Contents

This brochure consists of three categories. Please follow one of the following links to go to the chapters of the category.

Introduction - forewords, introduction, about accessible webdesign, tools, the W3C organisation
Checkpoints - 16 chapters about making websites accessible
Appendix - checklists, colophon, disclaimer

Introduction

• Foreword Ulf Dahlsten
• Foreword Natasha Lipkina
• Foreword Judy Brewer
• About accessible design
  • What is accessibility
  • Shortlist of problems
  • Why build accessible websites
  • How to build accessible websites
  • Evaluation tips
  • About the W3C
  • About the Accessibility foundation
• National policies and legislation
  • International
  • United States
  • VPAT
  • Policies relating to Web Accessibility
• Why use the W3C Web standards
• What you need
  • Evaluation and Validation Tools
  • Browsers and Browser Tools
• Who can help
  • Useful W3C/WAI links
  • Other useful links

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Checkpoints - "If you're designing a website"

Text links:

• In general
  • Text equivalents
  • Color
  • Language changes
  • Style sheets
  • Dynamic content
  • Flickering
  • Clear language
• And if you use images and image maps
  • Server-side image maps
  • Client-side image maps
• And if you use tables
  • Data Tables
  • Table markup
• And if you use frames
  • Frame titles
• And if you use applets and scripts
  • Programmatic objects
• And if you use multimedia
  • Auditory descriptions
  • Equivalent alternatives
• And if all else fails
  • Alternative page

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Picture links:

In general

And if you use images and image maps

And if you use tables

And if you use frames

And if you use applets and scripts

And if you use multimedia

And if all else fails

Appendix

• Appendix A: Checklist Priority 1 checkpoints
• Appendix B: Section 508: § 1194.22
• Appendix C: Table of Comparison Section 508 and WCAG 1.0, priority 1
• Colophon
• Disclaimer

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