Accessible Websites - Does the ADA Apply & The Business Case
Cheryl D. Wise
Index of Slides
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Accessible Websites
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Is Your Site Required to be Accessible?
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The Answer Is:
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What does §508 require?
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What about the ADA? (Americans with Disabilities Act)
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National Federation of the Blind vs. AOL
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Litigation under the ADA
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Department of Justice
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State Enforcement of the ADA
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Spitzer Agreement
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Business Reasons for an Accessible Site
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70% of Web Users Benefit
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Visual Difficulties
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Dexterity Problems
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Hearing Difficulties
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Where to Get Started
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Assessing the situation
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Minimum Testing
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Automated or Semi-Automated Testing
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Designer/Coder Manual Checks
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End User Checks
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Benefits of Testing HTML & CSS
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Use Proper Structural Mark-Up
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Example of HTML, CSS, and a Structured Document Schema
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Inspect and Verify All Informational Tag Attributes
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Multimedia Testing
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Additional Testing Areas
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Testing Keyboard Accessibility
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Setting Standards – Style Guides
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When the Site is Live
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More Resources
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Accessibility Tools- Checkers
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Accessibility Articles
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PBS Special-Freedom Machines
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