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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Web "content" generally refers to the information in a Web page or Web application, including text, images, forms, sounds, and such. WCAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines, including the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG). Essential Components of Web Accessibility explains the relationship between the different guidelines.

Apple is committed to helping people with disabilities access their personal computers. Commitment to accessibility is evident throughout the Mac OS X operating system, which is not only easy to use by design, but also includes a wide variety of features and technologies specifically designed to provide access to users with disabilities.

Abstract An educational resource targeting children with learning difficulties should be based on special teaching aids to achieve its educational purposes. Teaching supported by new technologies should guarantee the accessibility of the contents introduced over the web, as well as through the use of software applications. In this paper, we present a methodology for creating such resources and its application to the Proyecto Aprender (Learn Project). This project involves developing an accessible web site targeting teachers and the public (parents, families, researchers...) generally, and developing an accessible application targeting learners in particular. The whole process of design, preparation and construction is conceived to meet learners' special educational needs.

Accessibility - Sistemas Operativos

Microsoft's accessible technology solutions enable people of all abilities to realize their potential.

Já o tinha colocado no NING mas acho que deverá estar também aqui pois resume e bem alguns cuidados a ter.

OECD Observer: General » Books . ?Attitudes are the real disability?, says Henry Holden, a well-known comedian and advocate for the disabled. Education is clearly important in this respect, but ironically, schools themselves have much to do in how they deal with disabled students. Whether teenagers are confined to a wheelchair or are struggling with epilepsy, dyslexia or depression, getting an education can be a tough test indeed. For the past few decades, schools have taken on increasing responsibility for educating youth with disabilities and mainstreaming them into regular classrooms. Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages , the fourth report in an ongoing OECD series on disabilities and education, takes a practical look at numbers, measuring how a sample of 17 countries provide for students with special needs. The countries surveyed all have, or are currently preparing, laws that ensure full access to education for all students, although with varying degrees of

Projecto Gnome

Página da BBC que presta auxílio e informação nas configurações do browser de modo a facilitar a navegação a pessoas com deficiências físicas.

JAWS for Windows is a powerful accessibility solution that reads information on your screen using synthesized speech.

dicas e ideias para fazer com que os conteúdos Web sejam acessiveis utilizando para o efeito o Dreamweaver.

Neste documento apresentam-se alguns desenvolvimentos, problemas e correntes actuais no âmbito da acessibilidade web.

Um site referência para quem quer desenvolver conteúdos online acessíveis.