Additional References
The following are provided as references for Universal Web site Accessibility issues.

The Law

The Section 508 Web Site is an excellent source for general information, standards, evaluation, events, and resources surrounding Section 508, which will impact electronic and information technology on the Web. http://www.section508.gov/

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended for the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The content of this document directly relates to the Federal government and any public or private industry contracting with the Federal government. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508law.html

The Attorney Generals Memorandum http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/memohead.html

Enforcing ADA compliance - The Department of Justice handles complaints and enforcement http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/enforce.htm

Title II, Section 508 speaks directly to state, local governments and all other public entities. This highlights page provides a concise overview, abbreviated information on specific chapters that must comply with ADA standards and information about the complaint and enforcement process. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/t2hlt95.htm

Universal Accessibility

Designing Universal Accessible websites, a meta-index page by theTrace Research and Development Center.

National Center for Accessible Media, sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and WGBH-TV, Boston.

Guidelines on Universal Accessibility, developed by the Canadian Treasury Board Internet Working Group on Internet Presentation, Style and Accessibility.

Universal Accessibility - Articles/Papers/Presentations/Design Issues/Workshops/Related Sites by The Productivity Works, Inc. Center on Information Technology Accommodation, a resource site maintained by the Center on Information Technology Accommodation at the General Services Administration.

Designing Accessible HTML Pages

JavaScript Accessibility Issues

Design of HTML Pages to Increase their Accessibility to Users with Disabilites

Writing Accessible HTML Documents developed by the General Services Administration's Center for IT Accomodation.

Making the Web Accessible for the Blind and Visually Impaired by WebABLE!, a directory of disability internet resources.

Guide to Writing Accessible HTML developed by the University of Toronto's Adaptive Technology Resource Centre.

DO-IT HTML Guidelines by Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology at the University of Washington.

Alternative Access Systems

Access.Adobe.Com is a tool that allows blind and visually impaired users to read any document in Adobe PDF format. The tool converts PDF documents into simple HTML or ASCII text which can then be read by a number of common screen reading programs that synthesize the HTML as audible speech.

HTML to ICADD (International Committee for Accesible Document Design) Transformation Service sponsored by the University of California at Los Angeles.

University of Toronto's Adaptive Technology Resource Centre provides several product listings such as Screen Reader, Voice Recognition System, Alternative Keyboard System, Screen Magnification, and Refreshable Braille Display.

Disability-Related Information

West Virginia Rehabilitation and Research and Training Center (WVRRTC) Home Page

National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) Home Page

Disabilities Developments Page by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

NII and People with Disabilities, Breaking Down Barriers, Building Choice Extract from "The Information Infrastructure: Reaching Society's Goals: Report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force Committee on Applications and Technology", U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, September 7, 1994.