Accessibility Guide
Accessibility Project
We have received a good deal of advice from the folks at the University of Missouri who do accessibility testing. (Contact through Jason Aubrey aubreyja)
Web Accessibility Tools and Resources
Introduction to Web Accessibility
- WebAIM’s Introduction to Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/intro
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative - HYPERLINK "http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/Overview.html" http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/Overview.html
Laws, Standards and Guidelines MU Web Policies and Guidelines - HYPERLINK "http://webcom.missouri.edu/policy/web-policy.php" http://webcom.missouri.edu/policy/web-policy.php
HYPERLINK "http://oa.mo.gov/itsd/cio/standards/ittechnology.htm" \o "Missouri Information Technology Accessibility Standards" Missouri Information Technology Accessibility Standards (MITAS) - HYPERLINK "http://oa.mo.gov/itsd/cio/standards/ittechnology.htm" http://oa.mo.gov/itsd/cio/standards/ittechnology.htm
Section 508 - HYPERLINK "http://www.section508.gov" http://www.section508.gov & HYPERLINK "http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm" http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm WebAIM Section 508 Checklist - HYPERLINK "http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist" http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 – HYPERLINK "http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20" http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20 WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist" http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist Free Online Web Accessibility Checkers Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) - HYPERLINK "http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu" http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu W3C validator - HYPERLINK "http://validator.w3.org" http://validator.w3.org Cynthia Says - HYPERLINK "http://www.cynthiasays.com" http://www.cynthiasays.com WebAIM’s Wave Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - HYPERLINK "http://wave.webaim.org" http://wave.webaim.org
Firefox Add-ons Fangs Screen Reader Emulator - HYPERLINK "http://www.standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs" http://www.standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs HTML Validator - HYPERLINK "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249 WebAIM’s WAVE Toolbar - HYPERLINK "http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar" http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar Accessibility Extension Firefox toolbar - HYPERLINK "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5809" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5809 Web Developer - HYPERLINK "http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer" http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer Colorblind Checkers WebAIM Color Contrast Checker - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker" http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker Colorblind Web Page Filter - HYPERLINK "http://colorfilter.wickline.org" http://colorfilter.wickline.org Color Oracle - HYPERLINK "http://colororacle.cartography.ch" http://colororacle.cartography.ch Is your site color blind accessible? HYPERLINK "http://interface.missouri.edu/2008/07/is-your-site-color-blind-acces.php" http://interface.missouri.edu/2008/07/is-your-site-color-blind-acces.php Manual Web Accessibility Testing Guides Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/articles/jaws" http://webaim.org/articles/jaws Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/articles/nvda" http://webaim.org/articles/nvda Using VoiceOver to Evaluate Web Accessibility - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/articles/voiceover/" http://webaim.org/articles/voiceover/ Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/articles/evaluatingcognitive" http://webaim.org/articles/evaluatingcognitive Webinars/Online Trainings EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information - HYPERLINK "http://easi.cc/clinic.htm" http://easi.cc/clinic.htm WebAIM - HYPERLINK "http://www.webaim.org/articles" http://www.webaim.org/articles High Tech Center Training Unit - HYPERLINK "http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm" http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm CATEA accesselearning - HYPERLINK "http://www.accesselearning.net" http://www.accesselearning.net Mobile Devices mobiForge - HYPERLINK "http://mobiforge.com/Testing" http://mobiforge.com/Testing WebAIM Articles Skip Navigation - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav" http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav Appropriate Use of Alternative Text - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext" http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext Creating Accessible Forms - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls" http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls Creating Accessible Tables - HYPERLINK "http://webaim.org/techniques/tables" http://webaim.org/techniques/tables