Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Home Page
Home page of W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative -- resources for increasing accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities
About accessible information
RNIB introduction to making information accessible to people with sight problems
Vischeck colour blindness simulator
An excellent tool: see how your web pages would appear to colourblind users.
BBC Education Betsie Site
Betsie is the freely-available filter program used by the BBC to create an automatic text-only version of its website. This site contains full information about Betsie as well as pointers to accessible sites and resources across the web.
Disabled Go
A new initiative, DisabledGo provides detailed, fine-grain disabled access information based on your local area: from pubs to theatres, cinemas to railway stations; accountancy firms to vets' practices.
Beyond Accessibility: Treating Users with Disabilities as People (Alertbox Nov. 2001)
Jakob Nielson: With current Web design practices, users without disabilities experience three times higher usability than users who are blind or have low vision. Usability guidelines can substantially improve the matter by making websites and intranets support task performance for users with disabilities.
Accessibility in Web Design
About.com: Learn how to design Web sites that are accessible and usable by those with disabilities.
Bobby Accessibility Checker
Bobby is a comprehensive web accessibility software tool designed to help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)
Full text of the Act
Disability Rights Commission Act 1999
Full text of the Act
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