University of Washington policy requires that your Web site design provide reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. Designing for accessibility usually results in a more coherent, usable site for all your users.

Legal Stuff

• Accessibility and the Web - Implications for Higher Education of the American with Disabilities Act and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998
• An Overview of Law & Policy for IT Accessibility - Cynthia Waddell and Mark Urban
• US Department of Education Actions - As made available by the International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
• San Jose State University
• California Community Colleges
• California State University, Los Angeles
• California State University, Long Beach

Accessible Design Statements And Standards in Academia And State Government

• State of Connecticut Universal Web Site Accessibility Policy for State Web Sites - Version 4.0
• Web Accessibility Statement - Wright State University
• Web Accessibility Guidelines - Regis University, Colorado
• UW Oshkosh Web Accessibility Guidelines and Resources - University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• Accessibility Guidelines for WWW Home Pages - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Web Accessibility Guidelines - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Web Accessibility Standards - Harvard
• Designing Accessible Web Pages for the Yale Web Space - Yale University
• Web Accessibility Guidelines - Yale University Library
• Accessibility Guidelines - The University of Akron Libraries
• Accessibility Guidelines for Web Page Development - University of Northern Colorado
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - University of Kansas Medical Center
• Web Accessibility Guidelines - University of California San Francisco
• Distance Education: Access Guidelines for Students With Disabilities - Foothill DeAnza Community College District
• Accessibility Requirements, Guidelines and Tools - Washburn University
• Oregon State University Web Accessiblity Guidelines - OSU Technology Access Program
• MIT Disabilities Resources for Information Technology
• Checklist for developing Web pages and Web-based products - MIT Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing
• Washington State - Web Presentation Guidelines for Digital Government
• Tips for Making Your Web Site Accessible - Iowa Department for the Blind
• Texas Administrative Code Section 201.12
• Guidelines for Web publication

How To

• Access Washington - Website Accessibility
• WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind
• Accessible Web Design Tutorials
• AWARE - Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center
• W3C WAI - Web Accessibility Initiative
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• DO-IT Accessible Web Page Design
• Microsoft Accessibility - Technology for Everyone
• Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
• National Center for Accessible Media

Why

• Selfish Reasons for Accessible Web Authoring

Tutorials

• Accessible Web Design Tutorials - WebAIM
• Web Site Accessibility - Land Grant Training Alliance
• Web Accessibility for Section 508 - Jim Thatcher
• Developing Accessible Web Pages - Two and a half hour streaming video movie (RealVideo) from NOAA.
• Web Accessibility Training - World Organization of Webmasters