W3C Web Content Accessibility Resources

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how
to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

A gateway document to a series of related documents that
provide techniques for satisfying the requirements
defined in "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines". Excellent
and comprehensive.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/

Techniques for authoring accessible content that apply
across technologies
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CORE-TECHS

Techniques for authoring accessible Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS)
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/

Techniques for authoring accessible Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML) content
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Home page of sorts
for all info at W3C relating to accessibility.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Guidelines, Tutorials and Accessibility Overview Resources

Guidelines written for especially for designers created by Sarah
Horton at Dartmouth:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/resources/download.html

Example of flexible layout also by Sarah Horton:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod

This Adobe PDF booklet is a step-by-step guide that covers the
basics for creating and optimizing Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) files so that they can be made accessible to users
with disabilities such as blindness or low vision.
http://access.adobe.com/booklet.html

Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies. This
tutorial on use of color for visually impaired. Basic guidelines for
making effective color choices that work for nearly everyone.
http://www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm

Macromedia

Excellent overview and basic techniques created by Macromedia;
Build rich, engaging and accessible web content with Macromedia
MX products Dreamweaver and Flash.
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/

Flash MX Accessibility tutorial
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/tutorials/
gettingstarted

Excellent overview and basic techniques created by the independent
federal agency Access Board
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm

IBM Accessibility Center, bringing together product and service information for people with disabilities
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/

CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a
research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities. NCAM provides a growing collection of resources for developers and users interested in
ways to make rich media accessible to people with disabilities
http://ncam.wgbh.org/richmedia/
http://ncam.wgbh.org/richmedia/showcase.html

WebABLE provides accessibility technology and services. Performs
in-depth Web site and Software accessibility reviews
http://www.webable.com/

Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM) Excellent site. Providing a
wealth of information, training, workshops and services. Their goal is to improve accessibility to online learning opportunities for all people
http://www.webaim.org/

AgeLight has published this white paper to help insure user interfaces
and web sites are designed for maximum usability for active adults,
seniors and other users who are new to the Internet.
http://www.agelight.org/Resources/webdesign.htm

A resource list of useful information maintained solely by an individual
who is a C2 quadriplegic.
http://www.makoa.org/web-design.htm

University of Toronto Adaptive Technology Resources Center. They do
a ton of research into adaptive technologies and make their resources available.
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/

Government Guidelines Site
http://usability.gov/guidelines/

Tips for Accessible web Sites
http://genasys.usm.maine.edu/access.htm