Accessibility Guidelines

The following is a compilation of accessibility guidelines from a variety of sources. If you know of others that should be included, please let Jim Allan (jimallan@tsbvi.edu) know.  

• Instructional Materials
  • Publishing Accessible Materials on the Web and CD-ROM (PDF)
  • Best Practices for Designing Accessible Websites, Software and Content - WGBH 
  • APH: Large Print Guidelines for Optimal Readability
  • APH Guidelines for Design of Tactile Graphics
  • Accessibility of Information in Electronic Textbooks for ALL Students - Texas Education Agency
  • Guidelines for Braille Test Adaptations Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
  • Optimizing Adobe® PDF Files for Accessibility
• Distance Education
  • IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications
  • E-Learning- Accessibility & Usability
  • Distance Education: Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities - California Community Colleges
  • Guidelines for Producing Instructional and Other Printed Materials in Alternate Media for Persons with Disabilities - California Community Colleges
  • Optimizing Adobe® PDF Files for Accessibility
• Law
  • New Technologies and People with Disabilities: Laws, Tools & Resources
  • Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards - Section 508
    • Section 508 Part 1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet information and applications. - Federal Web Accessibility Standards
    • The Official Section 508 site
  • ITTATC - Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center
• World Wide Web Accessibility
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines In Haiku
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
    Explains in detail how to make a Web site accessible for people with a variety of disabilities.
  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
    For software developers, explains how to make a variety of authoring tools support the production of accessible Web content, and also how to make the software itself accessible.
  • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
    For software developers, explains how to make accessible browsers, multimedia players, and assistive technologies that interface with these.
• Guidelines for Building Blind-Accessible Computer Games
• IBM Checklists & techniques
• Windows Guidelines for Accessible Software Design - Microsoft
• The Accessible Future - from NCD, not actually a guideline, but perhaps a guide to the future.
• Macromedia - Flash Usability
• Macromedia - Flash Accessibility
• A Developers Guide to Creating Talking Menus for Set-top Boxes and DVDs