Accessible Websites (Constructing) : Section 508 and Beyond

Accessibility is about making a website accessible to those with aural, visual or physical disabilities - or rather, constructing websites that don't exclude these people from accessing the content or services being provided.The purpose of this book is to enable web professionals to create and retrofit accessible websites quickly and easily.

It includes discussion of the technologies and techniques that are used to access websites, and the legal stipulations and precedents that exist in the US and around the world.

The main body of the book is devoted to the business of making websites and their content accessible: testing techniques, web development tools, and advanced techniques including PDFs, JavaScript, XML, SMIL, Flash and SVG.

The book concludes with a quick reference checklist for creating accessible websites.This is a practical book with lots of step-by-step examples, supported with a Section 508 checklist enabling developers to refer to the book as they work as well as a complete list of accessibility testing and approval sites.