"Your guide to developing usable & useful websites." This site includes eary-to-understand introductions to usability as well as guidelines, articles, and more.
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External Resources - Usability And Accessibility
Usability.gov
Section508.gov
The official resource for the US government covering "508 compliance." Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 covers website usability standards.
WebAIM
One of the premier, online accessilibity resources. WebAIM includes checklists for accessibility, videos and resources, as well as tools to evaluate websites' accesibility.
Introduction to the Screen Reader
"Introduction to the Screen Reader" with Neal Ewers of the Trace Research Center is a short 6 minute video demonstrating how screen readers assist people who are blind navigate the web, access the electronic page, and more.
Screen Readers and the Web
"Screen Readers and the Web" features Neal Ewers, of the Trace Research Center, and looks at some relatively easy things you can do that go a long way toward making your web pages accessible to a wide variety of users and technologies.
Part 3 gives an excellent explanation of why it is important to use header styles.
Make Your Pages Accessible (Amherst College)
Amherst College reader friendly directions for making pages accessible.
The Top Five Accessibility Priorities for Web Sites: The How (Coastline Community College)
Web accessibility for cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties
Opera "covers a few of the problems users with cognitive disabilities may have that can affect their ability to use the Web, as well as the things that developers can do to alleviate these problems and things they should avoid."
