Educational Technology
     Accessibility



WWW Consortium: Web Accessibility Initiative

  Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
  Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  How People with Disabilities Use the Web

WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
 

Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin

The Trace Research & Development Center is a part of the College of Engineering, University of  Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1971, Trace has been a pioneer in the field of technology and disability. The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.

Increasing the Accessibility of the Web through style sheets, scripts, and "plug-ins"
 

AHA: Audio HTML Access

This report discusses the "AHA" system for presenting HTML in audio for blind users and others who wish to access the WWW non-visually. AHA is a framework and set of suggestions for HTML presentation based on an initial experiment. Further experimentation and further revisions will be performed with the system.
 

AWARE Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education

     Learning Accessible Web Authoring  Classes, Books and Tutorials, Online and Offline
 

 Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto

      Papers

      Building Accessible Curriculum and Courseware Tools - Education Beyond the Campus
      Accessible Web-based Distance Education: Principles and Best Practices
      Adding Feeling, Sound and Equal Access to Distance Education
 

CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
 

Closing the Gap

      Library
 

EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information
 

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

The United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), through its National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), conducts comprehensive and coordinated programs of research and related activities to maximize the full inclusion, social integration, employment, and independent living of disabled individuals of all ages.
 

WebABLE

  At WebABLE, our mission is to make the Internet and World Wide Web accessible to people with disabilities. To accomplish this mission, we provide accessibility technology and services to corporate, government,   educational, and non-profit clients.
 

WebAIM    The Web Accessibility "How-To" Site

      Introduction to Web Accessibility
      Section 508 Web Accessibility Checklist
      Accessibility of the Internet in Postsecondary Education: Meeting the Challenge
      Tutorials
 

Microsoft Accessibility
 

Designing to meet the needs of visually impaired people
 

 Starling: Accessible Web Page design
 

       Listserv Groups

 ACCESS  access@maelstrom.stjohns.edu (list)
 listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu (listserv)

 Disabled Student Services in Higher Education DSSHE-L
 dsshe-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (list)
 listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (listserv)


 

Educational Technology