Content accessibility: 17 useful links

As the EUROPA site (europa.eu.int) is addressed to all citizens of the European Union, the Commission committed itself to comply with the minimal standards for accessible web design. Its internal Information Providers Guide (IPG) features a chapter on the WAI guidelines.

The WAI creates guidelines regarding content, browsers, authoring tools and is actively present for the specification of the new web technologies. Resources for increasing accessibility of the web for people with disabilities cover: quick tips, frequent questions, guidelines, checklists, techniques, training, evaluation and repair, conformance logos, translations, alternative browsers, event links, policy links, and more.

This website agregates many EU level information related to e-inclusion and in particular to e-accessibility, located also on other web repositories.

An initial introduction to resources for people new to web accessibility: why Web accessibility is needed; what makes a website accessible; evaluating websites for accessibility; resources for building accessible websites; and additional resources.

AWARE stands for Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education. Their mission is to serve as a central resource for web authors for learning about web accessibility.

This document summarizes the features of the cascading style sheets, level 2 recommendation known to directly affect the accessibility of web documents. This document has been written so that other documents may refer in a consistent manner to the accessibility features of CSS.

Section508.gov is a resource for information on Section 508 of the Disablities Act. The website also contains a searchable database of accessible products by supporting vendors. This portion of the site, called Buy Accessible, offers an online resource for vendors to post information on accessible products and for buyers to research accessible products.

This document provides an introduction to use of the web by people with disabilities. It illustrates some of their requirements when using websites and web-based applications, and provides supporting information for the guidelines and technical work of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative.

This website aims to build up a collection of useful resources and links to accessibility sites. It includes free online tools and wizards

This website is an independent, online directory of links and resources about web accessibility. New resources are welcome and those that are accepted will be added to the directory. The database is updated daily with news, resources, reviews or ratings.