INDEX Technical Services maintains these lists of accessibility resources to help the public make online content accessible.
Accessibility Testing
Accessibility testing is an important part of usability testing. It ensures a web site can be enjoyed by seniors and by people who are blind or deaf; or who have cognitive disabilities, such as Dyslexia.
Cognitive Web Accessibility
For people with cognitive disabilities, content has to be accessible too. It should be delivered in the way a person understands best, such as via video, text-to-speech, and/or simple language.
Simplifying Text
Simplifying text helps many populations, including: people with cognitive disabilities, seniors, non-native language speakers, the functionally illiterate, and children.
Readability
How can text be written so it is easily understood?
Promoters
Who promotes ICT accessibility by people with cognitive disabilities?
Development
These resources are for web developers. They include code bases, sample apps, and design principles.
Accessible Forms
How can online forms be created so even people who are blind can use them?
Accessible PDF Development
Resources describing accessible PDF evaluation and development.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
These resources are all about the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). These are the standards against which all web sites are evaluated.
Laws
Lots of information about “Information and Communications Technologies” ICT accessibility laws and lawsuits.