IT Accessibility Work Group Resources
- IT Accessibility Curriculum and Resources Web Site
- Past Events Presentations
- Newsletters
- Curb Cuts and Web Sites Training Video
- Publications
IT Accessibility Curriculum and Resources Web Site
The committee maintains a web site to help web developers, especially in New York Government, meet design demands for accessible web sites. This site contains tutorials, resources, commentary, and examples on New York's policy and standards for accessible web sites, curricula for workshops, and seminars on Web Accessibility topics. Ideally, the web site serves not only as a resource, but also as a strong example of the principles presented there. It is available at www.nysforum.org/accessibility/resources/.
Past Events Presentations
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CSS for Your Web Site - Part I, September 9, 2008
- Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (
, Requires the PowerPoint program, 1,046 KB) - Adobe PDF (
, 639 KB) - HTML
- Sample Files
Exploring CSS for Your Web Site - Part 2 - Five Lab Sessions, September 10, 2008 to September 12, 2008
Lab Session Example 1:
- Example 1 Lesson Plan, (
) - PhonePolicy.doc - Word version of the text of the first example; it's what the finished HTML document should look like.
- PhonePolicy.txt - Plain text version of the document.
- Example1.html - Blank HTML document into which #3 will be copied.
- cellphone.gif - Graphic for use in the optional exercises.
- bullet.gif - Graphic for use in the optional exercises.
- Example1A.html - Final HTML document.
- Example1A.css - Final CSS document.
Lab Session Example 2:
- ITPolicy.doc - Word version that shows what the final document should look like.
- Example2LessonPlan.doc - Outlines the exercises included in the second example. NOTE: At the end of the lesson plan, we go a bit further in styling the navigation than is written in the lesson plan....The additional markup is included in the final examples of the HTML document and the CSS document.
- Example2.html - HTML version of #1 with bare-bones markup -- aside from two lists contained in the document and appropriately marked up, everything is marked up with paragraphs.
- Example2a.css - Final CSS document.
- Example2Final.html - Final HTML document.
NYS Web Accessibility Standards and the NYS Forum Validation Tool, May 15, 2008
- Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (
, Requires the PowerPoint program, 1,114 KB) - Adobe PDF (
, 942 KB) - HTML
Accessible Web 2.0 Applications, May 15, 2008
- Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (
, Requires the PowerPoint program, 940 KB) - Adobe PDF (
, 614 KB) - HTML
Introduction to Web Accessibility, March 26, 2008
- The presentations made at this session are available at IT Accessibility Curriculum and Resources Web Site.
Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications, Webmasters' Guild meeting, April 7, 2006
- HTML Format
- PDF Format (
479 KB)
Cascading Style Sheets for Your Web Site, September 21, 2005
Cascading Style Sheets for Your Web Site, June 24, 2005
Web Accessibility Policy and Standards, May 6, 2005
- HTML Format
- PDF Format (
671 KB)
CSS for Forms, April 12, 2005
- HTML format
- PDF format (
92 KB)
Web Content Development & Management, February 24 & 25, 2005
2004 Forum Strategic Planning Session - Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications, Policy & Standard
- HTML format
- PDF format (
114 KB)
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Publications
Mastering the Web Revolution in New York State Agencies White paper, August 2005
- PDF format (
262 KB) - Text only version
E-Government for All: Ensuring Equitable Access to Online Government Services
- HTML format
- MS Word format

- PDF format (
254 KB)
E-Government for All White paper
- HTML format
- MS Word format

- PDF format (
177 KB)
Digital Divide Initiative White paper
- HTML format
- PDF format (
162 KB)

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