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100 Killer Web Accessibility Resources

If you already lean toward the idea that accessible sites are good for humanity as well as for business, then this list will provide plenty of reference materials for you. If you don’t have a clue about the issues that surround Web site accessibility, then this list will help you to become well acquainted with the issues involved in this movement. The categories listed below are in alphabetical order, as are the sites listed within those categories. The numbers are for convenience, and they mean nothing as to the quality or preference of the sites listed below.

Accessibility Sites

The following sites contain tutorials, tools and guidelines to follow to reach your goals as a Webmaster steeped in accessibility ethos. These sites will cover every known accessibility issue, including mobility impairment and cognitive difficulties. Although some of the tools within these sites also are mentioned below, be sure to browse through an entire site to find simulators, tests, validators and more.

Blindness/Partial Sight

Web users who have no sight may utilize a screen reader that reads Web page content HTML back to them. Users with partial or poor site may need to change text sizes on Web pages to see the content. The following links either will explain some of this information in fuller detail or provide tools that you can use to accommodate these users, which may include elderly Web surfers.

Color Blindness

According to Trenton Moss in his A List Apart article entitled, “What is Web Accessibility?“, it is estimated that one in 12 men and one in 200 women have some form of color blindness. You can check how different strains of color blindness affect how sites appear to colorblind users through any one of the tools listed below:

Deaf Users

Many deaf users can read, so what’s the accessibility issue here? Mainly, it has to do with the inability to hear video. Designers often don’t take into account the fact that some viewers may not be able to hear the sound. The links below will help you to understand what you might need to do to make your site more accessible to deaf users.

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