Accessible Web Sites

'Accessible Web Sites'  will enable web professionals to create and retrofit accessible websites. The main body of the book is devoted to the business of making websites and their content accessible: testing techniques, web development tools, and advanced techniques. Then there's a quick reference checklist to check section 508 compliance, and a complete list of accessibility testing and approval sites.

Accessibility is about making sure that a website by design can be accessible to people with hearing, visual or mobility disabilities - or rather, constructing websites so that their content and services can reach the widest possible audience regardless of age, disability or the limitations of the end user's technology.

The purpose of this book is to enable web professionals to create and retrofit accessible websites quickly and easily. It includes discussions of the technologies and techniques that are used to access websites, and provides law and policy information to help decision makers, from top-level management to web developers. This is the first book on the market providing vital law and policy information from countries around the world as well as an in-depth explanation of the US Section 508 technical web requirements for accessible web design. The main body of the book is devoted to the business of making websites accessible. It includes a practical discussion on how to make the content itself accessible, how to make the navigation accessible and how to make data input forms accessible, all with plenty of real world examples taken from live sites.

This book explains useful testing and validation techniques and assesses the current web development tools available to developers. The book concludes with a quick reference checklist for creating accessible websites.

Who is this book for?

This book is primarily for Web Developers creating accessible web sites or updating corporate sites to make them accessible, however it will also be useful to corporate, university and government policy makers involved in the development, maintenance and use of websites for their institutions.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Understanding Accessibility

Chapter 3: An Overview of the Laws and Guidelines

Chapter 4: How do people access information on the web?

Chapter 5: Browsers and Assistive Technologies

Chapter 6: Creating Accessible Web Content

Chapter 7: Accessible navigation

Chapter 8: Accessible Data Input

Chapter 9: Testing for Accessibility

Chapter 10: Web Development Tools and Accessibility

Chapter 11: Separating Content from Presentation

Chapter 12: Advanced Accessibility techniques

Chapter 13: Integrating Accessibility into Enterprise

Chapter 14: Emerging Technologies

Chapter 15: Accessibility Law in Depth

Appendix A: Web Accessibility Quick Reference

Appendix B: Glossary of Terms