WAI Flyer (Front)

"The power of the Web is in its universality.
Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

Web Accessibility Initiative

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) promotes a high degree of usability for people with disabilities. W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) pursues accessibility solutions on the Web for people with visual, auditory, physical, cognitive and neurological disabilities.

WAI Activities:

Developing accessibility guidelines
Ensuring that Web technologies support accessibility
Developing tools to evaluate and facilitate accessibility
Conducting education and outreach
Coordinating with research and development
http://www.w3.org/WAI

WAI Resources:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
Quick Tips
How to Make Accessible Web Sites
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Training Materials
Evaluation Tools
Translations
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/

Participation

WAI welcomes your participation and support. WAI develops consensus-based accessibility solutions with industry, disability organizations, accessibility researchers, governments and others. To learn more, visit http://www.w3.org/WAI/participation.

WAI is supported in part by funding from the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; the European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme; Government of Canada, Industry Canada's Assistive Devices Industry Office; IBM; Microsoft Corporation; SAP Labs; Verizon Foundation and Wells Fargo.