Resources

This page is intended to work as a resource list for accessibility related information. The links above point to the main categories. The individual categories contain the most important sources in the topic. Instead of providing an exhaustive list of resources, this page points you to the most frequently used, or most informative sites to help you do your research on any aspect of accessibility. Some sites would fit into several categories, these are repeated as appropriate

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For users of assistive technology

Navigation is made easier among categories and subcategories by the use of headings. The main categories are indicated with level 2 headings, and the subcategories are organized below hierarchically, by using the appropriate heading levels. The information is presented in standard lists. The links open in a new window.

And finally, read what Wikipedia says about accessibility to get you started.

Section 508

• Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act - These amendments mandated that the Access Board puts together a list of standards, which are today informally referred to as Section 508
• The standards - These are the standards which the Access Board put together based on the amendments to the Rehabilitation Act
• The official Section 508 page - The law, tutorials, current updates.
• United States Access Board official Section 508 page - Section 508 standards, coding guidelines, up-to-date information
• Update of the Section 508 Standards and the Telecommunications Act Guidelines - The Access Board set up an advisory committee to review its standards and guidelines and to recommend changes.
• Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee - The advisory Committee's official page.
• United States Patent and Trademark Office Section 508 page - Standards, policies, books and publicly available internal forms. The reference guide provides a detailed description on making all technologies Section 508 compliant. The Section 508 cookbook describes how to run a Section 508 program.

Web development

• Web evaluation tools - An updated list of currently existing web evaluation tools with comparison and explanations

AJAX

• How to Make Your AJAX Applications Accessible - 40 Tutorials and Articles - A collection of links by Max Kiesler. The page contains summaries about the referenced articles, as well as other AJAX related materials.

Flash

• Creating accessible Flash - White papers from the Macromedia site

HTML

• USPTO Section 508 web standards and coding guide - Contains an explanation of standards and code snipets for proper mark-up
• The Access Board web standards guide - Includes explanation and code snipets
• Jim Thatcher's accessibility tutorial - With Section 508 in mind

Application development

• Writing Section 508 compliant software - Guidelines from the Access Board

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