“The WaSP Education Task Force was created in 2005 to work directly with institutions of higher education to help raise awareness of Web standards and accessibility among instructors, administrators, and Web development teams.” (WaSP) – courtesy of 456breastreet

“A common method of limiting access to services made available over the Web is visual verification of a bitmapped image. This presents a major problem to users who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning disability such as dyslexia. This document examines a number of potential solutions that allow systems to test for human users while preserving access by users with disabilities.” (W3C) – courtesy of accessify

“Web accessibility is about making your website accessible to all Internet users (both disabled and non-disabled), regardless of what browsing technology they’re using. In addition to complying with the law, an accessible website can reap huge benefits on to your website and your business.” (Trenton Moss – uiGarden.net)

“A strict focus on accessibility as a scorecard item doesn’t help users with disabilities. To help these users accomplish critical tasks, you must adopt a usability perspective.” (Jakob Nielsen – Alertbox)

“Most people today can hardly conceive of life without the Internet. It provides access to information, news, email, shopping, and entertainment. The Internet, with its ability to serve out information at any hour of the day or night about practically any topic conceivable, has become a way of life for an impatient, information-hungry generation. Some have argued that no other single invention has been more revolutionary since that of Gutenberg’s original printing press in the mid 1400s. Now, at the click of a mouse, the world can be ‘at your fingertips’ – that is, if you can use a mouse… and if you can see the screen… and if you can hear the audio – in other words, if you don’t have a disability of any kind.” – (Paul Bohman – uiGarden.net)

“In this paper, we take a broader view, discussing an approach that costs developers less and provides greater advantages to a larger community of users. While we have quite specific aims in our technical work, we hope it can also serve as an example of how the technical conversation regarding Web accessibility can move beyond the narrow confines of limited adaptations for small populations.” (John T. Richards and Vicki L. Hanson – IBM Accessibility Center) – courtesy of joeclark

“Web Accessibility and Web Design are two disciplines with a common theory and divergent practices. Both endeavors rely on a standard set of techniques to ensure a consistent experience of data and content across a diverse set of end users. Both rely on creative individuals to build and deliver great sites and great experiences that have an impact on the user. Both seek to extend the reach of the end user and link individuals together to form a stronger collective whole. However, despite the common theory that links them, web accessibility and web design do not share a common set of practices. Sites hailed for their accessibility are rarely noted for their design. Sites hailed for their design are rarely noteworthy as models of accessibility. Few sites are ever held up as models of both great accessibility and great design.” (Bob Regan – Designing for the 21st Century III) – courtesy of usability news

“Our focus has been understanding how blind users work with Web sites and what that means for designers and developers. Our focus therefore is users rather than specific Web sites.” (Mary Frances Theofanos and Janice (Ginny) Redish) – courtesy of guuui

“Accessibility is about building web pages that can be navigated and read by everyone, regardless of disability, location, experience or technology.” – (Max Design)

“The separation of navigational components can greatly reduce the number of choices that need to be considered at anyone time. This can make it easier for people with cognitive or learning difficulties to use the site, and can also be helpful to people who are unable to use the mouse.” (Roger Hudson – Web Essentials 04)

“(…) a collaborative group of accessibility and usability experts, industry leaders and academics who have come together to encourage the spread of inclusive design within the digital economy.” (About UA-WG) – courtesy of usability news

“The Disability Discrimination Act says that websites must be made accessible to disabled people. The DRC’s recent report has suddenly thrown this into the spotlight of the online community and a lot of misinformation has been thrown around. In this article, I shall attempt to put a stop to this misinformation and tell you the truth behind Web accessibility.” (Usability News)

“Web accessibility is about making your Website accessible to all Internet users (both disabled and non-disabled), regardless of what browsing technology they’re using. More and more countries have passed laws stating that Websites must be accessible to blind and disabled people. With this kind of legal pressure, and the many benefits of accessibility, the big players on the Web must surely have accessible Websites, right?” (Trenton Moss – sitepoint) – courtesy of deswozhere

Society of Technical Communication’s 51st Annual Conference – “The presentation is for a short format progressive session, where I gave the presentation three times in an hour and a half to three different groups.” (Thomas Vander Wal)

“The following chapters describe how search engines algorithms, and attempts to address them through search engine optimisation as marketing technique creates new opportunities for making web content accessible – and equally, how improving the accessibility of a site can help maximise both it’s search engine promotion potential and increase user conversions and ROI.” (Big Mouth Media)

“I’m going to make a sweeping generalization here and say there are two grand reasons why people get involved in Web development: They like the programming and coding (they’re technical) or they like visual design on the Web (they’re artistic).” (Joe Clark – Naar Voren)

Effectively increasing search engine ranking with W3C Accessibility guidelines and Section 508 (Brandon Olejniczak – Digital Web Magazine)

“We see the outlines of a problem here. Does building a perfectly accessible site mean all usability extras should be perfectly accessible, too?” (Peter-Paul Koch – Digital Web Magazine)

“Most web developers act in blindness when they design accessible websites, since they know next to nothing about disabled people and the technology they use. Accessibility guidelines and validation tools don’t provide this insight. Accessibility for disabled users should be approached from a user centred perspective.” (Henrik Olsen – guuui)

“This book answers two questions. The first question is ‘Why should I make my web site more accessible?’ If you do not have a web site, this book is not for you. The second question is ‘How can I make my web site more accessible?’ If you are not convinced by the first answer, you will not be interested in the second.” (Mark Pilgrim) – courtesy of guuui