STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility and Technical Communication

In Digital Web Magazine last month, Leona Tomlinson of Agoo IT wrote a great article on understanding disabilities when designing a web site. While some of the information can be found in many places, Tomlinson distills a broad range of information in one article, making it ideal for sharing with those new to Web accessibility. [...]

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Accessibility Validator, HTML Validator, Spell Checker, Link Checker all in one tool! The Total Validator is a free one-stop validator or all-in-one validator comprising an HTML validation against the W3C Markup Specifications or ISO/IEC definition using the published DTDs (2.0, 3.2, 4.0, 4.01, ISO/IEC, XHTML 1.0 and 1.1), an accessibility validator that validates against the [...]

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User-Defined Access Keys: using .asp, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
User-Defined Access Keys: using .php, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
Firefox 2.0 and Access Keys, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
Techniques for "skip navigation" links and "skip to main content" links
Too much accessibility - ACCESSKEYS
Using Accesskeys - Is it worth it? This is not a [...]

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Accessibility Color Wheel Version 1.0 by Giacomo Mazzocato. When you hover over the color wheel, you’ll see text in colors for normal, Deuteranopia, Protanopia and Tritanopia color vision simultaneously. An "OK" message is displayed when you hover over an accessible color. By clicking on the color, you can copy the hex values. The tool may [...]

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Fahrner Image Replacement (FIR) FIR is a standards-compliant technique that uses stylesheets and ordinary HTML to provide a visible image, usually consisting of text. The CSS specifies that the image will display in most cases; if it should not display for some reason, the underlying structural HTML markup is supposed to take its place… Because [...]

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Equal Access to Software & Information (EASI) provides online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities.
Online courses in eClasses.Org over 50 online instructor-led courses and 4 Web certificates.
Section 508 Training

Acquiring Technology: What Every Federal Employee Needs to Know About Section 508
IRS presents a course on Section 508 for Software Development
Section 508 Awareness CD
The [...]

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Web Accessibility problems may involve

Cognitive
Reading disorders, learning disabilities, reading disabilities, thinking, remembering, sequencing disabilities, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Useability will be enhanced with illustrations, good graphics, organized content with headings, and visual cues for navigation.
Hearing
Deafness and hard of hearing. Users may need assistive technology to read audio transcripts or view fully captioned multimedia content.
Motor
Physical disabilities, [...]

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Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28
Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER)
Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. See their [...]

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