Office of Communications: Resources

508 Compliance, Accessibility & Usability Resources

Federal/State Agencies

• The Access Board - Federal Agency committed to accessibility
• Federal Government Section 508
• Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
• The University of Georgia's Guidelines
• CAES Standards (under development)

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Links

• How People with Disabilities Use the Web
• Getting Started: Making a Website Accessible (W3C, WAI) (general info)
• Evaluating Websites for Accessibility (W3C, WAI) (general info)
• Evaluation, Repair & Transformation Tools (W3C, WAI)
• WAI Resources (Introduction, guidelines, tips, FAQs, checklists, techniques, training, evaluation tools, etc. - comprehensive site)

Tutorials/Training/Information

• Web Aim
• Jim Thatcher (Section 508 tutorial)
• Web Monkey
• HTML Writer's Guild AWARE Center

Compliance/Accessibility Validators

• Watchfire's Web XACT
• Cynthia Says Portal
• Accessibility Valet

HTML Code Validators

• Web Design Group HTML Validator
• The W3C Markup Validator
• The W3C CSS Validator
• The W3C Link Checker

Books on Web Design, Accessibility and/or Usability

• Don't Make Me Think, A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug
• Web Style Guide 2nd Edition, Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton
• Constructing Accessible Web Sites, Jim Thatcher et al.