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- Accessible Web design - a definition
Author Chuck Letourneau, Starling Access Services © 1998
- Applying the ADA to the Internet:
A Web Accessibility Standard written at the request of the American Bar Association for their June 1998 national summit on disability law and policy for the next millennium.
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell
- Electronic Curbcuts
How to Build an Accessible Web Site. Spring 1997-written at the request of CA Association of Post secondary Education on Disability and
presented twice at Sixth International World Wide Web Conference and at the International Leadership Forum for Women with Disabilities, a follow-up to the
United Nations conference in Beijing, China.
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell and Leslie M. Campbell
- "Electronic Curbcuts for Government Web Sites: Making Your Web Site Accessible"
ADA Update, Fall 1997 by the National League of Cities
No url currently available
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell
- Electronic Curbcuts
The ADA in Cyberspace
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell
- Electronic Curbcuts
Universal Access for Everyone
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell
- "For students with disabilities, the Web can be like a classroom
without a ramp."
The Chronicle of Higher Education. 13 March 1998. A31.
Author - Jeffrey R. Young
- The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities:
"Overcoming Barriers to Participation"
This paper was commissioned by the National Science Foundation in connection with the first US conference on the impact of the digital economy convened by
President Clinton: "Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools and Research"
Author - Cynthia D.Waddell
- Following is another link to Cynthia D.Waddell's paper on the digital economy.
The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities:
"Overcoming Barriers to Participation"
This paper is heavily annotated with resources and hyperlinks that should be helpful for understanding U.S. issues, law and policy impacting access to
electronic and information technology.
- Discussion of Cynthia D. Waddell's Work
Written by the Silicon Valley Business Journal:
Author - Katherine Thornberry
Contact Information
Cynthia D. Waddell
Formerly ADA compliance officer for City of San Jose
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- AccessAbility Online Resource
This Web resource aims to raise awareness of the accessibility issues faced by people with disabilities who wish to use online services.
Federal Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- AWARE Center
AWARE stands for Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education, and our mission is to serve as a central resource for web authors for
learning about web accessibility.
- Designing More Usable Web Sites
from the Trace Center for R&D.
- Designing Web Pages for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- EASI
Equal Access to Software and Information.
Students and professionals with disabilities must have the same access to information and resources as everyone else!
- Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
Section 508 was established to prohibit barriers in information technology and present new opportunities and promises for people with disabilities. This law
impacts upon electronic and information technology purchased by the federal government.
Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. The Federal Information
Technology Accessibility Initiative is a Federal government interagency effort to offer information and technical assistance to assist in the successful
implementation of Section 508.
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HTML Writers Guild
International Organization of Web Authors.
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web
This document provides an introduction to use of the Web by people with disabilities.
- IBM Accessibility Center: Guidelines
- Inclusive Technologies
Inclusive Technologies provides a full range of consulting services to companies, consumer organizations, researchers, and policy makers on how products can
better meet the needs of all users, including users with disabilities and the elderly.
- Microsoft
Accessibility and Disabilities.
- Starling Access Services - Accessible Web Design
- Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design
From Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox.
- W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative
W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), in partnership with organizations around the world, is pursuing accessibility of the Web.
- Web Access Resource List
From the National Arts and Disability Center.
- Web Accessibility mailing list in German.
Further information on subscription and the policy list in:
English or
German
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
W3C Proposed Recommendation 5-May-1999
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
W3C Working Draft 23 November 2005
- WebABLE!
WebABLE!'s accessibility database lists hundreds of internet based resources on accessibility. The WebABLE! directory is a project of the Yuri Rubinsky
Insight Foundation.
- WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
Web Accessibility "How-To" Site.
- Web Pages That Suck
Biggest mistakes in web design 1995-2015
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- Is Your Site Accessible?
Check to find out how your web page measures up against common accessibility guidelines.
- A-Prompt Toolkit
A-Prompt (Accessibility Prompt) has been developed to assist Web authors in improving the accessibility and usability of HTML documents.
- ALTifier
Web Accessiblity Enhancement Tool
Adds alternative text to images(IMG) and other graphical HTML elements.
- Lynx Viewer
This service allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser.
- WebSAT
WebSAT uses a subset of usability guidelines and checks the html of a web page to determine "how well" the guidelines have been
followed.
Many guidelines are subjective and it is not possible to automatically judge conformance.
- WebXACT
WebXACT (previously known as Bobby) is a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.
Note: Appears to have been shut down by IBM!
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