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Web Page Accessibility Office

The Center for Excellence in Teaching applied for and received an accessibility grant from Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (SEDBTAC) located at Georgia Institute of Technology. The grant is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education under grant #H133D010207. For the past ten years, the Southeast DBTAC has provided assistance to individuals with disabilities, businesses, schools, state and local government agencies, and employers on their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. With new five-year funding from NIDRR beginning on October 1, 2001, the focus of activities has expanded to include facilitating widespread use of accessible and useable electronic and information technology in educational environments.

As a result of the grant, Georgia Southern University was able to set up a Web site that to address Web site accessibility issues. The site serves as a central repository for tools, techniques and other resources used to make Web pages accessible to people with disabilities. Creating accessible Web sites not only enhances accessibility for people with disabilities, it enhances the usability of sites in general for everyone. Web page accessibility guidelines foster good Web page construction techniques.

How Do You Use This Site?

This site is divided into six sections. An explanation of each section follows.

  1. Home is the page you are on now.
  2. Overview section will introduce you to Web page accessibility and explain what causes a Web page to be inaccessible to people with disabilities.
  3. Tools section has links to online resources for testing your pages for accessibility problems. You are welcome to use the tools on your pages. There is information in the tools section to help you get started.
  4. How To section lists many (but not all) of the techniques you would use to make your pages accessible.
  5. Other Sites page lists Web resources and sites similar to this one. If you can't find what you need on this site, you might find it on other sites we reference.
  6. Contact Us has our phone and email information.

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