ACCESSIBILITY
SITES
Department of Justice Section 508 Home Page
Comprehensive information from the Department of Justice on Section 508, which requires that information provided electronically by Federal agencies be accessible to people with disabilities.
The MCU: Accessible Web Design Articles and Guides
Articles relating to web accessibility, from a UK University-based organization.
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
Describes an initiative put forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to promote web accessibility measures.
WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
A grant-supported website that hopes to "improve accessibility to online learning opportunities for all people," especially people with disabilities.
ARTICLES
Accessibility: The Clock Is Ticking
An explanation and discussion of Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which mandates that government websites in the U.S. be accessible to people with varying disabilities. (9/24/1999 at A List Apart)
Auxiliary Benefits of Accessible Web Design
The World Wide Web Consortium lays out the business case for website accessibility: increasing market share; improving efficiency; demonstrating social responsibility; and reducing legal liability. (3/24/2002 at The World Wide Web Consortium)
Colorblindness and Usability
A colorblind web professional advises site developers to help serve the 10% of the male population that is colorblind. (2/10/2001 at WebWord.com)
Designing Web Sites to be Disability Friendly
Advice on using document structure, images, tables, forms, CSS, and XML in a disability-friendly manner. (9/8/2000 at WDVL)
Fed Opens Web to Disabled
Federal rules released Dec. 21, 2000, require almost all federal government websites to be made accessible to disabled people within the next 6 months; some legal experts believe the requirement will be extended to commercial websites. (12/22/2000 at Wired News)
Flash MX Accessibility Issues
By providing text equivalents to Flash application content, Flash 6 makes building accessible Flash applications possible. (11/8/2002 at O'Reilly Network)
Getting to Know the Disabilities Community
A look at several different groups of disabled people who use the web, and how their abilities affect their web use: people who are blind, have low vision, or color blindness; those who are deaf or hard of hearing; those with motor impairment; etc. (3/9/2001 at Web Review)
HEIDI VAN ARNEM: iCan's Web Crusade
A profile of Heidi Van Arnem, who "fighting for the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities" through her company, iCan, and its website iCan.com. (12/27/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Introducing Web Accessibility
What web accesibility means, and why it's important. (3/2/2001 at Web Review)
Is the Web Truly Accessible to the Disabled?
Despite the efforts of the W3C, US government, and disabled community, approximately 98 percent are not fully accessible to disabled users. (1/26/2000 at CNET.com)
Joe Clark's Answers -- In Valid XHTML
Usability expert Joe Clark answers Slashdot readers' questions about website usability. (12/9/2002 at Slashdot.org)
Smart Biz: Enabling the Disabled
Companies are making their websites more accessible to people with disabilities in the interest of "good business"; not only are there at least 6 million people with disabilities online, but being accessible can help fend off lawsuits. (11/3/2000 at Wired News)
Standards Body Pushes Accessibility Online
The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the candidate recommendation for its User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 1.0 as part of its Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). (9/17/2001 at News.com)
The WAP Vision
A look at the future of web access, especially in terms of providing access to both mobile device users and the disabled. The same types of solutions - XML, alternative content streams - will probably serve both sets of users. (2/11/2000 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: 500 Million and Growing
Statistics on the number of people worldwide, and in particular countries, who have disabilities. (3/16/2001 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: Accessibility Design Issues
A look at the 14 points of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: give equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content; don't rely on color alone; use markup and style sheets properly; etc. (3/30/2001 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: Applying the Golden Rule
One way to convince web designers to make their websites accessible is to appeal to their heartstrings: building sites that the disabled can use is "doing the right thing." (3/23/2001 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: How to Apply Accessibility to Sites Old and New
Using an inventory of your old website's content to help make it more accessible; and building accessibility into new sites from the beginning. (4/6/2001 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: HTML 4.0 (Final)
Excerpt from the book WEB accessibility for People with Disabilities, focusing on frames and tables. (4/27/2001 at Web Review)
Web Accessibility: HTML 4.0 (Part II)
Tags in HTML 4.0 - including ACCESSKEY, TABINDEX, OPTGROUP and more - that help make forms more accessible. (4/20/2001 at Web Review)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
The World Wide Web Consortium has released the latest version of its Web Accessibility Guidelines. (8/22/2002 at The World Wide Web Consortium)
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