Web Accessibility Resources

WebAIM website

• ASD Web Accessibility video
• Web Accessibility in Mind
• Creating Accessible Web Sites Using CSS
• Creating invisible content for Screen Readers
• A Framework for Designing Websites for People with Cognitive Disabilities (including low reading skills)
• WebAIM Accessibility Products and Tools
• Wave Accessibility Tool for Testing Web pages

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Links to Accessibility information

• HCI Bibliography > HCI Webliography > Accessibility Resources links to 236 websites/papers/tools
• Web accessibility and usability site
• Mark Turner's Accessibility Resources
• 10SharpDesign Accessibility Links

W3C Accessibility resources

• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

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Jakob Nielsen's columns

• Nielsen's Column on Accessible Design
• How users read on the web
• Writing for the Web
• Eye tracking for reading on the web

Adobe/Macromedia Accessibility

• Create Accessible Forms Dreamweaver 8
• Dreamweaver 8 Accessibility
• Validating Websites for Accessibility in Dreamweaver 8

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Accessibility and color

• Effective Color Contrast: Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies
• Juicy Studio Colour Contrast Analyser
• Vischeck Color Blindness Simulator
• Colorblind Web Page Filter
• Color Scheme Generator
• Color Vision site on color blindness
• ASP.net Resources Color blindness simulator
• SNOOK.ca colour contrast Check

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Accessibility tools to download

• chrispederick.com Web Development Toolbar for Firefox
• Jaws Screen Reader free download version

CSS, Layout & Accessibility

• Designing for Beauty & Accessibiility tells how to use liquid layout and background images (jello layout): tutorial
• Elastic Lawn layout (image expands and contracts)
• Stretch the banner image
• Fade out the banner image, Triple revealing banners
• Gala CSS Layout Templates to download and modify

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Accessible Flash

• Accessible Flash 101

Accessibility Testing

• W3C Web Accessibility Checklist HTML version W3C Web Accessibility Checklist Word Version
• Cynthia Says 508 test
• Accessibility Valet Demonstrator
• Wave Accessibility Tool for Testing Web pages

YouTube + others

• Eyetracking video
• Victor Tsaran video: "An Introduction to Screen Reader"

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