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WEBSITES DEALING WITH ACCESSIBILITY

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Excellent books on Web design for usability/accessibility:

Web Accessibility for People With Disabilities
by Michael G. Paciello
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities

Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
by Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed

Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity

The Art & Science of Web Design
by Jeffrey Veen
The Art & Science of Web Design

RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE

Browsing Internet sites with a screen reader is something every Website designer needs to do.

Checking out how the sites you design function in a screen reader is a necessity.

IBM Home Page Reader v 3.0
by IBM
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MORE ACCESSIBILITY

Device Independence Principles Published

Author: W3C

The Device Independence Working Group has released its first publication, a Working Draft of Device Independence Principles. The document describes the principles necessary to make the Web accessible by "anyone, anywhere, anytime, anyhow."

And for those of you who like reading, you can read the Working Draft of Device Independence Principles.

Device Independence Activity - Working towards seamless Web access and authoring

Device Independence Principles

WAI Notes for Accessibility

Author: W3C

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has released a series of four W3C Notes that offer techniques for Web content providers wishing to satisfy the W3C Recommendation, "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" (WCAG).

Techniques for WCAG 1.0

Core Techniques for WCAG 1.0

HTML Techniques for WCAG 1.0

CSS Techniques for WCAG 1.0



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