Books
Thatcher, Jim et al. Constructing Accessible Websites. Glasshaus, 2002.
Slatin, John M and Sharron Rush. Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone. Boston: Addison Wesley Professional, 2003.
Clark, Joe. Building Accessible Websites. Indianapolis, Ind : New Riders Publishing, 2002.
Paciello, Michael G. Web Accessibility for People With Disabilities (R & D Developer Series). CMP Books, 2000.
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Cognitive Disabilities
Clear Language and Design Reading Effectiveness Tool
http://www.eastendliteracy.on.ca/clearlanguageanddesign/readingeffectivenesstool/
Fry's Readability graph
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html
Fog index
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~comm300/mary/fogindex.html
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Distance Education and Accessibility
University of Maryland University College Accessibility in Distance Education
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cade/ade/index.html
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Local Resources
Assistive Technology Centers: A list of South Carolina Assistive Technology Resource Centers
can be found at the South Carolina Assistive Technology Project (SCATP) Web site.
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Section 508
Official government site
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Web
Access board
http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm
- E-Learning: http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/e-learning.htm
- Guide: http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center
http://www.ittatc.org/laws/508.php
WebAIM Section 508 checklist
http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist
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Software Support
Adobe
http://access.adobe.com/
Apple Accessibility
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/
IBM Accessibility Center
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/
Macromedia Accessibility Information
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/
Microsoft Accessibility Information
http://microsoft.com/enable/
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Tools
Free Accessibility Validators and Tools
Wave
http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
Cynthia Says
http://www.cynthiasays.com/
HiSoftware online Site Quality tester
http://www.hisoftware.com/accmonitorsitetest/
Vischeck
http://vischeck.com/index.php3
AnyBrowser.com
http://www.anybrowser.com/
A-Prompt Repair Tool
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
Accessify.com
http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/default.asp
Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Office
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/office/overview.html
Magpie (multimedia)
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
Commercial Accessibility Validators and Tools
Usable Net Lift products
http://www.usablenet.com/products_services/products_services.html
SSB Technologies
http://www.ssbtechnologies.com/products/
Hisoftware
http://www.hisoftware.com/index.html
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Trainings
Free Online Tutorials
W3C - Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/
WebAIM - Techniques & Concepts
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/
NOAA & the National Weather Service Tutorial
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/sec508/
ITTATC Web Accessibility Course
http://www.ittatc.org/training/webcourse/
Jimthatcher.com 508 Web tutorial
http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
Commercial Online Classes
HTML Writers Guild
http://www.hwg.org/services/classes/accessibilitydesign.html
Equal Access to Software and Information
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
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Web sites
World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
WebAIM
Web Accessibility in Mind
http://www.webaim.org
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
Aware - HTML Writer’s Guild
http://aware.hwg.org/
The International Center for Disability Resources
http://www.icdri.org/
WebABLE
http://webable.com
Trace Center
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre University of Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/
US Access Board
http://www.access-board.gov/
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