Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance

About this book

The power of the Web lies in the fact that anyone and everyone can access it and this should also extend to users with disabilities. Accessibility is about making websites accessible to those with aural visual or physical disabilities or rather constructing websites that dont exclude these people from accessing the content or services provided. This isnt difficult to accomplish and doesnt require anything more than your normal tool setHTML CSS JavaScript Flash or whatever else. All you need to do is use these tools in the right way and bear in mind the guidelines that exist to help you keep your websites accessible and the laws that enforce web accessibility around the world. This book gives you all you need to know about web accessibility whether you are a web designer or developer who wants your sites to be accessible or a business manager who wants to learn the impact of web accessibility laws on your websites. After an overview of the accessibility law and guidelines and a discussion about accessibility and its implementation in the enterprise the book goes on to show how to implement accessible websites using a combination of concise references and easy-to-follow examples covering: Understanding assistive technologies Creating accessible content using XHTML JavaScript CSS Flash and PDFs Testing against WCAG (including 2.0) and Section 508 Retrofitting inaccessible sites where necessary The book concludes with an in-depth analysis of accessibility law around the world. If youre concerned about the legal and moral implications of web accessibility then this book is perfect for you. It is written by some of the worlds experts on accessibility leaving you in good hands.