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Rocky Mountain Research Station
Section 508 - Accessibility Standards
Section 508 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which requires that electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the Federal government, including information provided to employees and members of the public through Web sites, is accessible to people with disabilities. Under the authority of Section 508, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board has enacted regulations setting forth accessibility standards for federal agencies' electronic and information technology, including Web pages.
Rocky Mountain Research Station is in the process of making all our pages accessible to everyone. If you have difficulty with any RMRS Web page or require an alternate version, please contact Suzy Stephens.
Listed below are links to the Section 508 regulations, information, and help sections ...
Section 508 and Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Resources
USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer - Section 508
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/irm/508/sec508.htmlGeneral Services Administration/Federal IT Accessibility Initiative:
Provides technical assistance to Federal agencies to promote Section 508 compliance.
Phone: 202-501-4906
http://www.section508.gov/The Access Board:
An independent federal agency committed to accessible design and responsible for drafting Section 508 standards.
Phone: 1-800-USA-ABLE (voice) or 1-800-993-2822 (TTY)
http://www.access-board.govQuestions & Answers about Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998:
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/FAQ.htmBoard Issues Standards for Electronic and Information Technology
http://www.access-board.gov/news/508-final.htmForst Service Region 5's Section 508 Web page:
1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet information and applications
http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/accessibility/index.htmlList of Resources
http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/accessibility/resources.htmlUSDA TARGET Center Web Accessibility Testing Service
http://www.usda.gov/oo/webaccess.htmDepartment of Justice Section 508 Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508home.htmlNASA's Section 508 Regulatory Assessment:
A Web document assembled to assist NASA Web masters in the goal of making all Government Web sites accessible to persons with disabilities.
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/text/Section508.htmlCenter for IT Accommodations-General Services Administration (CITA):
Provides extensive information on Section 508, disability legislation, assistive technology, training, and suggestions on how to create a fully accessible workplace.
Phone: 202-501-4906 (voice) or 202-501-2010 (TTY)
http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI):
Coordinates with organizations around the world to promote Web equal usability for people with disabilities by providing guidelines, education, research and development.
http://www.w3.org/wai/World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/Web Aim:
Provides an online tutorial for web accessibility. Shows how to take an inaccessible Web site and bring it into compliance with Section 508.
http://www.webaim.orgTrace Research and Development Center:
The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR):
Working under the Department of Education Office on Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, NIDRR conducts and funds research intended to maximize full inclusion of people with disabilities.
Phone: 202-205-8134 (voice) or 202-205-9433 (TTY)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR/
access.adobe.com
A resource designed to help people with visual disabilities work more effectively with Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
http://access.adobe.comMicrosoft Accessibility and Disabilities Group:
Microsoft division dedicated to developing and manufacturing products for people with disabilities.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable
Sites that check pages for compliance ...
Bobby 3.2: CAST
A Web based program offered by CAST that can be downloaded at no cost to evaluate Web pages and assist Web designers in making a site accessible to all users, including people with disabilities.
http://www.cast.org/bobby/WAVE 2.01
Helps check a Web page to see if it is accessible to people with disabilities.
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/HTML Table linearizer
Offers "Tablin", a filter program developed by the WAI Evaluation & Repair (ER) group that can linearize HTML tables and render them accordingly to preferences set by the presentation layer.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Tablin/Lynx Viewer
This service allows Web authors to see how their pages might appear when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser.
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.htmlVischeck
This image engine will simulate how a Web page looks to someone with a color deficit.
http://www.vischeck.com/vischeckURL.php3A-Prompt
A-Prompt (Accessibility Prompt) has been developed to assist Web authors in improving the accessibility and usability of HTML documents. By checking Web pages for barriers to accessibility and making repairs to correct any problems, A-Prompt will ensure that pages are reaching the widest possible audience.
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
Title: Section
508 - Accessibility Standards
Publish Date: April 27, 2001
Expires: Indefinite
Last Update: June
16, 2001
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