Accessibility Resources

Guidelines/Laws - the official word on accessibility

• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• W3C Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• W3C Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• W3C FAQ for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Research Based Usabilitiy Guidelines (National Cancer Institute).
• US Dept. of Justice's Requirements for Accessible Software Design.
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - For Federal Government Agencies.

Web firms that specialize in Accessibility - If you don't use us you might try...

• Agassa Technologies.
• Idyll Mountain Internet.
• Accessible Web Design.

Accessibility Resource sites - Everything you wanted to know...

• WebABLE! - The best collection on the web.
• The National Arts and Disability Center at UCLA.
• The Center for IT Accommodation (CITA) at GSA.
• Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center (AWARE).
• Designing More Usable Websites - Trace R & D Center.
• Webmaster's Reference Page.

Quotes about Web Accessibility - we liked these.

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Goal: Dynamic and Pervasive Accessibility for Every Citizen -- Regardless of the technology, the interface should adapt to the every user anytime, anywhere.

--Mike Paciello, WebABLE!

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These days, most Web sites are not only NOT designing for accessibility, they are designing for INaccessibility, by focusing most of their efforts on presentation, rather than content. Almost everyone will have some trouble with such sites at some point in their lives.

--Terry Sullivan, All Things Web

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New information and communications technologies can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, but only if such technologies are designed from the beginning so that everyone can use them.

--US President Bill Clinton in letter supporting Web Accessibility Initiative

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The techniques that provide access for people with disabilities can also make a web site usable by people with mobile access devices such as cell phones or PDAs; by users connecting via web appliances such as WebTV; and by users who have older hardware and software.

--HTML Writer's Guild news article on Accessiblity Month, April 10, 2000

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The Web is having a dramatic impact on the way we work, learn, live and communicate with each other, and it is essential that this new medium be accessible to everyone. People with disabilities should be full participants in the Information Society.

--US Vice President Al Gore

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America's rush to the Information Superhighway risks leaving behind a crucial element of our population -- our nation's 49 million persons with disabilities.

--from a letter on accessibility by Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley

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A well designed Web site can include all the latest technology and still be accessible.

--From Accessiblity FAQ by Agassa Technologies

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Accessibility does not mean minimal page design, it means thoughtful page design.

--From Accessiblity Issues Page by Accessible Web Design

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