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Creating Accessible Web Sites

Assuring that a web site is accessible for ALL users requires a number of important considerations. The national source that defines best practice standards for web accessibility is the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/. Several national projects help to inform web designers of best practices techniques for assuring that all digital media is created in an accessible format such as WebAIM http://www.webaim.org. Web accessibility can also be determined using some access validators such as the tool WAVE or the Firefox accessibility extensions http://accessproject.colostate.edu/modules/firefox/index.htm
Consider how your website is accessible by trying out some of these resources (or sharing these with your web developer!)

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