[Draft] Accessibility for People with Low Vision (working title)

Introduction

[This section will briefly introduce accessibility for people with low vision. For example, it will explain that people with low vision interact with computers very differently than people who are blind, and their user needs are different...]

W3C/WAI Resources

General

Low Vision User Accessibility Requirements (working title) Editor's Draft: Describes what people with low vision need for web content, tools, and technologies to be accessible. It includes an overview of low vision and describes specific user needs.
Research (wiki): An annotated list of research related to low vision and web use.

Specific

Color Vision: Describes different color vision deficiencies (often called colorblindness) and links to color simulators. [based on https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Overview_of_Low_Vision#Color_Perception]
Light Sensitivity and Contrast Sensitivity: Explains light and contrast sensitivity, and how they are related. [based on https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Overview_of_Low_Vision#Contrast_and_Light_Sensitivity]
Macular Degeneration: Explains functional limitations related to using computers and accessibility barriers by people with macular degeneration. [based on https://github.com/w3c/low-vision-a11y-tf/issues/3]
...(more coming in 2016)

Resource Development

The material linked from this page is developed by the Low Vision Accessibility Task Force. The task force plans to develop:

User Needs (Editor's Draft)
Delta/Gap Analysis – document how the user needs are covered or not in existing WCAG, UAAG, and ATAG
WCAG 2.0 Extension
WCAG 2.0 Techniques – edits to existing techniques and/or new techniques – including sufficient, advisory, failure
WCAG 2.0 Understanding – edits to existing and/or new
WAI resources – such as those linked above