WebAIM

WebAIM

Infobox Company
company_name = WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
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company_type = Non-profit
foundation = 1999
location = Logan, Utah
key_people = Cyndi Rowland, Jared Smith, Shane Anderson, Jonathan Whiting
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num_employees = 7
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homepage = http://webaim.org/
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WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) is a non-profit organization based at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. WebAIM has provided web accessibility solutions since 1999. WebAIM's mission is to expand the potential of the web for people with disabilities by providing the knowledge, technical skills, tools, organizational leadership strategies, and vision that empower organizations to make their own content accessible to people with disabilities.

Products and Services

WebAIM provides a number of web accessibility products and services. The [http://wave.webaim.org WAVE] accessibility evaluation tool is administered by WebAIM. This free, online tool provides visual feedback of a page's accessibility. WebAIM web accessibility services include accessibility training, web site monitoring & reporting, certification, consulting, accessible site design, accessibility repairs, and web captioning.

Community

WebAIM administers an online community that focuses on web accessibility. Community resources include a newsletter, blog, forums, email discussion list, and RSS feeds.

Resources

The [http://webaim.org WebAIM web site] provides extensive information for web developers, webmasters, and others interested in accessibility of web content for the following disabilities:
* visual disabilities - blindness, low vision, and color blindness
* motor disabilities - including Parkinson's Disease, paraplegia, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, arthritis, stroke, etc.
* cognitive disabilities - including dementia, dyslexia, autism, Down Syndrome, traumatic brain injury , attention deficit disorder, or other functional disabilities that may impact ones ability in memory, problem-solving, attention, and reading, math, or visual comprehension.
* deafness and hearing impairments.

[http://webaim.org/articles/ WebAIM Articles] address a range of web accessibility topics, including:
* Introduction to Web Accessibility
* How individuals with disabilities access and use the web
* Assistive technology
* Adobe Flash
* Microsoft FrontPage
* HTML
** Forms
** Frames
** JavaScript
** AJAX
** Cascading Style Sheets
** Tables
* Rich Media
** Adobe Acrobat
** Closed captioning
** Adobe Flash
** Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
* Evaluation, Testing, and Tools
* Standards and Laws
** W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
** Section 508
** International laws
* Policy, Coordination, and Training

Disability simulations and reviews of common web accessibility monitoring, reporting, and evaluation tools are available.

External links

* [http://webaim.org WebAIM web site]
* [http://webaim.org/intro/ Introduction to Web Accessibility]
* [http://webaim.org/articles/ WebAIM Articles]
* [http://webaim.org/resources/ WebAIM Resources]
* [http://webaim.org/community/ WebAIM Community]


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