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      The web accessibility field lost a pioneer and powerful advocate when Dick Banks succumbed to cancer this week. Dick was Chief Technology Officer for EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information). More information on his passing is available on the EASI web site. Dick was always an enthusiastic and knowledgeable advocate ...

      There have been some confusing messages coming out recently regarding changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). WebAIM readers may want additional information so they can provide comments and feedback on an issue that continues to be conspicuously absent from the ADA, namely the Internet. Let me review ...

      Though our partnership with the National Center on Disability and Access to Education, I had the great opportunity to sit on the Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC). The committee made recommended changes to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act. During ...

      As a major step in the W3C guideline development process, WCAG 2.0 has today been advanced to Candidate Recommendation status. This means that the WCAG working group believes the guidelines to be in a stable and usable form that can be used by developers and that, even though feedback is ...



Accessibility Resources

 Editor's Picks - Accessibility Favorites

 

DO IT
http://www.washington.edu/doit
Exceptional and extensive resource for learning how to make information technology accessible to people with disabilities through a universal design. Offers free publications and permission to reproduce DO-IT materials (with proper acknowledgment). A large collection of video presentations are also available.

 

WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
http://www.webaim.org/articles/
This site is highly recommended for information and updated news on accessibility. Examples: Introduction to Web Accessibility, Email access, Using FrontPage for accessible web sites, Creating accessible Flash content, and Accessibility features within Dreamweaver.

Accessibility Resources

HTML Techniques
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/
"This document describes techniques for authoring accessible Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) content. This document is intended to help authors of Web content who wish to claim conformance to "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0."

Adobe Accessibility
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/
Accessibility solutions, examples, and products from Adobe.

Microsoft Accessibility
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Accessibility headlines, tips, and solutions from Microsoft.

Section 508
http://www.section508.gov/
"Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities... Using this web site, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508. "

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
"These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content more available to all users, whatever user agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.)."

World Wide Web Consortium (WC3)
http://www.w3.org/
"The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding."

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