Accessibility information

Information in this area is constantly being updated. Listed below is the course now available plus links to websites that provide more information. Please get in touch if you are within the University of Cambridge and you need further help.

• University Web Accessibility statement
• Computing Service course: Tackling accessibility
• Model Guidelines for website (pdf)
• Skill resources about the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) Pt4, with extra guidance (much of this is connection with discrimination in teaching and learning) - this will be updated for the 2005 Act
• Accessible Curricula - Good Practice for All (pdf)
• A useful introductory article, by Joe Clark
• Techniques for accessible HTML tables

DDA-related websites

• TechDis http://www.techdis.ac.uk/
  • http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/resources.html - now archived but still relevant
• Disability Rights Commission
  • PAS 78: Guide to good practice in designing accessible websites - will be available later in 2005
  • DRC duties for Higher Education under the DDA (1995) in a range of areas
• Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee, many resources and will undertake accessibility consultancy
• National Disability Team - news for those supporting disabled students in Higher Education
• Webcredible Web accessibility resources
• W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative

Accessibility related tools

• W3 validator
• HTML Tidy
• Accessibility checkers
  • WebXACT - was Bobby, now an improved but similar tool
  • APrompt - downloadable for Windows. Finds errors and fixes them if you allow it.
  • Wave
• Accessibility and authoring tools (from AListApart)
• WebAim
  • Screen reader simulation: WebAim screen reader simulation needs Shockwave8 plug-in for simulation to work properly. http://www.webaim.org/simulations/screenreader.php
  • Low vision simulation http://www.webaim.org/simulations/lowvision.php
• Browser compatibility: http://www.anybrowser.com/

Other accessibility related help

• Web-safe colour palette: http://www.visibone.com/ also palette for illustrating colour-blind view
• Macromedia's accessibility pages with solutions for all their applications. (http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/).
• Acrobat accessibility information for v7 (for v5 - Adobe Acrobat: 'How to create accessible PDFs' see http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_booklet.html)
• From WebAim
  • Powerpoint: Creating accessible Powerpoint slides http://www.webaim.org/howto/powerpoint
  • How to caption web audio and video

UK Accessibility Consultancies (no connections and no recommendations here)

• AbilityNet
• Bunnyfoot
• Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee
• Institute for Learning and Research Technology, Bristol
• RNIB
• Usability by Design
• Webcredible