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Resources on Accessibilityby Cynthia Chie |
Cynthia Chie's Slides on Accessibility
CATS (Community of Academic Technology Staff) Web Accessibility Workshop Resources
Developer Tools
- Firefox Browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
- Web Developer 1.0.2: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/
Accessibility Standards
- Section 508 Government Site: http://www.section508.gov/
- Section 508 Homepage-Electronic and Information Technology: http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm
- WebAIM Section 508 Checklist: http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist
- World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
- Usability.gov: http://www.usability.gov/
Information on Disabilities
- WebAIM, Web Accessibility In Mind: http://www.webaim.org/
- Lighthouse International, Color Blindness and Low Vision: http://www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm
Accessibility Checkers
- WatchFire (Bobby): http://webxact.watchfire.com/
- WebAIM Wave: http://dev.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
- Cynthia Says: http://www.contentquality.com/
- Vischeck, test your pages for color blindness: http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/
Accessibility Guides, Tutorials and Resources
- Jim Thatcher Section 508 Tutorial: http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
- Web Accessibility Learning Modules: http://www.csufresno.edu/webaccess/learningmodules/
- Trace Center, University of Wisconsin, Designing More Usable Web Sites: http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/
- WebMonkey, The Web Isn't for Everyone Yet: http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial5.html
- Center for Universal Design: http://www.design.ncsu.edu:8120/cud/
- Humboldt State University Web Accessibility Group: http://www.humboldt.edu/~wag/index.html
Books
- Web Accessibility, Jim Thatcher
- Access by Design; Sarah Horton
- Designing Web Usability; Jakob Nielsen
- The Non-Designer's Web Book, Robin Williams