The document discusses Section 508 compliance and accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines Section 508 and the types of disabilities covered. Statistics show over half of Americans with disabilities use the internet. The document provides guidelines for making content accessible, including providing text alternatives, synchronized captions, color contrast, and style-independent formatting. It lists evaluation tools to check accessibility.

1. Janet Ward Edited by Bette and Shohreh El Centro College July 15, 2008

2. What does it mean to be 508 compliant? What are the types of disabilities? What are the Statistics? How can I make my class 508 compliant? What are free evaluation and testing Tools? December 20,2006

3. Rehabilitation Act - Section 508 : Requires equal access for disabled employees and members of the public to information that is comparable to the access available to others. December 20,2006

4. Visual From low vision to blindness Hearing From partial hearing loss to deafness Motor From partial to full loss of mobility or dexterity Cognitive From learning to developmental disabilities Other Other types of disabilities, such as seizure disorders December 20,2006

5. Number of disabled Internet users has increased dramatically since 2000 and continues to increase 54 million Americans that have some type of disability 74.4% of disabled individuals use the Internet at home 82.8% of disabled individuals use a computer at home December 20,2006

6. Design Considerations Must be: Efficient Effective Easy to learn remember access interact and collaborate Training PowerPoint: http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/508_Training_Presentation.ppt December 20,2006

7. A text equivalent for every non-text element must be provided. Example : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/online-course/standards/images.htm December 20,2006

8. Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation must be synchronized with the presentation. Example : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/video/ScnRdrpt2.mov December 20,2006

9. Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. Example: http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/onlinecourse/standards/formatting.htm#explanationc December 20,2006

10. Documents or Web pages shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. Example 22d : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/video/scnrdrpt1.mov December 20,2006

11. Watchfire WebXACT : Bobby Lynx Viewer Vischeck Cynthia Says A-Prompt Others: Test Me: 25 Freebie Website Accessibility Checkers December 20,2006

12. Computer Aids for Disabilities http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = yGwED-BZeQQ