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Accessibility

Getting Started

• Introduction to Web Accessibility (WebAIM)
  • Visual Disabilities
  • Hearing Disabilities
  • Motor Disabilities
  • Cognitive Disabilities
• W3C Accessibility Guidelines
• W3C Accessibility Checkpoints
• WebAIM — Web Accessibility in Mind

Tips & Tutorials

• Designing More Usable Web Sites — University of Wisconsin-Madison's Trace Center
• Dive Into Accessibility — 30 days to a more accessible Web site
• Macromedia's Accessibility Solutions
• Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites

Legal

• Americans with Disabilities Act — The Americans with Disabilities Act standard for public entities like MU requires that all programs, activities, and services, when viewed in their entirety, should be accessible to and useable by people with disabilities. Undue burden and fundamental alteration are defenses. This applies to MU Web sites.

• Missouri Law (RSMo Section 191.863) — In addition, Missouri law generally requires state agencies, "when developing, procuring, maintaining, or using information technology”, to "allow employees, program participants, and members of the public access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access by individuals without disabilities.” The Missouri Office of Information Technology has issued a statewide IT Accessibility Standard.

• Disability-Related Legislation

On-Campus Assistance

• MU Adaptive Computing Technology Center

Tools

• Accessibility Valet Demonstrator
• A-Prompt Web Accessibility Verifier
• WebXACT/Bobby (Watchfire) — A free service will allow you to test web pages for accessibility and compliance with Section 508 requirements and the W3C's WCAG.
• Cynthia Says
• JAWS Screen Reader Demo — Test your Web site using the JAWS screen reader.
• Lynx Viewer — See what your Web site looks like in a text-only browser.
• MAGpie (Media Access Generator) — Allows you to add captions and audio descriptions to rich media.
• WebXact (Watchfire)

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