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| Websites built with '''accessibility''' in mind are flexible in meeting different user needs, preferences and suituations. Though these methods can increase [[usability]] for everyone who uses the web they are often legally required to be implemented in a specific effort to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities.
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| == Starting points ==
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| These are some readable introductions to accessibility that cover; what accessibility is, why it is important, as well as practical advice.
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| * [http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php Web Accessibility Initiative's ''Introduction to Web Accessibility'']
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| * [http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ Mark Pilgrim's ''Dive into Accessibility'']
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| * [http://joeclark.org/book/ Joe Clark's ''Building Accessible Websites'' book]
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| == Standards, guidelines and legislation ==
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| * [http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200001/ldbills/003/2001003.htm SENDA - Special Educational Needs and Disability Act/Bill]
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| * [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm Disability Discrimination Act 1995]
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| * [http://www.section508.gov/ Section 508]
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| * [http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Web Accessibility Initiative]
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| ** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)]
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| ** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (draft)]
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| == Tools ==
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| * [[Web developer extension]] for [[Firefox]]
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| * [[Accessibility extension]] for Firefox
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| * [[Validator]]s (for [[HTML]],[[CSS]] and [[RSS]])
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| * [http://cynthiasays.com/ Cynthia Says accessibility checker]
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| see also this [http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/complete long list of accessibility tools].
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| == Resources ==
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| * [http://webstandards.org/action/atf/manifesto/ Web Standards.org's ''Accessibility Task Force Manifesto'']
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| * [http://alistapart.com/topics/userscience/accessibility/ Accessibility articles from ''A List Apart'']
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| * [http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/08/29/semantics Mark Pilgrim's ''Won’t somebody please think of the gerbils?'']
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| * [http://joeclark.org/access/webaccess/ Joe Clark's writings on accessibility]
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility Wikipedia article on ''Web Accessibility'']
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| * [http://juicystudio.com/article/validity-accessibility.php ''Validity and Accessibility'']
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Semantic HTML]]
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| * [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=820 Accessibility forum on Moodle.org]
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