Here’s a great blog post listing some valuable usability and accessibility tools and resources. There are a few more tools and other resources listed here: http://www.samsa.com/internet/accessibilty-resources.htm

Hillary,
I am researching section 508 and am wondering if there are levels of compliancy or if it is an all or nothing situation.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Chris Robbins
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For true compliance websites must comply with all guidelines under section 508: http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12#Web
If you are retro-fitting an existing website I would definately suggest a phased approach. [...]

I am a newbie at this. I’m sorry if I am asking basic questions. If there is a place I can find answers to questions like these, please let me know.
I have the following code. Will screen readers read it? If so, will they just read the name, or nothing at all?

<input type=”hidden” name=”topage” value=”/etshome.jsp”>

Thank [...]

Accessible Result: A search engine that only returns accessible
web sites and rates them for accessibility for any query entered is to be formally launched by the end of the month. Web site consultancy Net Progress’s ‘Net-guide’ currently features 1,000 sites from around the world in its database:
http://www.net-guide.co.uk.

I am helping with a 501(c) non-profit orginization and during discussions about our website someone mentioned that it might need to be 508 compliant.
Do you know if this is true?
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Hi Ken,
Section 508 Standards outlines the legal requirements for Federal agencies to offer full access to all available information – regardless of disability or assistive technology [...]