Fundamentals of Accessibility
These sites are good general starting points.
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) works with organizations around the world to develop strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. They developed:World Wide Web Constortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/
Common Look and Feel for the Internet 2.0: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp
Section 508 http://www.section508.gov/
Accessify http://www.accessify.com
News & articles, tutorials, discussion forum.Dive Into Accessibility http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org
Easy step-by-step guide to improving the accessibility of your site or blog.Building Accessible Websites (book), Joe Clark http://joeclark.org/book/
A thorough and practical resource on web accessibility.Shareable Online Learning Resources (SOL*R) repository http://solr.bccampus.ca
Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM) http://www.webaim.org/
Bringing Accessibility into the Development Process http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2007/rapid-accessibility-feedback/
Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in British Columbia http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/documents/dl_standards.pdf
Accessibility at UBC, External Programs and Learning Technologies http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/about/accessibility.php
Social Software
Blogs
WordPress http://wordpress.com/
Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
LiveJournal http://www.livejournal.com/
Wikis
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/
PBWorks http://pbworks.com/
Communities/Networks
ning http://www.ning.com/
Friendster http://www.friendster.com/
More in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Software
Audacity - Audio editing http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Splashup - Online image editor http://www.splashup.com/
Jing - creating video tutorials http://www.jingproject.com/
The Fifty Tools for Storytelling http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
Flickr - photo management and sharing application http://www.flickr.com/
Netvibes - personalizing the web http://www.netvibes.com/
Centres
CILS http://www.langara.bc.ca/cils/
DAISY http://www.daisy.org/
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (University of Toronto) http://snow.utoronto.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=127
AccessDL (University of Washington) http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/accessdl.html
SETBC http://www.setbc.org
Developing sites for users with cognitive/learning disabilities http://juicystudio.com/article/cognitive-impairment.php
CAST: Universal Design for Learning http://cast.org/
Hole In The Wall http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,contentMDK:20651331~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:336868,00.html
Computer and Internet Usage by Age and Disability Status: 2002 http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/sipp/disab02/ds02f6.pdf
Technical
Introductions to creating valid XHTML and CSS, and how to use it in the process of creating valid, accessible websites.
XHTML Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Xhtml/
CSS Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp
Zen Garden http://www.csszengarden.com/
CSS Play: Experiments with Cascading Stylesheets http://www.cssplay.co.uk/index.html
Creating Accessible Page Layouts http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/tutorials/actable/index.html
How and why to avoid using tables for layout.PDF Accessibility http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility
When is it appropriate to use PDF, and when should it be avoided?Flash Accessibility http://www.webaim.org/techniques/flash/
IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt/guidelines/
Macromedia Accessibility Resources http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/
Enhance Accessibility and Usability with "Smart" Macros http://www.cantoraccess.com/presentations/synopses_presentations.html
Tools & Validators
These handy assistants can be very useful for accessifying your site.
CSS Validator http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
XHTML Validator http://validator.w3.org/
Vischeck http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/
See what images and web pages look like to people with different types of colourblindness.Lynx Viewer http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/lynx/lynx_viewer.php
See what your webpage would look like in a text only web browserInternet browsers
Firefox The Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/index.php
Internet explorer Web Accessibility Toolbar http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=614
Opera Accessibility in Opera http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-about.html
WebbIE WebbIE for (sighted) web designers: http://www.webbie.org.uk/webbiefordesigners.htm
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