Resources & Quick Links

Getting Started

What is This All About?

  • Accessibility [University of South Carolina] (YouTube 43:49) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2YMI5YLW08

    • How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop (YouTube 1:06:46https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZf8mfQFz-A

    • Accessibility as a Civil Right http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/1/accessibility-as-a-civil-right

    • Now is the Time to Think About Accessibility https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1875-now-is-the-time-to-think-about-accessibility?

My Top Ten Organizations, Agencies and Companies

The number may not be exact...

  • WebAIM [Web Accessibility in Mind] http://webaim.org/

    • US Access Board You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5tRWTtV5eSw68N3tSpmyWw

      • Access Board Launches YouTube Channel https://www.access-board.gov/news/1923-access-board-launches-youtube-channel

    • CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) www.cast.org

    • UDL Center (National Center on Universal Design for Learning) www.udlcenter.org

    • Level Acccess (formerly SSB BART Group) http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/

      • Level Access: Education https://www.levelaccess.com/industries/education/

      • SSB BART Group - YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMaj9TLWOF6fx-bFdapY1AA

        • SSB BART Group - Who We Are and What We Do (YouTube, Jul 2014, 1:53) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPIA4jZ-68w

    • University of Washington is my most recent favorite university resource:

      • Applications of Universal Design in Postsecondary Education [DO-IT Center for Universal Design in Education] www.washington.edu/doit/programs/center-universal-design-education/applications-universal-design-postsecondary-education

      • IT Accessibility Checklist [University of Washington] http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/checklist/

      • The topics they include make a wonderful list of what to do:

      • Avoiding Flashing or Flickering Content

      • Avoiding Reliance on Visual Characteristics

      • Creating Accessible Forms

      • Designing for Keyboard Accessibility

      • Ensuring Accessibility of Scrolling or Updating Content

      • Ensuring Proper Tab and Read Order

      • Facilitating Efficient Navigation

      • Identifying Language of a Document and its Parts

      • Producing Accessible Multimedia

      • Providing Accessible Time Limits

      • Providing Consistent Site-wide Navigation

      • Providing Multiple Ways of Finding Content

      • Providing Predictable Behavior

      • Providing Structure in Web Pages and Documents

      • Providing Sufficient Color Contrast

      • Providing Visible Focus for Keyboard Users

      • Supporting Enlarged Text

      • Using Accessible Methods of Form Validation

      • Validating Your Code Making Images Accessible

Local/Regional Resources

  • USC Student Disability Services http://www.sa.sc.edu/sds/

  • Access South Carolina IT (formerly ATAC) http://accessibility.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx

  • Able SC http://www.able-sc.org/

  • South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP) http://www.sc.edu/scatp/

  • Georgia Tools for Life, Georgia's Assistive Technology Act Program Georgia Tools for Life http://www.gatfl.org/

  • Arts Access South Carolina http://www.vsasc.org/

  • They “promote quality and accessible art experiences for people with all types of disabilities throughout the state of South Carolina.”

  • SC AHEAD (Association on Higher Education And Disability www.scahead.org

Other General Sources of Information about Accessibility

  • Accessibility Organizations & Resources http://aem.cast.org/creating/accessibility-organizations-resources.html#.Vul3huIrLs0

    • Accessibility Center: Accessible Technology - Accessible Opportunity (California Commnity Colleges) http://www.cccaccessibility.org/

    • 3Play Media http://www.3playmedia.com/ They are a commercial video captioning service, but they offer many excellent webinars and provide recordings. They also have Video Highlights that take specific parts of the webinars that address specific questions. You must give your contact information when you watch a video and a salesman may contact you.

    • 3Play Media YouTubeChannel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUk6r8UfOSVy62H9K64abg

  • Accessibility Home [EDUCAUSE] https://sites.google.com/a/educause.edu/educause-wiki-site/

    • EDUCAUSE Accessibility Guidelines https://sites.google.com/a/educause.edu/educause-wiki-site/educause-accessibility-guidelines

    • 7 Things You Should Know About IT Accessibility [EDUCAUSE] http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-it-accessibility

      • Link to PDF: https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EST1403.pdf

    • [U.S. Access Board] Section 508 Best Practices Library https://section508.gov/best-practices

    • A11ycasts with Rob Dodson (YouTube Channel by Google Chrome Developers) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcICWx0C9LVWWVqvHlYJyqw7g

      • Introducing A11ycasts (1:43) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcICWx0C9LVWWVqvHlYJyqw7g

    • Karlen Communications [Karen McCall] http://www.karlencommunications.com/

General Articles and Information about Accessibility

  • What is Accessibility? http://www.beaccessible.org.nz/the-movement/what-is-accessibility

    • Accessibility / What is accessibility? http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/gettingstarted.html

    • Accessibility / How do I create an accessible site? http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/create.html

    • Accessibility / Accessibility standards http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/508standards.html

  • Access MOOC YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMbfv9NlLcpF3Hpe5rs2cXw

  • Untagged PDF Being Read by a Screen Reader [NCSU] (YouTube 0:29) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaNwnsT4B5s

  • ERIC Search = Accessibility (for Disabled) http://eric.ed.gov/?q=%22%22&ff1=subAccessibility+(for+Disabled)

  • Accessibility / Resources http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/resources.html

  • Access to learning: Same path for all abilities http://blog.blackboard.com/access-to-learning-same-path-for-all-abilities/

    • As High-Tech Teaching Catches On, Students With Disabilities Can Be Left Behind http://www.chronicle.com/article/As-High-Tech-Teaching-Catches/190341/

    • Understood https://www.understood.org/en "Our goal is to help the millions of parents whose children, ages 3–20, are struggling with learning"

    • 10 Tips to make your classroom more accessible https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/05/10-tips-for-creating-an-inclusive-classroom-today/#7tJk1c3cflA1o7Ze.99

    • Dotjay's Lab http://lab.dotjay.com/

Fact Sheets

  • AbilityNet Factsheets http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/factsheets

    • Fact Sheets: Topic Resources [Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation] http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.mtKZKgMWKwG/b.5041181/k.C489/Fact_Sheets_A_to_Z.htm

    • SCATP Fact Sheets [SC Assistive Technology Program] http://www.sc.edu/scatp/factsheets.htm

  • EDUCAUSE Library: Accessibility http://www.educause.edu/library/accessibility

Webinars (and Archives of Webinars)

  • AbilityNet Webinars http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/advice-info/webinars

  • 3Play Media Webinars: Upcoming and Recorded Webinars plus Video Highlights http://www.3playmedia.com/resources/webinars/

    • AEM Center: National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning [CAST] Webinars & Presentations http://aem.cast.org/about/webinars-presentations.html#.VaO2qvlViko

    • AbleNet University (emphasis on AT and AAC ) [free registration required]

      • Live Webinars https://www.ablenetinc.com/resources/live_webinars/

    • Recorded Webinars https://www.ablenetinc.com/resources/recorded_webinars/

  • Georgia Tools for Life: Webinar Archives http://www.gatfl.gatech.edu/tflwiki/index.php?title=Webinar_Archives

  • Center on Technology and Disability (CDT) Cafe [Recorded Webinar] http://www.ctdinstitute.org/cafe

  • Accessible Technology Coalition (ATC) Trainings http://atcoalition.org/trainings

  • Webinar Archives from ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association) http://www.atia.org/i4a/member_directory/feResultsListing.cfm?directory_id=10&viewAll=1

    • Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) Webinars & Training Videos http://ataporg.org/ICTWebinars/Default.aspx

  • Webinars [George Masons' Assistive Technology Initiative] http://ati.gmu.edu/training/webinars/

  • ADA Conferences, Great Lakes ADA Center, 877-232-1990 (V/TTY), webinars@ada-audio.org

    • ADA Online Audio Conference Archives http://www.ada-audio.org/Archives/AudioConference/

    • Accessibility Online https://secure71.inmotionhosting.com/~access20/ArchiveAttendance/

Accessibility Courses - Free

    • Web Accessibility by Google: Developing with Empathy https://www.udacity.com/course/web-accessibility--ud891

    • Introduction to Course Accessibility [Berkeley] http://bit.ly/coursea11y

    • Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy [Ryerson] https://de.ryerson.ca/wa/

    • Start Building Accessible Web Applications Today https://egghead.io/courses/start-building-accessible-web-applications-today

    • Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society [Future Learn] https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-accessibility

    • Introduction to Web Accessibility [Google)] https://webaccessibility.withgoogle.com/course

Other Organizations, Agencies and Companies

  • Accessible Technology Coalition (ATC) http://atcoalition.org/

  • Center on Technology and Disability (CDT) Learning Center http://www.ctdinstitute.org/library

  • ITACCESS IT Accessibility Constituent Group [EDUCAUSE] http://www.educause.edu/discuss/constituent-groups-about-information-systems-and-services/it-accessibility-constituent-group

      • ASCIT Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B86HMzuOaYRGaHNYVnl0MnQzZ2s

      • "Outreach and Education Committee" (formerly Training and Education)

  • AHEAD (Association on Higher Education And Disability) https://www.ahead.org/

  • Web Resources (Accessibility: Advocacy groups, General resources, IBM resources) http://www-03.ibm.com/able/resources/index.html

Glossaries & Dictionaries

Also see the Glossaries & Dictionaries areas on other pages on this site:

Links to More General Glossaries & Dictionaries

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act Glossary of Terms https://askjan.org/links/adaglossary.htm

  • Accessibility Terms Glossary [San Jose State University] http://www.sjsu.edu/accessibility/ati/glossary/

  • Accessibility Glossary Terms http://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/glossary/tag/accessibility/index.html

  • Glossary of Terms and Preferred Language [Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts] http://inclusioninthearts.org/projects/about-deal/glossary-of-preferred-terms/

  • Glossary of Disability-Related Terms [DO-IT] http://www.washington.edu/doit/glossary-disability-related-terms

Resources to Explore Further

New links that I find but have not yet looked at closely enough to add to my lists.