Accessibility Resources

Getting Started

• WebAIM: Introduction to Web Accessibility
• Shawn Lawton Henry: Understanding Web Accessibility
• Wikipedia: Web accessibility
• Dive Into Accessibility (free online course)

Websites

• Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM)
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (W.A.I.)
• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
• Code Talks (ARIA information)
• IBM Guidelines for Writing Accessible Java Applications
• Usability.gov
• Access-I.T.: The National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education
• National Centre for Accessible Media (NCAM)
• The Web Standards Project

Accessibility Evaluators and Tools

• Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE)
• Firefox Accessibility Extension
• WAVE Accessibility Checker and WAVE toolbar
• Toronto Accessibility Checker
• Worldspace FireEyes Accessibility plug-in
• AIS Web Accessibility Toolbar (Windows only)
• W3C HTML Validator
• W3C CSS Validtator
• Web-Anywhere web-based screen reader
• NVDA free screen reader application (Windows-based)
• snook.ca color contrast checker
• Juicy Studio: Colour Contrast Analyser and Firefox add-on
• Colorblind Web Page Filter
• MAGpie video captioning

Helpful Articles

• Creating Accessible Tables
• Creating Accessible Data Tables
• Creating Accessible Forms
• Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility
• Using VoiceOver to Evaluate Web Accessibility
• Could Helen Keller Read Your Page?
• Creating Accessible PDF Documents
• Adobe Flash CS3 accessibility
• Web Captioning Overview
• Juicy Studio
• A List Apart: Accessibility Articles