Unless otherwise noted all of the links here are to free resources and programs. In some cases there are free lite versions of commercial software available. In most cases you will be taken to the home or product information page ot directly to the download page. In the case where multiple versions (free to paid server versions) you may need to locate the correct link. I suggest that you open links in a new window to keep this page open while you look at the links.
NOTE: I will be adding to this list
Standards & Laws
- WAI - Web Acessibility Intiative
- Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Section508.gov
- ADA - Americans With Disabilities Act
- WCAG - Web Content Accessibility Guide
Check Lists
- WAI Quick Tips Reference Cards
- WAI Checklist
- § 508 Checklist
- Web Aim
- HTML Writer's Guild - Aware Center
- Dive into Accessibility
- ICDRI - International Center for Disability Resources on the Net
Evaluators & Checkers
- Wave Accessibility Evaluator (WAI Beta) - WAVE complete (includes WCAG 1.0, Section 508) checking
- A-prompt Accessibility Checker
- Cynthia Says - reports WCAG Level 1 & 2 errors and provides an alt text quality report
- Dottie - to automate the process of checking a Web page for compliance with many of the NIA\NLM guidelines for Web accessibility for older adults
- Bobby - test web pages compliance with existing accessibility guidelines, Section 508 and WCAG
- Monitor Central - finding and fixing Section 508 Problems WC3 standards compliance
- Vischeck - simulates color blindness
Forums & Mail Lists
- WebNauts - WebNauts Accessibility and Usability forums
Editor Specific Resources
- Accessibility with Dreamweaver
- Accessible Movies with Flash MX
- ACCVerify SE for FrontPage (free lite version)
- LIFT by Usable.NET has Dreamweaver and FrontPage versions available including a free Dreamweaver Extensions offers one of the few Mac compatible tools
- TP_ErrOmi FrontPage 2000/2002 add-in
Articles
- Designing More Usable Web Sites
- When The Americans With Disabilities Act Goes Online
- Disability Central
- Understanding Accessible Table Mark-Up
- Usability 101
- In Pursuit of Web Accessibility (pdf) or Accessible Text
Back to TopBooks
- Excerpt from Joe Clark's “Building Accessible Websites”
- Summay from Thatcher, et. al. “Constructing Accessible Web Sites”
- Dive Into Accessiblity -download the entire book
Misc. Accessibility
- Maccessibility
- Usability.com
- MAGpie - Authoring tool for making multimedia materials accessible to persons with disabilities
- JuicyStudios - Assistive devise behavior chart
- Web Center @ NIEHS - resources for evaluating your website's current compliance and resources to improve its accessibility to meet §508 requirements
- Voice Web Solutions - developer - tool designed for Macromedia Dreamweaver™ MX that enables anyone to visually build and deploy speech-enabled Web applications based on SALT 1.0
- IBM Accessibility Center
- Apple Accessibility
- Windows Accessibility
- Macromedia Accessibility