Learn more about Accessibility from our Web Design and Development directory

508 Spot - Guides and resources to help build applications with accessibility and usability.

A Webmasters Guide To Accessibility - Advice from one webmaster to any others working on accessibility issues with their own or their clients' websites.

Absolutelygovt.co.nz - Provides information to the public sector regarding accessibility engineering and usability testing.

Access.Edu - Information pertaining to the creation of accessible Web sites

Accessibility Guide - A guide designed to help webmasters comply with web accessibility guidelines

Accessible eLearning For All - The ALFA Project is being developed to allow educational content providers to create eLearning on any subject and in any language.

Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center - The AWARE center is a resource developed by the HTML Writer's Guild to assist all web writers to create more accessible web sites.

Accessible Web Page Design - List of resources for building accessible websites.

Accessible Webpage Design: Resources - Site created to promote awareness about the need for accessible web design and to steer those who wish to learn more about the topic into the right direction.

AccessibleNet.org - Accessible directory of links and resources to help Policy Makers and Web Designers make informed decisions about Web accessibility.

Accessify.com - Tools

AccessifyForum.com - Discussion forum regarding site building

Adobe - Accessibility - Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Adobe software.

AiSquared - Developers of tools for seeing or hearing content from your computer.

alphaWorks : aDesigner - Disability simulator software that helps Web designers ensure that their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired. (IBM ID required to download.)

ALT texts in IMG - Detailed techniques for using the ALT tag.

Americans With Disabilities Act Information - The US Dept. of Justice's resource page for the ADA. Voluminous

AnitraPavka.com - Personal weblog with views on accessibility issues

ATPM.com - Web Accessibility - Article by Raena Armitage. Addresses why Web accessibility matters

ATPM.com: Putting Curb Cuts and Wider Doors on the Internet: Toward Web Site Accessibility - Article by Sylvester Roque and Kimberly Nyles-Roque. Covers disabilities that can affect the internet experience

Campaign for Accessible Web Sites - Site created to offer free advice and information for webmasters who want to make their sites accessible to all.

CNN: Web Sites are Locking out the Disabled - Office buildings have wheelchair ramps and TV has closed captioning

Color-Blind Design Evaluation - Online tool to show what your site colors look like to color-blind people.

Could Helen Keller Read Your Page? - Technical tips on improving the accessibility of a web page.

Design Your Web Content for Accessibility - Short article by Bryan D. Caplovitz covering audience

Designing More Usable Web Sites - Research and links from the Trace Center

Digital Web Magazine: Accessibility - Web accessibility articles by various authors.

Dive into Accessibility - A comprehensive 30 day guide to making your website more accessible. Can be downloaded as a PDF.

EServer TC Library: Accessibility - A rapidly-growing annotated bibliography of reviewed and rated online resources in accessible and universally-usable design.

Euroaccessibility - Launched to foster European cooperation toward a harmonised methodology for evaluating the accessibility of web sites. Members

Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility - Outlines approaches for preliminary review web site accessibility and for evaluation of conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.

Flapback Accessibility Demonstration - A review of browsers

Freedom Scientific - Developer of JAWS for Windows Screen Reader and MAGic Screen Magnification Software.

Government of Canada: Accessibility - Official standards and guidelines for Government of Canada Web sites

Henry's Hints on Web Access - Discusses the invisible image techniques for text only browsers.

How to Make Website Content Accessible - Articles with advice and tips on making website content universally accessible.

HTML4.com - Information on web accessibility

IBM Accessibility Center - Information on IBM's 'accessible' products and services.

ICDRI: Accessibility on the Web - Article defining accessibility and arguing its importance from ethical and economic perspectives. Covers basic techniques for design and testing.

Internet Captioning Professionals - Internet captioning of live audio and video webcasts for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals or anyone requiring instantaneous voice-to-text conversion.

Introduction to Accessible Web Design - Article introducing accessible Web design and initiatives to improve accessibility.

Joeclark.org - Accessibility info and Weblogs from the writer Joe Clark

Library Hi Tech Volume 20 - Special issue: Accessibility of web-based information resources for people with disabilities. Read abstracts online; pay for access to full articles.

Macromedia - Accessibility - Learn how to make your site more accessible when using Macromedia software.

Making Your Web Content Accessible - Essay on the 'case for accessibility'.

Microsoft - Accessibility - Information about Microsoft accessibility products and services.

Ogston.com - Advice

Opensourcetutorials.com: Web Accessibility Is Similar To Search Engine Optimization - Matthew Drouin explains how web accessibility is similar to SEO along with the 5 essential actions to take to make a site accessible.

Remote Captioning - Remote captioning over the Internet of live events for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals or anyone requiring instantaneous voice-to-text conversion.

RetroAccess - Website evaluation/correction tool that checks your website code against accessibility standards and guides you through the repair of problems.

RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design - Royal National Institute for the Blind's campaign for accessible web design.

Section508.gov - Official website for Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.

Self Direction Community Project - Providing online disability awareness training.

SightWeaver - SightWeaver is a tool for repairing HTML tables

Society for Technical Communication: Internet Accessibility - Information about accessibility to the Internet. Points to many articles

TechDis Accessibility & Usability Resource - Provides information on the technical and practical aspects of accessibility (including usability issues) and its evaluation

The Alliance for Technology Access: Web Accessibility - Extensive articles with many links to resources to educate and help with planning and creating accessible web pages.

The Guild of Accessible Web Designers - An association of organisations and accessible web designers and developers promoting accessible web design standards.

The Wave - Helps you check if your page is accessible to people with disabilities. New version includes tests for section 508.

Tunna-resources - Website design tips for new and disabled webmasters.

UI Access - Resource for universal interface design and accessibility that provides techniques to support developing and implementing strategies.

UnBounded Access - Provider of web accessibility technology

Usability First - Accessibility - Includes background information on Accessibility and lists computer related accessibility aids according to types of disability.

UsableAccess.com - Web accessibility and usability resources including articles

Viewable With Any Browser - Campaign for a Non-Browser Specific WWW. Resources

W3 Compliant Sites - A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers.

Web Accessibility - An overview of website access for people with disabilities

Web Accessibility and Universal Design - List of resources based around accessibility issues

Web Accessibility Survey - Some data collected on the accessibility of college and university web pages.

Web Alert - Campaign for an independent and accessible WWW for everyone regardless of the browser that they use.

Web Credible: Accessibility Resources - Offers tips

Web Page Accessibility Section 508 Checklist - Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Section 508 Guidelines

WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind - Information

Webdisabilities.com - Listing of web companies that have been awarded a kite mark for considering the disabled user.

Webmates - The purpose of Webmates is to assist other webmasters in their personal efforts to comply with the current standards regarding coding