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Videos to help show people the importance of making software and websites accessible

www.glendathegood.com/blog - Preview

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Resources for accessibility in Flash

minutebio.com/...h-accessibility-508-compliance - Preview

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Nice simulation of different types of colorblindness. Includes stats on each type.

www.webexhibits.org/...2.html - Preview

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Quick tutorial screencast by a kid on how to create and add captions to a YouTube video

www.youtube.com/watch - Preview

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The WCAG 2.0 guidelines for contrasting colors mean that if color is the only indicator of difference, you need to have sufficient contrast. It's really hard to meet the requirements with color alone, but if you underline your links it's OK.

webaim.org/...wcag-2-0-and-link-colors - Preview

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Why do schools refuse to use free and open source software options, even when those options would improve accessibility for students? Ignorance? Fear? Politics? Probably some combination of all three.

speedchange.blogspot.com/...g-free-depriving-students.html - Preview

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Create accessible forms, YouTube captions, skip nav links, etc.

accessify.com/tools-and-wizards - Preview

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New features include support for text attributes, spell check, and HTML 5 video/audio

www.marcozehe.de/...bility-features-in-firefox-3-5 - Preview

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Section 508 or WCAG validator

www.cynthiasays.com - Preview

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Resources for multimedia accessibility in e-learning, including case studies. Part of their philosophy is that multimedia can actually enhance accessibility and make course designs more usable for all learners.

www.skillsforaccess.org.uk/index.php - Preview

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Open course on accessibility in e-learning, starting with an overview of disability and accessibility. Also includes information on designing and evaluating courses for accessibility.

openlearn.open.ac.uk/...view.php - Preview

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Blogs about accessibility (plus a few general web design blogs that sometimes cover accessibility)

webaim.org/...accessibility-blog-roundup - Preview

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Free online tutorial for making online learning accessible, in 10 parts

www.accesselearning.net - Preview

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Presentation with numerous resources for e-learning accessibility, plus tips for instructors

www.slideshare.net/...accessible-content - Preview

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Check website accessibility with a free tool from WebAIM. You can enter a URL, upload a file, or paste HTML code. There's also a Firefox toolbar that lets you check content that is password protected etc.

wave.webaim.org - Preview

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Enter a URL, see what the webpage looks like for multiple kinds of colorblindness. Easy to switch from one filter to another to see different variations.

colorfilter.wickline.org - Preview

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Example of (theoretically) accessible e-learning Section 508 created for the IRS. Publicly available. Lots of little errors though; spaces in alt tags, paragraph tags with formatting instead of header styles, etc. Given as an example in a discussion in a LinkedIn group.

www.irs.gov/...basic_module.jsp - Preview

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Literature review on research related to accessibility specifically for cognitive disabilities. One conclusion from this review is that there's very little research actually out there to draw from; most guidelines and recommendations aren't grounded in much evidence.

www.paulbohman.com/...litreview2007 - Preview

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Results of a survey of screen reader users. Screen reader users are not uniform in their responses; proficiency levels and preferences vary widely. Clear heading structure is recommended, as this was a very common navigation technique. Because of the diversity of responses, it may be best to provide options so people can access content in the way that works for them.

webaim.org/...screenreadersurvey - Preview

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Color scheme generator which includes a feature for simulating what the colors would look like for people with different types of color blindness

colorschemedesigner.com - Preview

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