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Accessiblity Links

Links to web accessibility resources on the web:

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) – Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. Also see their international Policies Relating to Web Accessibility.
• WebAIM – A non-profit organization within the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, one of the leading providers of Web accessibility expertise internationally.
• Accessibility Task Force - The Web Standards Project – The Accessibility Task Force works with accessibility organizations, technology vendors and others to help promote Web accessibility.
• PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites – Outlines good practice in commissioning websites that are accessible to and usable by disabled people. From the BSI (British Standards Institution).
• Web guidelines – From the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit.
• eAccessibility of public sector services in the European Union – From the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit.
• EU - Information Society - eInclusion & eAccessibility – European guidelines.
• EuroAccessibility Consortium – Consortium of 23 European organisations working together to harmonise accessibility initiatives across Europe.
• Support EAM – A project of the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, tasked with creating an e-Accessibility Quality Mark for web services.
• European Internet Accessibility Observatory – The project aims to establish a technical basis for assessing the accessibility of European websites and make the assessment data available online.
• EDeAN - European Design for All e-Accessibility Network – A network of 158 organisations (at the time of writing 2006-03-17) which aims to raise the profile of Design for All (DfA) and emphasize its importance in achieving greater accessibility to the Information Society.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Usability: Accessibility Resources – American accessibility resource, including information about Section 508.
• UPA - Usability Professionals' Association – Promoting usability concepts and techniques worldwide.
• AbilityNet – Non-profit organisation that provides advice, factsheets, assessments, training and assistive technology.
• RNIB - Web Access Centre – The Royal National Institute for the Blind's online information for web designers, developers, content authors and website managers for advice on how to plan, build and test accessible websites.
• Code Style – A collection of articles on web technologies with a focus on standards, compatibility and accessibility.
• IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center – Guidelines from IBM to help developers and content providers understand why and what they need to do to make their technology and information accessible to people with disabilities.
• ItrainOnline: Web Site Usability and Accessibility – Some good links to accessibility and usability resources on the web.
• Watchfire WebXACT – A free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.
• HiSoftware® Cynthia Saysâ„¢ Portal – A web content accessibility validation solution, designed to identify errors in your content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines.
• WAVE 3.5 Accessibility Tool – A website accessibility test that raises issues using icons displayed on the original source page.
• OCAWA accessibility validator – Online tool to perform an accessibility audit. Problems are clearly shown by highlighting the offending source code.
• Web Accessibility Tools – A useful list of links to on-line (and off-line) tools for accessibility testing.