Table of Contents

The Access Manifesto.


 1. How to Read This Book.


 2. Why Bother?


 3. How Do Disabled People Use Computers?


 4. What is Media Access?


 5. The Structure of Accessible Pages.


 6. The Image Problem.


 7. Text and Links.


 8. Navigation.


 9. Type and Colour.


10. Tables and Frames.


11. Stylesheets.


12. Forms and Interaction.


13. Multimedia.


14. Certification and Testing.


15. Future Dreams.


Appendix A. Accessibility and the Law.


Appendix B. Language Codes.


Bibliography.


Colophon.

Promotional Information

Using a strategic approach to the issues and a journalistic style, this book will be a foundation for how people think about this issue going forward-the first book people will read on the topic, before delving into the minutiae of the moment. With lawsuits and human-rights complaints proliferating, and with simple awareness of accessibility percolating through the industry, soon it will be hard to find a Web shop that won't be producing accessible sites, whether it presently has the experience and know-how or not. Government mandates, lawsuits from disability groups, more non-English speaking Web users, and an increasing panoply of Web-enabled devices make this a vital topic.

About the Author

Toronto journalist and accessibility consultant Joe Clark's 20-year obsession with accessibility dates back to a fateful winter night in the mid-'70s when he stumbled across a captioned TV show. Clark bolsters his portfolio of nearly 400 published articles with a strong background in graphic design and over ten years of experience online.

He writes, programs, and designs web sites from scratch. Dubbed "the king of closed captions" by the Atlantic Monthly, Clark also consults with clients to improve the quality and quantity of accessible sites, video, cinema, and television.