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Table of Contents
- Welcome
- Web Basics
- Publishing on the Web: Putting Files on the Server
- Web Design Process and Workflow
- Project Management
- Mark My WWWord: HTML and XHTML
- Standards Compliance
- Layouts
- Forms
- Meta Tags and Search
- Usability
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Accessibility
- Basic Concepts
- Presentation
- Navigation
- Forms
- Interactive Tools
- Books
- Online Resources
- Enhancing Web Page Interaction
- Web Graphics
- Web Page Optimization
- Multimedia
- Content
- Overview of Servers
- Server Programming Basics
- Careers in Web Design
- Tools
- Tutorials
- Intellectual Property for Web Designers
Online Resources
Last updated Oct 17, 2003.
- Access to Disability Data. InfoUse's statistics on disabilities and advice on designing accessible Web pages.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
- A-Prompt (Accessibility Prompt). A software tool that evaluates Web pages for accessibility barriers and provides information on how to make the necessary repairs.
- Bobby Worldwide. This is a free service to test Web pages for compliance with accessibility guidelines.
- How Do Things Look to Colorblind People? This site explains the different types of colorblindness as well as demonstrates how people who are colorblind see color.
- Lynx Browser. A text-based browser that Web designers can use to see how a site looks with nothing but text.
- Lynx Viewer. Allows you to enter a URL for a site to see how it looks in the text-based Lynx browser.
- NILS Web Accessibility Toolbar. This tool is fabulous for testing a site's accessibility.
- Section 508. U.S. federal agencies must implement the requirements of Section 508, which means ensuring that electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
- W3C Device Independence Activity Working Group. This organization works to ensure seamless Web access with devices and worldwide standards for the benefit of Web users and content providers alike.
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). This group and other organizations are working on Web accessibility for five primary areas: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. This page lists evaluation tools for Web content accessibility.
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind). The goal of this organization is to offer learning opportunities for creating accessible Web sites. The site has information on guidelines, laws, how-tos, articles, products, services, and links. You can also see how a screen reader works.
- Web Standards Project (WaSP). This organization educates Web designers and the general public on how to comply with standards to create accessible Web sites, regardless of browser or disability.
- U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau's Statistics on Disabilities from 1990 provides data on people with disabilities by state, county, and on employment and disability.
