Designers around the world are working to create an accessible web environment. Ideas abound, and there is a lot of good information out there if you have a moment to look.

http://www.access-board.gov/news/508-final.htm
The Access Board site, providing access to the text of Section 508, Standards, Regulations and comments.

http://www.Section508.gov
The Department of Justice's Section 508 site. There are a number of good things here, including very helpful FAQ pages, and links to other sites.

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0807/cov-access2-08-07-00.asp
Federal Computer Week's 13 rules for accessible web pages

http://www.w3.org/WAI
The official site of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative. Excellent guidance, opportunities to participate in discussion, links, links and more links to solutions and ideas.

http://www.htmlhelp.com
The Web Design Group. Suggestions, tips, practical solutions and a variety of interesting features.

http://www.design.ncsu.edu:8120/cud
The Center For Universal Design. Principles, ideas, interesting discussion.

http://www.gag.org/resources/das.php
The Graphic Artists Guild. Downloadable international access symbols.

Other links to try:
http://www.macromedia.com
http://www.microsoft.com/enable
http://access.adobe.com
http://www.webaim.org
(Web Accessibility in Mind's site)

If you need additional help, or have found other sources of information you feel we could all benefit from, please feel free to contactWyndeth Davis, or your local Web Coordinator for assistance.

Last Update: September 2006

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