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Essential Access for All Internet Links

This area is under construction, but offers some insights into real help for real people as well as a glimpse of future directions. Under each category, links are simply in alphabetical order. No hierarchy or preference should be inferred. (Links open new windows.)

Accessibility

• Assistive Technologies, Inc.
  Collaborator in the AccessInfo System. Able to help with all aspects of technology for people with disabilities.
  

• The Center for an Accessible Society
  Accessibility from the perspective of people with disabilities in a democratic society-- all 54 million of us in the US alone!
  

• EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information
  Accessibility through technology, with an emphasis on empowering people with disabilities.
  

• IBM Accessibility Center
  Wide-ranging information and lots of good links.
  

• Trace Research Center
  The Trace Research & Development Center is a part of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1971, Trace has been a pioneer in the field of technology and disability.
  

• UsableNet
  UsableNet offers industry-leading information and expertise in the form of simple, easy-to-use software tools and services that automate website usability and accessibility testing and repair.
  

• Web Accessibility Links
  This selection is from the HTML Writers Guild's Aware Center. It's a good start if you're just learning about Web accessibility.
  

Libraries and Accessible Services

• Accessible Library Wokstations (2001 ALA)
  Both a philosophical statement and a practical guide to a good start. "Essential component for success: Staff well-versed in operation, basic troubleshooting, and minor reconfiguration." Written and compiled by Audrey J. Gorman
  

• ALA Policy on Library Services for People with Disabilities
  

• This document is a roadmap for the present and future of accessible library services. It was unanimously approved by the American Library Association Council on January 16, 2001.
  

• Roads To Learning
  Basic information about libraries and learning disabilities. Solid resource lists, including the Top 20 Learning Disabilities Resources and a compilation of URLs related to learning disabilities, disability resources in general, and related topics. Somewhat dated but still useful. Written and compiled by Audrey J. Gorman
  

Usability

• Center for Universal Design
  This link takes you to a useful definition and the basic principles of universal design.
  

• The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre
  Another approach to "designs for our future selves."
  

• NCR - EasyPoint Kiosks
  An introduction to "self-service devices that are Easy to use, Easy to implement, and Easy to maintain."
  

Universal Design

• Principles of Universal Design
  From the site of the Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University, www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/pubs/udprinciples.html.