Does anyone know where I can find guidelines for website and publication design with learning disabilities in mind? I had one, but can’t find it. It is not a programming tool (if I could use it it certainly couldn’t have been!). Some of the guidelines concerned colour use, contrast, “white” space, font and font size…
We have a new webmaster interested in creating webpages useful to more students, but LD is a whole new area for him. We also have a graphics department we want to encourage to think in that direction when they create. The guidelines were also helpful in choosing good software.
If anyone knows of any resources, please pass them on. I will be eternally grateful. :D
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Thanks, guest. I couldn’t get into the web site, though. I am looking desperately, as we have had a preview of the new website and it breaks every rule I know. All I found so far is technical stuff. I don’t know enough to do anything there, but it would be nice to at least see readable pages! I need a back up argument NOW so we can convince him there are legit reasons and it is not personal preference. Any help at all at this point would be appreciated. The page design is so bad, I would/could not be bothered to read it myself!
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Do a google search on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You’ll find the resources there.
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Maybe this would help:
http://www.resourceroom.net/older/distance_ed.asp
I don’t see specific website guidelines (and “Bobby” guidelines are for any & all accessibility issues so they may be broader in scope than you need).— but there are also some links at the end.
Re: Guidelines for creating websites
You might also find guidelines at any given university website (since some professors do a fair amount of web design for courses).
Check out www.cast.org - they list guidelines that are “bobby approved” which is the standard for accessibility.