Accessibility Resources

General Accessibility References

• The Web Accessibility Initiative promotes a high degree of usability for people with disabilities, and provides a wide range of resources
• Web Accessibility in Mind - a comprehensive educational site with information, tutorials, simulations, etc.
• An enquiry into the acceptance of web design standards and accessible web content amongst UK small businesses - dissertation by Andy Higgs

Disabilities

• A Brief Introduction to Disabilities
  A good introductory article from Trace, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Trace Center is "currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities".

Accessibility Design Guidelines

• Web Design for Dyslexic Users has information about dyslexia and tips for web designers
• Effective Color Contrast: Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies
  A good article from Lighthouse International, with examples.
• Safe web colours for colour-deficient vision
  from British Telecom

Accessibility Tools

• WAVE is a web accessibility evaluation tool. You can put in a URL and it gives you a report on the accessibility issues associated with that page.
• VisCheck allows you to see a simulation of images as colour-blind people see them
• A Colour Contrast Analyser from Juicy Studio

Accessibility in Education

• Equal Opportunities and Diversity
  These Oxford Brookes pages contain lots of useful links to resources for accessibility in higher Education.
• SENDA FAQ - a brief article I wrote around the time the government added the realm of education to the Disability Discrimination Act, to give a brief overview of the implications of the SENDA legislation
• Practical Accessibility Tips - an article I wrote containing practical suggestions for how lecturers can make their courses more accessible for their students
• LTSN Engineering Guide: Working With Students With Disabilities
  Includes lots of case studies.

• Overcoming the Barriers - see page 2
  This is a case study of Peter, a visually impaired student studying Mathematics.