Finding the right kind of help when you need it can be a challenge.
Ramp Up to Access is committed to building and maintaining a well-organized
collection of diverse Web links to provide disability-related information and
support in a timely and efficient manner.
We have selected the following links for their thoroughness and their diversity.
If you know of a valuable site that is not currently listed here, please let
us know so that we can add it to these resources.
HTML guidelines, including information on how to build in access for multimedia, style sheets, and the use of assistive technologies.
Annotated links to tutorials on developing Web pages, from an authoritative source, WebReference.com.
Interesting research on color and readablility.
A list of the major important sites on accessibility, not annotated, but carefully chosen.
A good general introduction to typographic principles for the Web.
Research on color and the Web; not presented from a design perspective, but simply based on research.
Compatibility charts to be sure HTML displays as expected on all browsers and platforms; style sheets and browsers are a work in progress, and these charts will help you avoid the traps of differing implementations.
Mac version of HTML cleanup software, available as a BBEdit plug-in
Jan 13, 2000 version; Dave Raggett of UK's Hewlett Packard provided this utility to W3C. He is W3C's lead for HTML, Math, and Voice browsers. Now mulitplatform, Tidy offers advice on accessibility problems it detects.
Tip list by the author of Demoronizer, a tool for taking proprietary tags out of Web pages. Shows its age, and author is hardcore programmer, but there is excellent information here. Good points about movement on page and its effect on ADDers; limitations of absolute pixel width.
Adobe site maintains a tool to convert PDF to HTML; advanced form available via link.
From W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative, here is WAI's list of filters, notifiers, cleaners, etc, to make HTML work with assistive technology.
Reliable tool that analyzes pages for accessibility--checks for compatibility with HTML 4.0
Good statistics and charts, especially those factors to consider in dealing with an aging population in the US.
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities is a part of Clearinghouses in Collaboration (CIC), a consortium of five clearinghouses funded by the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, that provide information on disability-related issues. CIC members meet regularly to discuss their work, their current projects, and their plans for future projects to assure coordination, share resources, prevent duplication of effort, and avoid gaps in information. Together, the Clearinghouses in Collaboration represent a major focus on information collection, referral, and dissemination in disability-related fields.
A service of The Learning Project at WETA, Washington, D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities. It provides a wealth of resources and information related to learning disabilities for all ages.
This is a subsection of LD OnLine. It provides specific information regarding the facts behind learning disabilities, what the common signs are of a learning disability, parent support information, and a collection of support resources.
ERIC, the Educational Resources Information Center, has a section devoted to disabilities and gifted education. This organization gathers and disseminates professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) coordinates and promotes cooperation between Federal Agencies, and compiles statistics and other information concerning disability and rehabilitation research.
The National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) is a pilot project designed to help NIDDR funded researchers publicize the results of their research.
This is a subsection of ERIC that provides information leads to statistical resources related to disability issues and populations. For example, it includes a link to School District Data Book Profiles: 1989-1990 (from NCES).
The purpose of the Disability Statistics Center is to "...produce and disseminate statistical information on disability and the status of people with disabilities in American Society and to establish and monitor indicators of how conditions are changing over time to meet their health, housing, economic and social needs." This site provides links to articles and other Internet resources that provide current statistical data on disability issues.
A subsection of the Disabilities Statistics Center, this site provides links to thirty-three articles on topics related to disabilities in education, health, employment, and statistical incidence.
May 12, 1999 report on 508 implementation. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 contains amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The changes to Section 508 of the 1998 amendments strengthen current law to ensure that people with disabilities will have equity in the use of electronic and information technology.