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Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): Provides guidelines generally regarded as the international standard for Web Accessibility as well as support materials and resources. Also, visit Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Dive in to Accessibility: A 30 day plan for developing an accessible website. Offers accessibility tips by disability, browser type, design principles and publishing tools.
Accessible Website Design, A Beginners Guide: A list of resources and articles for those new to accessible website design.
State of Connecticut Web Accessibility Committee: Accessibility resources including tools and tutorials.
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre: Adaptive Technology online resources including research papers and tutorials.
Designing a More Usable World - for All: Accessibility and Universal Design resources.
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT): Accessible web design publications and information.
The Web Standards Project: Resources for learning about Web Standards.
WebAim.org: An introduction to Web Accessibility, articles and tools.
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST): Research and development in Universal Design for all people, including those with disabilities.

Books for Learning How to Design Usable and Accessible Websites

Building Accessible Websites: by Joe Clark
Designing With Web Standards: by Jeffrey Zeldman
Don't Make Me Think—A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability: by Steve Krug

Online Validation Tools

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Markup Validator: W3C's online Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) validator.
W3C Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Validation Service: W3C's online CSS validator.
Cynthia Says: An online web content accessibility validation tool.
WebXACT: An online service for testing single pages of web content for accessibility.

Other Useful Online Tools For Assessing WEB Accessibility

Colorblind Web Page Filter: Colorblind filters allow you to see how your web pages will render for three different types of colorblindness.
Web Accessibility Tool Bar: Developed by Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) for Internet Explorer to help developers with accessing a web page for accessibility.
Introduction to the Screen Reader: A 6 minute video which demonstrates how screen readers assist people who are visually impaired.
Lynx Viewer: Enables you to see how your web pages will read in a text only browser.
HTML Tidy: A utility developed by Dave Raggett for cleaning up web pages by identifying and correcting HTML errors, including accessibility problems.

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