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Accessibility Links and References

By Gerd Waloszek, SAP AG, SAP User Experience – December 7, 2011

This page provides a number of useful links in the context of accessibility. It is not an exhaustive list, but is meant to complement the articles in the accessibility editions on this Website.

Laws & Regulations

United Nations

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Section 508

Homepage (Section508.gov)
Standards: Homepage • Summary • Full Standards
Open Letter to President Clinton

Other 508-Related Websites

Section 508 Home Page Department of Justice
The Access Board (a federal agency committed to accessible design)
ICDRI (International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet): Homepage • Accessibility Primer • USA Legal and Policy Resources

European and Global Accessibility Links

European Concept for Accessibility (ECA) Network
ICDRI (International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet): Global Legal and Policy Resources • European Union Legal and Policy Resources

W3C Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (Homepage of the Initiative)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview (Introduction and links to WCAG technical and educational material)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) general (leads to the current version 2.0)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (You can read this guideline as an offline article in: Interactions. July+August, 2001, vol. VIII, number 4, p. 35-54.)
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 • Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- Understanding WCAG 2.0 • Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

See below for links related to ARIA

Other Accessibility Web Resources and Tools

EyeHelp.co.uk (EyeHelp.co.uk was formed in late 2005 to offer a unique reference point on eye problems and eye care.)
ICDRI – International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
Trace Center (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA)
Web Accessibility in Mind (WAIM)
"Our goal is to improve accessibility to online learning opportunities for all people; in particular to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities who currently may have a difficult time getting access to online learning opportunities."

Check Tools

Wave 3.0 (Web accessibility evaluation tool; Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT), Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM))

Assistive Technology

Assistive technology (Wikipedia)
Screen reader (Wikipedia)

Web Applications: ARIA and More...

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 (ARIA Specification, W3C)
WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide (W3C)
WAI-ARIA 1.0 Authoring Practices (W3C) • WAI-ARIA 1.0 Authoring Practices Keyboard and Structural Navigation (W3C) • WAI-ARIA 1.0 Authoring Practices Design Patterns (W3C)
WAI-PF working group (W3C)
Introduction to WAI ARIA (Gez Lemon)
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center offers central information about Accessibility and ARIA
Paciello Group Website: A valuable information source; its blog section offers many articles on Web accessibility and ARIA:
- Browser & Assistive Technology Tests Redux (excellent overview article about ARIA support in common user agents (browsers) and assistive technology (screen readers)); see also this comparison article)
- ARIA support is provided in major screen readers, for example, in Jaws 11/12 for Windows
- Brief history of browser accessibility support (offers a general Accessibility API and Specification support table)
- HTML5 Accessibility Chops: section elements (background article)
Mobile support for some mobile operating systems:
Illinois Center for Information Technology and Web Accessibility: Good address for HTML Best Practices and using ARIA.
ARIA example reference site: oaa-accessibility.org/examples (currently well recommended)

HTML, HTML5, AJAX, ...

DHTML Style Guide (AOL Developer Network)
HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs Implementation Guide (W3C)
WAI-ARIA in HTML5 working draft (W3C)
AJAX (Wikipedia)

Visual Disabilities

Books

Core, S., Porac, C., & Ward, L. M. (1978). Sensation and Perception. Academic Press: New York.
Jackson, R. & MacDonald, L., & Freeman, K. (1994). Computer Generated Colour: A Practical Guide to Presentation and Display. Wiley: New York.