Resources and References

 

The University System of Georgia

Board of Regents Guide 

http://www.gsu.edu/rcld/BORWEB/introduction.htm

 

 Regents Center for Learning Disorders at
Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA

 http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrld/

 

Regents Center for Learning Disorders
at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA
http://www.uga.edu/psychology/rcld

 

Regents Center for Learning Disorders
at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA
http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/rcld/ 

  

Books and Articles

 

Anderson, Paul. Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach (5th edition). Boston, Massachusetts: Heinle, 2003

 

Burnett, Rebecca E. Technical Communication (6th edition). Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2005.

 

Johnson-Sheehan, Richard. Technical Communication Today. New York: Longman, 2005.

 

Markel, Mike. Technical Communication: Situations and Strategies (5th edition). New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 1998

 

Mueller, John. Accessibility for Everyone: Understanding the Section 508 Accessibility Requirements. Berkeley, California: Apress, 2003.

 

National Council on Disability. “When the Americans with Disabilities Act Goes Online: Application of the ADA to the Internet and the Worldwide Web.” July 10, 2003. Accessed February 9, 2005. http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2003/adainternet.htm

 

Reed, Will and Everyl Yankee and Wendi Fornoff, with Deborah Murray. “Guidelines for Writing Accessible On line Help.” Usability Interface (STC Usability SIG Newsletter), Volume 9, Number 4 (April), 2003.

 

Sims, Brenda R. Technical Communication for Readers and Writers (2nd edition). New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

 

Slatin, John. “The Art of ALT: Toward a More Accessible Web.” All Things Web (Access First Design Approach), 2001. http://www.pantos.org/atw/35534.html

 

Slatin, John. “The Imagination Gap: Making Web-based Instructional Resources Accessible to Students and Colleagues with Disabilities.” Currents in Electronic Literacy 6 (Spring), 2002. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/currents/spring02/slatin.html

 

Slatin, Joyn and Sharron Rush. Maximum Accessibility. New York: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003.

 

 

 

Accessibility Standards and Compliance

 

The Access Board – A Guide to Section 508 (Intranet and Internet Information and Application) http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm

 

Coombs, Norman. “Barrier-free E-learning: (online course), 2002.

 

Microsoft’s “Examples of Accessible (and Inaccessible) Web Design” National Center for Accessible Media http://ncam.wgbh.org/

 

Society for Technical Communication’s Usability and User Experience Community http://www.stcsig.org/usability/index.html

 

VisCheck (Color Blind Vision Simulator and Checker) http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/

 

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

 

World Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org/

 

 

Educational Resources

 

Accessibility Consulting (Jim Thatcher) http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm

 

CAST Universal Design for Learning http://www.cast.org/

 

EASI – Equal Access to Software and Information (Norman Coombs and Dick Banks) http://people.rit.edu/easi/

 

 

 

Other Sites Which May Be of Help:

 

 

http://www.disability.gov/ provides easy access to comprehensive disability – related information and resources

 

Health Resource Center: http://www.heath.gwu.edu/

 

LD Pride: http://www.ldpride.net/

 

U.S. Department of Education –http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transition.html#reproduction    

 

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities –http://www.nichcy.org/

 

Landmark College (Designed for Students with LD) –http://www.landmarkcollege.org/

 

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition –http://www.ncset.org/

 

News magazine for persons with ADD/ADHD –http://www.additudemag.com/

 

A collaboration of information for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing –http://www.pepnet.org/default.asp

 

National Resource Center on ADHD –http://www.help4adhd.org/en/education/college

 

 

 

Technology Resources, Access,

Standards and Compliance

 

Macromedia Accessibility Resource Center – Macromedia provides resources dedicated to removing Web technology barriers for people with disabilities. http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/

 

PEPNet-South Center on Deafness –  http:pepnet.org/south/

 

Section 508 (The Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative) – Section 508 requires that Federal agencies electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. This site can be used to provide access to resources for understanding and implanting the requirements of Section 508. http://www.section508.gov/

 

UsableNet – UsableNet offers leading industry information and expertise in the form of simple, easy-to-use tools that automate usability and accessibility testing for Web site developers. http://www.usablenet.com/

 

Vischeck Color Blindness Simulator – Many pictures, documents and Web pages are hard for color blind people to read. Vischeck lets designers check their work for color blind visibility.  http://vischeck.com/index.php3

 

W3C HTML Validation Service – The W3C HTML Validation Service is a free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards. http://validator.w3.org/

 

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative – WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. http://www.w3.org/WAI/

 

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: Evaluation Tools – Perform a static analysis of pages or sites regarding their accessibility, and return a report or a rating. Validation tools that check HTML and CASS without an accessibility focus are included since validating to a published grammar is one step towards accessibility. http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools.html#Evaluation

 

W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – Priority 1 checkpoints: “A web content developer must satisfy these checkpoints. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it impossible to access information in the document. Satisfying these checkpoints is a basic requirement for some groups to be able to use web documents.” http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/checkpoint-list.html#wc-priority-1

 

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