- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:55:26 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
FYI. -----Original Message----- From: owner-tech-access@badger.state.wi.us [mailto:owner-tech-access@badger.state.wi.us] On Behalf Of Braham, Bill Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:10 AM To: Access-Tools (E-mail); Tech_Access_List (E-mail) Subject: Accessible Websites As you know (right?), Wisconsin has a standard that calls for websites to be accessible by persons with disabilities. To meet this standard, agencies need to conform to federal Section 508 (that has to do with accessible technology). The Wisconsin standard is at: http://enterprise.state.wi.us/home/standards/std605r.htm Kathy Bergee of DOT has let us know about a great tutorial for Section 508 on the National Cancer Institute's website. Here is the website: http://oc.nci.nih.gov/web508/tutorial.html and below is some of the text from the home page, including the table of contents. Thanks, Kathy. (PS - I'm sending this to two lists; sorry for dups.) * * * * * * * * * * Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that federal Web sites be accessible to people with disabilities. However, the regulations themselves provide little guidance for implementation. These tutorials, in combination with our training sessions and the other resources on this site, are meant to support and assist NCI webmasters and managers as you create accessible, 508-compliant sites. Our emphasis throughout is on the benefits of universal design. By eliminating barriers that prevent people with disabilities from using your Web site, you actually make your site more useful for all your visitors, not to mention easier and more cost-effective to maintain. Introduction a. ALT Text b. Multimedia c. Color d. Style Sheets e-f. Image Maps g-h. Tables i. Frames j. Flicker k. Text-Only l. Scripts m. Plug-Ins n. Forms o. Skip Menus p. Timeouts
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