“Developers of web pages should consider the full spectrum of users that may visit their sites. Listed are some resources that may be helpful in creating pages that are truly accessible.”
The Accessible Web Author’s Toolbox
“There are a number of helpful tools out there that can make life much easier for the author of an accessible web site. These include networked and local evaluation tools, correction and repair utilities, WYSIWYG and ‘raw HTML’ editors, and specialized browsers for testing purposes.”
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
“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.).”
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WebABLE!
“…our mission is to make the Internet and World Wide Web accessible to people with disabilities. To accomplish our mission, we provide a host of accessibility services… Creating accessible information requires the following of only one rule: don’t exclude anyone from your information. The challenge is not following that rule, but becoming (and remaining) aware of it.”
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Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach
“It has gotten much easier to advise people on making it possible for users with disabilities to use a website: just follow the official Web Accessibility Initiative Standard (WAI) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).”
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CAST: Bobby
“Bobby is a web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities. CAST offers Bobby as a free public service in order to further its mission to expand opportunities for people with disabilities through the innovative uses of computer technology.”
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Color Contrast and Partial Sight
Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies: “This brochure contains basic guidelines for making effective color choices that work for nearly everyone. To understand them best, you need to understand the three perceptual attributes of color: hue, lightness and saturation, in the particular way that vision scientists use them.”
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AWARE Center — HTML Writers Guild
“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.”
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Webwatch-l: For disabled users
“Webwatch is a mailing list devoted to the discussion of the world wide web (www) as it relates to people with disabilities. The primary purposes of the list are to share information on web sites that are particularly useful, to coordinate advocacy efforts on making sites more accessible and for everyone to learn about making the web a more helpful tool.”
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Accessible HTML
“I’ve heard seemingly reasonable people argue in favor of excluding people with disabilities from their sites. Sure, if only 1 percent of all browsers hitting your site are text browsers, and you’ve no current personal need for assistive technology (like me), and you have tons of bandwidth (like we do at HotWired), you might not see the immediate benefits of catering to 1 percent of your visitors. But making sites universally accessible is easy, cost effective, and in concert with Web design fundamentals.” Also see The Web Accessibility Initiative.
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