Accessible Design

A variety of paper books, electronic books, research and websites contain useful information about designing accessible websites and software.

Paper Books

These books provide important information about how to produce both usable and accessible websites.

1. "Accessible XHTML and CSS Web Sites: Problem - Design - Solution," Jon Duckett, Wiley Publishing, 2005
2. "Accessible Web Sites," Jim Thatcher, et al, glasshaus, 2002
3. "Building Accessible Websites," Joe Clark, New Riders, 2003
4. "Flash 99% Good," Kevin Airgid and Stephanie Reindel, Osborne, 2002
5. "Flash Usability Guide," Chris MacGregor, et al, friends of ED, 2002
6. "Maximum Accessibility, Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone," John M. Slatin and Sharron Rush, Addison-Wesley, 2003
7. "Usability for the Web," Tom Brinck et al, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002
8. "Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities," Michael G. Paciello, CMP Books, 2000

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Electronic Books

The following usability and accessibility resources can be downloaded from the Internet.

1. "Dive Into Accessibility, 30 days to a more accessible web site," Mark Pilgrim, 2002 (http://diveintoaccessibility.org)
2. "Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible," G. Freed, et al., WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA, 2003 (http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline)

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Research

1. "Beyond ALT Text: Making the Web Easy to Use for Users with Disabilities," Kara Pernice Coyne and Jakob Nielsen, 2001
2. "How to Conduct Usability Evaluations for Accessibility," Kara Pernice Coyne and Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group, 2001
3. "Research-Based Guidelines on Web Design and Usability Issues," Sanjay J. Koyanl, Roert W. Bailey, Janice R. Nall, National Cancer Institute (http://usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html#1

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Websites

• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (http://www.w3.org/WAI/), especially "Getting Started: Making a Website Accessible" (http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/)
• Knowbility Training Guide for Austin Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) (http://cookiecrook.com/AIR/2003/train/)

A concise and thorough tutorial on making websites accessible by members of the Austin, Texas accessibility community. It was developed in support of the Accessibility Internet Rally, an annual event in which web designers create accessible websites for non-profit organizations, while competing for prizes and recognition. Knowbility (http://knowbility.org/index.jsp), an accessibility organization in Austin, Texas, sponsors AIR. The Knowbility website contains much useful accessibliity information as well as links to winning AIR websites.

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