WAI Flyer (Front)

The Web Accessibility Initiative

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is committed to promoting 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, hearing, physical, cognitive and neurological disabilities.

"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

WAI Activities

Ensuring that Web technologies support accessibility
Developing guidelines for 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
Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Quick Tips
Training materials
Techniques
Evaluation Tools

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources

Participation

WAI's accessibility solutions are developed in coordination with industry, disability organizations, accessibility researchers and government. Visit the WAI Web site to learn more about participating in WAI Working Groups or helping support WAI's work.

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; Microsoft Corporation; IBM; and Verizon Foundation.