Useful links

Web Accessibility related links

The following links have been submitted by employees and supporters of STWA and do not necessarily represent the view of Shaw Trust and its employees.

PAS78 Word 235KB (opens in new window) Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites.

COI Delivering Inclusive Websites These guidelines are for public sector website owners and digital media project managers wishing to deliver inclusive, accessible websites.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) Current guidelines.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)

On 3 November 2008, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 were published as a "W3C Proposed Recommendation". This means that the technical material of (WCAG) 2.0 is complete and it has been implemented in real sites. The next step is the final publication, which is expected in December 2008.

Covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make content accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech difficulties, photosensitivity and combinations of these. Following these guidelines will also often make your Web content more usable to users in general.

US Government Accessibility Standard Section 508 (opens in new window) The standards provide criteria specific to various types of technologies, including:

• software applications and operating systems
• web-based information or applications
• telecommunication products
• video and multimedia products
• self contained, closed products (e.g., information kiosks, calculators, and fax machines)
• desktop and portable computers

WAI-ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications (opens in new window) Defines a way to make web content and web applications more accessible to people with disabilities.

Web Accessibility Toolbar Zip 905KB (opens in new window)

T.A.W. 3 Web Accessibility Test This downloadable version of TAW is a multiplatform desktop software that complements and extends the functionality of the Web analyser. TAW3 standalone follows the links of the HTML documents so that it allows to analyse from a single page to complete Web sites.

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