IT Accessibility Curriculum and Resources

Background: Policy and Law
Resources

• Northeast ADA and IT Center at Cornell University
  Provides training, technical assistance and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accessible Information Technology throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
  http://www.northeastada.org

• Section 508
  The Federal law requiring that Federal web sites be accessible and that accessibility be a consideration in all E&IT acquisitions.
  http://www.section508.gov

• NYS OFT Technology Policy 99-3 — Universal Accessibility for NYS Web Sites
  The New York State policy requiring that State web sites be accessible.
  http://www.oft.state.ny.us/policy/99-3.htm

• NYS OFT Technology Policy 96-13 — Accessibility to Technology
  Requires equal access to technology for current and prospective employees with disabilities, as well as to citizens with disabilities who need to access State offices and public information services.
  http://www.oft.state.ny.us/policy/96-13.htm

• WAVE
  http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp

• WebAIM Low Vision Simulation
  http://www.webaim.org/simulations/lowvis.html

• Opera v. 7.11 (free download)
  Standards-compliant web browser.
  http://www.brockport.edu
  http://www.syr.edu

• Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft® Office
  www.rehab.uiuc.edu/office/download.html

• WebAIM PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques Tutorial
  http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/

• EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
  http://www.rit.edu/~easi

• NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media), WGBH
  http://ncam.wgbh.org/index.html

• AccessIT (National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education)
  http://www.washington.edu/accessit

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