Making the Web Accessible
by Charles McCN & Ian Jacobs

Table of contents

• Making The Web Accessible
• Overview
• I. Why Accessibility?
• People: Doors opened by the Web
• People: Access for all
• People: Barriers to Access
• Design: Functional Requirements
• Design: Device Independence
• Design: Graceful Transformation
• Market
• Law
• II. W3C and WAI
• What WAI does
• III. Principles of Accessible Design
• Standards and conventions:
• IV. Fix this!
• Fix 1: Ensure Scripts are accessible
• Fix 2: Provide equivalent alternatives
• Fix 3: Make frames accessible
• Fix 4: Specify colours appropriately
• Fix 5: Use meaningful link text
• Fix 6: Add structure
• Fix 7: Use style sheets
• A much more accessible version
• V. Resources to Get Started
• Get Involved!
• VI. Questions and discussion