Useful websites

The information on our site will give you a start in making your website more accessible. The websites listed below can offer further help and advice not only on creating accessible sites but also improving your content and developing your websites in the future.

The W3c's Web Accessibility Initiative offers the definitive guidelines on accessible websites.

Dr. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox on Current Issues in Web Usability. Sign up for a free email newsletter from the "King of usability"

Accessify.com. "Tools, wizards, articles and tutorials on Web Accessibility for the conscientious web developer"

Safe web colours for colour-deficient vision (this site). This mini-site examines the difficulties some users have with colour when navigating web pages or software.

The ASD Simplified English website is a style of writing that was developed by the aerospace industry to produce technical manuals for users who had English as a second language

The Plain English guide to writing clear websites

Dyslexia Style Guide from the British Dyslexia Association

RNIB Web Access Centre, Design and Build section, gives details on techniques to design, build and test sites for accessibility.