Helpful Links

More information on Section 508 Guidelines and Web Accessibility:

How-To Examples for Making webpages Compliant with Section 508
- Web Accessibility Course from ITTATC
- Techniques (WebAIM)
- 5 Things You Can Do Right Now (pdf) to make your web site accessible, from Steve Krug's book, Don't Make Me Think

Testing
- WAVE: 508 Validator (only available for published sites, outside the firewall)
- W3C's Evaluation, Repair and Tools for Accessibility (for MUSC sites; available inside the firewall)

What is 508?
- 508 Checklist: 16 Standards with a pass/fail definition
- Conforming to Section 508
- Accessibilty for IT: 508 Information Page (Access Board)
- SC's Web Accessibility Resources
- Accessibility Consulting (Jim Thatcher)
- Checklist for WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, W3C)
- Knowability.org
- W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Disabilities and the Web
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web
- Observing Users Who Work with Screen Readers
- Intro to Web Accessibility: Who it affects and why it's important
- Overview of Various Disabilities (WebAIM)