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

Web Accessibility Resources

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has lots of new and updated material in March 2011. [ See | Browse | Check out ] www.w3.org/WAI for:

Getting Started

• Accessibility basics:
  Essential Components of Web Accessibility
  Web Accessibility Business Case
• For people who use the web:
  Better Web Browsing: Tips for Customizing Your Computer
  Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites

With Inclusive Design

• How People with Disabilities Use the Web
• Web Accessibility and Older People: Meeting the Needs of Ageing Web Users
• Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices

Guidelines & Techniques

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for websites and applications
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) for software and services
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) for browsers and media players
• @@WAI-ARIA

Planning & Policy

• Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility
• Improving the Accessibility of Your Website
• International Policies Relating to Web Accessibility

Presentations & Tutorials

• Before and After Demonstration (BAD)
• How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All
• Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training

and much more, such as:

• Evaluating Web Accessibility
• How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process:
  Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
• Participating in WAI