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Web Accessibility Resources

There is an abundant amount of information on the Internet relating to web accessibility issues, guidelines, technology enhancements, and design. Only a fraction of what is listed below attempts to present an overview of concentrated topics.

Web Accessibility Guidelines and Reference Information
Section 508
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=3
WCAG Guidelines 1.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
Jim Thatcher Accessibility Consulting Resources
http://jimthatcher.com

Web Accessibility Design: Information and Technologies
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Homepage
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
XML – Extensible Markup Language
http://www.w3.org/XML/

Web Accessibility Forms, Tables, Color
Lighthouse International Color Resources
http://www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm
Vischeck for Deuteranope
http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckImage.php
Web Aim (How to Create Accessible Forms)
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/formvalidation/
Web Aim (How to Create Accessible Tables, Layout and Data)
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/tables/

Making Power Point Accessible
Author Paul Bohman, Sept. 30, 02' writes: "Before I say anything else, I want to make two main points about posting PowerPoint presentations on the Web:"...
1. There's nothing wrong with posting the presentations in their original format, HOWEVER,
2. You must ALSO post an HTML-based version to ensure maximum accessibility.
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?28

Making Accessible Adobe PDF files
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.htm

Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents Adobe PDF conversion
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
This conversion service will convert to text Adobe PDF files that are in English and most West European languages.

Multimedia - Tools for captioning video and
descriptive audio
Developers of Web and CD-ROM based multimedia need an authoring tool for making their materials accessible to persons with disabilities. The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has developed two such tools, version 1.0 and 2.01 of the Media Access Generator (MAGpie), for creating captions and audio descriptions for rich media.
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/

Distance Education
Additionally, consider this page with information on developing course materials and what considerations should be made to develop accessible web-based distance learning courses.
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/articles?173

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