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"WAVE is a free web accessibility evaluation tool provided by WebAIM. It is used to aid humans in the web accessibility evaluation process. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicato
Press release announcing Disability.gov revamp "with social media tools to encourage interaction and feedback, and new ways to organize, share and receive information. Visitors can sign up for personalized news and updates, participate in online discussio
Federal web site whose mission is "to connect people with disabilities, their family members, veterans, caregivers, employers, service providers and others with the resources they need to ensure that people with disabilities can fully participate in the w
From the site: "The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) works with organizations around the world to develop strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities." Recommended reading: the Introducing Accessibi
"To launch the 2010 season of Accessibility 100 – a series of 100 easy-to-implement, free and inexpensive tips for improving accessibility for people with disabilities, I challenged people to share 'What does accessibility mean to you?' in 25 words."
"When other demographic factors are held constant, having a chronic disease significantly increases an internet user's likelihood to say they work on a blog or contribute to an online discussion, a listserv, or other online group forum that helps people w
"For many people, social networks are a place for idle chatter about what they made for dinner or sharing cute pictures of their pets. But for people living with chronic diseases or disabilities, they play a more vital role."
"The explosion of the use of Internet-based social networking sites and social media to communicate and connect with friends, work colleagues, potential job applicants and customers has been particularly beneficial to businesses and people with disabiliti
Facebook Help Center page "intended for users with vision impairment or physical disabilities."
"Using JAWS and Window-Eyes—popular assistive technology products that provide access to information on a computer screen—AFB evaluated these sites to see if a blind computer user, with basic screen reader skills, could independently register, create a st
"This technical report describes the similarities and differences between the requirements in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (MWBP)." The report's appendix includes links to "Experiences Shared by People wi
Clear, concise description in chart form describing web accessibility challenges and solutions.
"Accessibility is for everyone, even WordPress users. But what is it?"
"Social networking sites may be revolutionising internet communication, and creating new and exciting opportunities in both leisure and business, but is this Brave New World as democratic and inclusive as it appears?"
"Dynamic HTML and AJAX are beginning to dominate the internet. Next generation web applications can impact accessibility of the web for better or worse."
"This page provides a summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0."
"All library resources should be available in formats accessible by persons of all ages with different abilities. These materials must not be restricted by any presuppositions about information needs, interests, or capacity for understanding. The librar
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