Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities
This is a great guide that shows you how and why to make your Web site accessible to people with disabilities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Part II: Accessible Web Site Design
Chapter List
- Chapter 5: Creating Accessible Web Sites with HTML
- Chapter 6: Testing and Validation
- Chapter 7: Browsing
- Chapter 8: Publishing Tools
- Chapter 9: Programming for Web Accessibility
Many Web designers subscribe to the notion that providing for accessibility in their Web sites is too expensive, too time-consuming, or just plain too difficult. This book, the Web Accessibility Initiative, and other programs are working diligently to prove those assumptions wrong. This chapter introduces you to techniques that can simplify your approach to making your site as accessible as possible.
Introduction to Accessibility Design Issues
It has often been said that accessibility represents the curb-cuts on the Information Superhighway. Though some might feel the Information Superhighway terminology is tired, the metaphor most definitely rings true.
What does the average person think about when faced with the term accessibility? Disabled parking stalls, roomier restroom accommodations, wheelchair ramps, Braille instructions on elevators, and of course, curb-cuts in the sidewalk.
Do these features of public life only improve the quality of public access for the disabled? Or have the rest of us found them to be quite an enhancement as well? You may be old enough to remember the days of lugging a child and stroller up over the curb at each block, or up the stairs at city hall all while carrying the ever-present diaper bag and any packages or papers needed on your errands. Delivery personnel struggled dozens of times a day with heavy loads on hand trucks that...
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