Standards Lesson - 508 accessibility
- Pages must pass 508 compatibility standards - Firefox Web Developers Toolbar which uses Cynthia says or Wave accessibility
- Please watch this presentation by Cyndi Reese, Barbara Heiman, and Corrine Havernin about accessible web pages and PDFs.
- An extensive list of accessiblity reources can be found at the Academic Computing Accessibility Resources page.
- If you are using a CMS (Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla) the code may have problems passing 508 validation. Check the CMS theme before adopting it to see if the code passes.
- Designing Accessible Web Pages
- Accessible Design for Users With Disabilities
- Another resource for accessiblity
- Accessible Forms
- More on Forms
- NY Times article about blind web users
- Hear how the web sounds to the blind