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General Accessibility Web Sites
There are many good web sites and articles on accessible web design. Here are just a few, in no particular order:
- WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
- A very informative site, based at the University of Utah. Includes innovative demos of assistive technologies and accessibility problems.
- AWARE Center, HTML Writers' Guild
- Good introduction to web accessibility. Run by Kynn Bartlett, one of the foremost figures in the web accessibility field.
- Making Connections
- Like us, a Scottish based site - Jim Byrne's collection of resources, articles and tips on accessibility issues.
- Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
- The RNIB campaign for increased accessibility of web information to blind and visually impaired users, and their web site provides useful information and resources on the subject.
- Frontend.com
- Irish usability and accessibility company, with lots of excellent articles on the specifics of usable and accessible web site design.
- Jim Thatcher
- Jim Thatcher worked for many years in IBM's accessibility team. His own site provides advice which helps to addresses many of the issues of accessible web design.
- Joe Clark
- Through challenging articles on relevant issues, Joe Clark is not afraid to spark off heated debate...
And not forgetting the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - links to the Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines plus techniques for following the guidelines plus an increasing list of other accessibility related articles and links. Here you can also join the WAI Interest Group's mailing list.