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 User:aubreyja)

Web Accessibility Tools and Resources

Introduction to Web Accessibility

• WebAIM’s Introduction to Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/intro
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative - http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/Overview.html

Laws, Standards and Guidelines

• MU Web Policies and Guidelines -
  • http://webcom.missouri.edu/policy/web-policy.php
  • Missouri Information Technology Accessibility Standards
• Missouri Information Technology Accessibility Standards (MITAS) - http://oa.mo.gov/itsd/cio/standards/ittechnology.htm
• Section 508 -
  • http://www.section508.gov
  • http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm
• WebAIM Section 508 Checklist - http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 – http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20
• WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist - http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist

Free Online Web Accessibility Checkers

• Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) - http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu
• W3C validator - http://validator.w3.org
• Cynthia Says - http://www.cynthiasays.com
• WebAIM’s Wave Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - http://wave.webaim.org

Firefox Add-ons

• Fangs Screen Reader Emulator - http://www.standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs
• HTML Validator - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249
• WebAIM’s WAVE Toolbar - http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar
• Accessibility Extension Firefox toolbar - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5809
• Web Developer - http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer

Colorblind Checkers

• WebAIM Color Contrast Checker - http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker
• Colorblind Web Page Filter - http://colorfilter.wickline.org
• Color Oracle - http://colororacle.cartography.ch
• Is your site color blind accessible? http://interface.missouri.edu/2008/07/is-your-site-color-blind-acces.php

Manual Web Accessibility Testing Guides

• Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/articles/jaws
• Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/articles/nvda
• Using VoiceOver to Evaluate Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/articles/voiceover/
• Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility - http://webaim.org/articles/evaluatingcognitive

Webinars/Online Trainings

• EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information - http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
• WebAIM - http://www.webaim.org/articles
• High Tech Center Training Unit - http://htctu.net/trainings/manuals/tutmain.htm
• CATEA accesselearning - http://www.accesselearning.net

Mobile Devices

• mobiForge - http://mobiforge.com/Testing

WebAIM Articles

• Skip Navigation - http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav
• Appropriate Use of Alternative Text - http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext
• Creating Accessible Forms - http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls
• Creating Accessible Tables - http://webaim.org/techniques/tables