General Disabilities

1. http://trace.wisc.edu/ - the Trace Center, part of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is involved in numerous research and development activities concerning the disabled and alternative solutions
2. http://www.wemedia.com - On-line connection to WeMedia Magazine, a publication that offers information such as news, sports, accessible and assistive technologies, politics and advocacy, shopping, employment, education, finance, and real estate from a disability perspective.
3. http://www.disability.gov/CSS/Default.asp - As part of a couple presidential initiatives, this site provides a ãone-stop online access to resources, services, and information available throughout the Federal government (check out the well-designed links in the upper-right for a ãtext onlyä version and to send the page to access.adobe.com for conversion!)
4. http://www.acm.org - The Association for Computing Machinery has a Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped that promotes the professional interests of computing personnel with physical disabilities and the application of computing and information technology in solving relevant disability problems. The SIG also strives to educate the public to support careers for the disabled.
5. http://128.218.183.95/UCSF/spl.taf?_from=default - the Disability Statistics Center provides statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American Society.
6. http://closingthegap.com/ - Closing the Gap addresses computer technology in special education and rehabilitation.
7. http://www.icanonline.net - This portal site is an on-line disability ãcommunityä containing articles and links for all types of disabilities.
8. http://www.handspeak.com/ - an on-line repository of American Sign Language (ASL) motions.
9. http://www.assistivetech.net - Created by Georgia Tech's Center for Rehabilitation Technology, the site provides access to information on assistive technology devices, services and other disability-related resources for people with disabilities and the general public.

1. Design and Testing
   1. http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/ - A-Prompt (Accessibility Prompt) was developed by a joint effort between the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Tornonto ( http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/ ) and the TRACE Center at the University of Wisconsin. It assists Web authors in improving the accessibility and usability of HTML documents by checking Web pages for barriers to accessibility and making repairs to correct any problems.
   2. http://www.websavvy-access.org - Also part of The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto, this site provides resources and services to design accessible Web sites.
   3. http://www.webaim.org - The Web ãAccessibility In Mindä site offers articles, resources ( http://www.webaim.org/resources ), and tutorials ( http://www.webaim.org/tutorials/simulations/screenreader ) concerning web accessibility.
   4. http://www.cast.org - Creators of Bobby, the Center for Applied Special Technology is a non-for-profit organization that provides tools and services to expand opportunities for people with disabilities.
   5. http://www.usability.gov - Maintained by the National Cancer Institute, this site provides resources on creating usable and accessible Web sites and user interfaces.
   6. http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html - allows you to view your Web pages similarly to the text-based Lynx Web browser.
   7. http://www.508Compliant.com - Site for a NetConversions company committed to increasing awareness of online accessibility issues and making web content accessible to everyone. The offer a set of tools, services, and lists to help meet these goals.
2. http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/java/java.htm and http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/java/jscript.htm - Offers Java and JavaScript techniques from the TRACE Center.
3. http://www.microsoft.com/enable/dev/web/ - Describes Microsoftâs accessibility initiatives and how to use Microsoft tools to achieve accessibility.
4. http://www.sun.com/tech/access - Describes Sun Microsystemâs accessibility initiatives.
5. http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/webaccess/index.html - The National Center for Accessible Media runs two major projects, Access to PIVOT (Physics Interactive Video Tutor) and Access to Rich Media ( http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/access.html ) This link to the Media Access Group at WGBH will provide technical and non technical users, insights into the ground breaking developments WGBH is making in the development and production of accessible media content. Both projects deal with issues of access associated with online multimedia.
6. http://www.vischeck.com/showme.shtml - Vischeck's color vision simulator allows you to experience how the world looks to people with various sorts of color deficiency; their tool can check individual images or an entire web site.
7. http://aware.hwg.org/ - the AWARE (Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education) Center is a resource for web authors to learn about web accessibility.
8. W3C and Related
   1. http://www.w3.org/WAI/ - this is main site for the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium. It contains guidelines for accessibility (web content, authoring, etc.), checklists to see if your site meets their guidelines, and other resources ( http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/#tr ).
   2. http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/ - this the curriculum put out by WAI to help you become familiar with the application of their Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v. 1.0
   3. http://rdf.pair.com/checker.htm - this ãCheckpoint Checkerä gives you criteria by which you can see if you meet the WAI accessibility checkpoints.
   4. http://www.webable.com/index.html - Created by Mike Paciello, co-founder of the WAI and author of ãWeb Accessibility for People with Disabilities,ä the site provides web accessibility information and resources (including the links page: http://www.webable.com/library/linkspage.html ).
9. Web Site usability
   1. http://usableweb.com/ - a collection of links about information architecture, human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the WWW.
   2. http://www.humanfactors.com/library/default.asp - contains articles and utilities regarding general usability.

1. http://www.usablenet.com/ - LIFT Online checks website to determine accessibility requirements based on various guidelines they have compiled.
2. http://www-3.ibm.com/able/overview.html - IBM's accessibility page.
3. http://www.bartsite.com/ - Bartimaeus Group provides on-site adaptive technology training, support, and products for people who are blind/visually impaired.
4. http://www.ssbtechnologies.com/ - SSB Technologies has created three applications (Insight, Infocus, Clarity) to validate if a web site is 508 compliant and correct what is not accessible.

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