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WAI: Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities

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1. »Getting Started
   • Accessibility Basics
     1. Accessibility - W3C
     2. Introduction to Accessibility
     3. Essential Components
     4. Perspectives Videos
     5. Business Case
   • Accessibility Tips
     1. Tips for Getting Started
   • Using the Web
     1. Better Web Browsing Tips
     2. Contact Inaccessible Websites
2. Designing for Inclusion
3. Guidelines & Techniques
4. Planning & Implementing
5. Evaluating Accessibility
6. Tutorials & Presentations
7. Getting Involved with WAI

Getting Started with Web Accessibility

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. Please look around the WAI website and let us know if you can't find what you're looking for, or have any suggestions.

Accessibility Basics

Accessibility - W3C

The first place to start for a short introduction to Web accessibility.

Introduction to Web Accessibility

Introduces Web accessibility and links to additional resources.

Essential Components of Web Accessibility

Shows how Web accessibility depends on several components of Web development and interaction working together and shows the relationship between the WAI guidelines: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG).

Web Accessibility Perspectives: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone

Explores the impact of accessibility for people with disabilities and the benefits for everyone. Introduces 10 web accessibility topics with short videos, brief descriptions, and links to learn more. Tag line:
Web Accessibility: Essential for some, Useful for all

Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization

Presents benefits and costs of Web accessibility and includes guidance on incorporating these aspects into a specific organization's business case. Includes separate pages for Social Factors, Technical Factors, Financial Factors, and Legal & Policy Factors, and a collection of supporting Resources.

Accessibility Tips

Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility

Introduces some basic considerations for making your website more accessible to people with disabilities, and provides links to additional guidance.

• Designing for Web Accessibility: Tips for user interface and visual design
• Writing for Web Accessibility: Tips for writing and presenting content
• Developing for Web Accessibility: Tips for markup and coding

For People Who Use the Web

Better Web Browsing: Tips for Customizing Your Computer

Provides references to help you customize your particular web browser and computer setup, including links to detailed documentation and step-by-step guides.

Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites

Encourages telling organizations about accessibility barriers on their website. Provides guidance on identifying key contacts, describing the problem, and following up as needed. Includes tips and sample e-mails.

Related Resources

• How People with Disabilities Use the Web for detailed examples of people with different disabilities using websites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools.
  • Accessibility Principles introduces some of the web accessibility requirements and provides references to the international accessibility standards from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
• WCAG 2 at a Glance is a brief summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for websites and web applications.
• Finding Your WAI to New Web Accessibility Resources for a list of new resources and how to find more.

Document Information

Status: Updated 7 May 2016