Presentations

• How Can We Leave No Child Behind? by Marsye Kaplan, Baltimore County Public Schools
  Note: To view this file you will need MS PowerPoint.

Articles

• Accessible Technology: Minimum Standards for Computer Hardware by Kathy Rupert, Temple University
• An Information Brief of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development on IDEA 97
• Section 508: The Accessibility Standards with Explanations by Patricia Hendricks and Jennifer Daley, MAR*TEC
• NCAC Policy Documents and Resources
  • Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Brief Legal Interpretation
  • Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Brief for Parents and Teachers
  • Concise Summary of State Laws Pertaining to the Provision of Accessible Materials for K-12 Students with Print Disabilities (50 State Survey)
  • NCAC Policy Group White Paper for Policy, Property, & Permissions: A Discussion of Accessible Curriculum Materials on Ordering, Producing, and Obtaining Accessible Versions of Curriculum Materials for K-12 Students with Print Disabilities

Links

• Accessibility Forum
  A coalition of experts on accessibility from government, industry, higher education, and disabilities advocacy who provide technical assistance to support solutions for implementation of Section 508, currently sponsored by the U. S. General Services Administration.
• Buy Accessible
  Database where vendors provide information about accessible information technology products.
• Glossary
  Definitions of key terminology in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 36 CFR Part 1194
  Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000.
• Section 508
  Portal for compilation of federal resources related to enacting Section 508 standards.
• Subsection B
  Technical Standards Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology.
• Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
  An accessibility checklist to guide assessment of commercial electronic and information technology products with features that support accessibility developed by the Information Technology Industry Council

Related Resources Accessibility Laws, Policies, and Programs

• Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA)
  Government Services Administration online resource for managing accessibility issues in federal agencies.
• Information Technology Access Laws and Policies
  Summary of critical features.
• Higher Education
  • Designing More Useable Web Sites
    Focused on cooperative efforts for building a more useable Web.
  • Gallaudet Unversity Technology Access Program
    Information and resources on accessible telecommunications products
  • Illinois Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
    Provides developers of web-based instructional materials a resource on how to design their resources to be more accessible to people with disabilities.
  • University of Washington's DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
    Resources to support productive use of information technology by people with disabilities.
  • University of Washington's Access IT, National Center on Accessible Information Technology and Education
    Access IT promotes the use of electronic and information technology (E&IT) for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels.
  • University of Wisconsin TRACE Center – Accessible Software Guidelines

Web-based intranet and internet information and applications

• Blackboard Accessibility
  Find out about Blackboard's accessibility projects, resources, 508 implementation, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and screen reader tutorial.
• Gale Group Electronic Product Accessibility
  Information on how Gale Group products meet Section 508, SubsectionB - Technical Standards.
• IBM Accessibility Center
  Find out about products, services, resources, events, information, and regulations related to disabilities.
• SIRS Publishing, Inc. Web Accessibility Statement
  Information on the accessibility standards that SIRS web products meet.
• Sun Microsystems Accessibility Program
  Section 508 information, resources from articles and conferences, and information for developers.

Products

Palm Accessibility Program
Information on how Palm is working to make their products accessible as well as an assessment of how their products meet the Section 508 Technical Standards.