Web site Accessibility Design Practices

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, found at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/, explains how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities and are provided for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools.

• Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content.
• Don't rely on color alone.
• Use markup and style sheets and do so properly.
• Use clear and simple content language.
• Create html tables that transform gracefully.
• Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully.
• Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes.
• Ensure direct accessibility of embedded user interfaces.
• Design for device-independence.
• Use interim solutions.
• Use W3C technologies and guidelines.
• Provide context and orientation information.
• Provide clear navigation mechanisms.
• Ensure that documents are clear and simple.

Validate pages with W3.org tools, the W3C HTML Validation Service to validate markup and the W3C CSS Validation Service to validate CSS.

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