all abilities
    WebReview (9/4/98) by Joseph Lazzaro
  • FCC Proposes Ways to Improve Telecommunications Relay Services, Extend Services to More People With Disabilities - FCC (05/14/98)
  • Georgia Tech's GVU WWW Survey (April 1998)
  • FCC Proposes Rules to Promote Access to Americans with Disabilities - FCC (04/02/98)
  • Bringing the Visual World of the Web to the Blind - The New York Times (03/26/98)
  • Kennard Reiterates Commitment to Ensure that Telecom Revolution Benefits all Americans - FCC (03/09/98)