Accessibility Status of Major Systems

Listed below are the major systems supported by the SDC (System Data Center) in the Office of Inforamation Technology.

Resources for Website Accessibility

Below are some resources that will help the website developer make a website accessable to all users. Please use the resources as guidlines when creating or changing sites.

State Recommended steps to making your web site Accessible

The State Web Accessibility Committee chair recommended using World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML Validation Service, automated repair; HTML Tidy, in addition to using vischeck and listen to our pages in a reader.  Follow these steps on a non-production Web site first so you plan the production changes for minimal customer impact.

1. W3C HTML Validation Service
2. Automated repair site Tidy
3. Free web site checker for color blindness
4. State recommended readers

Add on Web accessible tools

• Federal Web site tool overview
• Federal resource site
• Federal Assistive Technology showcase devices
• YouTube assistive technologies

Free accessible Training

• IRS Web developers 508 training
• Federal government 508 Awareness overview
• Training reference overview
• Quick training tips
• Universal usability

       Youtube videos:

• Higher Ed and accessibility
• W3C guidelines

Higher Education accessible technology References

• EDUCAUSE summary
• UCONN’s accessibility statement
• Wesleyan accessibility statement
• Eastern CT State U accessibility
• California State University Initiative
• Illinois Center for IT and Web Accessibility (Jon Gunderson)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Michigan State University Web Accessibility
• Washington University Higher Ed legal issues
• Academic community resources
• CCC Civil Rights Compliance Review - Web Accessibility (Internal)

State of Connecticut references

• State web accessibility site
• State web accessibility policy
• State, Six steps to web accessibility
• DOIT web consulting vendor accessibility reference
• Connecticut Assistive Technology Program

Federal Government Web accessibility sites

• US Department of Justice Accessibility of State & local government
• Web-based Intranet and Internet Information on graphics and animation
• Section 508 and you
• Acquisition of electronic and information technology under section 508 Q & A
• US department of education & testing for section 508
• States 508 policy database
• Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility standards
• Technical standard checklist