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ADA Accessibility Guidelines

  1. Web Accessibility
    1. What it means -- legally
      1. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. The Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA), in the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy, has been charged with the task of educating Federal employees and building the infrastructure necessary to support Section 508 implementation. Using the Web site, http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508.

        For more information read the full text of Section 508 and also the 1998 Amendment to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

    2. The 'real reason'
      We want our materials to be as accessible as possible to the largest possible number of students, potential students, staff, faculty and others. We feel that it is a function of the academic environment to provide opportunities to the most diverse population that we are able to serve. Our goal is to include people into the world of education not to exclude.

      Therefore it is necessary to ask: What is disabled when it comes to the Web?
      The following information are tools to help you experience the Web as a person with impairments might experience it. Hopefully by reviewing these materials you will gain an empathy and work toward designing your Web pages and Web sites to be accessible because you believe that is how they should be designed.

      The following sections are from WebAim, an online accessibility course and are copyrighted. To allow legal access to OSU students, faculty and staff, we must secure their location to only those people. Therefore, to be allowed to read the sections below, you will be asked for your OSU User ID (email address) and password.

      1. Vision (Blindness, Low Vision, Color-blindness).
      2. Hearing (Deafness, Hard-of-hearing).
      3. Motor.
      4. Cognitive.
      5. Miscellaneous (Seizure Disorders, Age-related Processes).
  2. How do we 'deal' with Web accessibility
    1. OSU Web Accessibility Policy.
    2. College of Humanities
      1. College of Humanities Policy.
      2. Valid HTML - Selected HTML quidelines.
        Most of the pages below are from WebAIM, Web Accessibility in Mind.
        The following sections are copyrighted. To allow legal access to OSU students, faculty and staff only, we secured these pages. Therefore, to be allowed to read the sections below, you will be asked for your OSU User ID (email address) and password.
        1. Why Use Valid HTML?.
        2. Standard Disclaimer
          This Web site, all content and related materials are ©2003-???? by the Department Name, the College of Humanities and The Ohio State University. If you have difficulty accessing any portion of this site due to incompatibility with adaptive technology, or if you need the information in an alternative format, please contact the department at department email address.
        3. Images.
          1. Introduction.
          2. Understandability.
          3. Color.
          4. Alt Tags.
          5. Limit Text.
          6. Flicker Rate.
          7. Distracting Graphics.
        4. Text.
        5. Tables.
          1. Introduction.
          2. Layout Tables.
          3. Data Tables.
        6. Forms.
        7. Frames.
    3. Accessibility Validators -- Ways to check your pages.