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Computer Workstation Ergonomics: Self-Assessment Checklist (.pdf) A simple self-assessment of your own workplace prepared by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Updated
Computer Workstation e-Tools Evaluation Checklist. This e-tool is a checklist for assessing your workstation environment with links to examples and guidlines for purchasing equipment to ensure a comfortable work area. By the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U. S. Department of Labor. New
Office ergonomics: Self assessment worksheet (.pdf) provided by Oregon State University. New
6 Surprising Bad Practices That Hurt Dyslexic Users Web accessibility doesn't only extend to color blind users, but dyslexic users too.
AbilityNet is a UK charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the Internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
Accessible Techcomm All about accessibility and technical communication
Accessify tools, wizards, articles and tutorials on Web Accessibility for the conscientious web developer
Accessible Web Design online course offered by the International Webmasters Association
Accessible Web Site Design from W3C. Updated
Recent Articles from the Nielsen Norman Group World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
Web Usability articles and videos by the Nielsen Norman Group.
“ALPHABET SOUP: A web designer's journey to standards and accessibility by Randal Rust
Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues. The VoiceOver spoken English interface for Mac OS X is a fully integrated, built-in screen reader technology providing access to the Macintosh through speech, audible cues, and keyboard navigation.
Apple Mac OS X Accessibility Features OS X brings universal accessibility to the fore and allows users plenty of scope for controlling the Mac's core applications.
BBC: My Web, My Way [Archived site—no longer maintained.] aims to help people with the tools and understanding that will enable them to make the most of the world-wide web (not just bbc.co.uk), whatever their ability or disability. The site provides advice and help to all those people who would benefit from making changes to their browser, operating system, or computer to be able to view the Web in a more accessible way. The site is not only for those with disabilities (visual, hearing, motor, cognitive or learning impairments) but also, for example, for those people with minor vision impairments who would not consider themselves to have a disability. The site is maintained through a partnership between bbc.co.uk and AbilityNet, a leading UK computing and disability charity. It is based on AbilityNet's original "My Computer, My Way" site.
Cognitive Disabilities Part 1: We Still Know Too Little, and We Do Even Less
Cognitive Disabilities Part 2: Conceptualizing Design Considerations
Creating accessible content: 10 tips for web writers. (.pdf) from 4Syallables.com Updated
"Seven Accessibility Mistakes, Part 1" by Christian Heilmann, published on January 31, 2006 Digital Web Magazine
Seven Accessibility Mistakes, Part 2 by Christian Heilmann, published on February 6, 2006 in Digital Web Magazine
CSS Zen Garden demonstrates the power and flexibility of CSS for formatting the visual presentation of web pages.
Deque Systems accessibility products and services and a "Guide to Digital Accessibility"
Designing with Web Standards the Daily Report from Jeffrey Zeldman, provides Web design news and information.
Divya Manian Web Development archives of her writing from 2007 to 2013. Divya works at Apple as a Manager of Internet Technologies & Frameworks EPMs. She manages a team of project managers that drive projects in Internet Technologies & Frameworks org: UIKit, AppKit, Accessibility. Previously, she worked at Adobe as a Product Manager for Photoshop, working on better Export Options. She has been a contributor on HTML5 Please / HTML5 Boilerplate / W3Fools / Move the web forward.
Enabling Accessibility in Flex applications [United Kingdom]
Design Ergonomics at Loughborough University [United Kingdom] Updated

Accessible Europe tourism for all
ANEC a European association for the co-ordination of consumer representation in standardisation and certification.
Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
MeAC – Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe (.PDF) technical report, January 2007.
FUNKA Assignment—Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe eAccessibility in the European Member States.
Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN) COGAIN Association is a network of excellence on Communication by Gaze Interaction. COGAIN integrates cutting-edge expertise on interface technologies for the benefit of users with disabilities. The network gathers Europe's leading expertise in eye tracking integration with computers in a research project on assistive technologies for citizens with motor impairments. [Europe]
- COGAIN Wiki the Knowledge Base of the COGAIN Network. Here you can find information, photos, videos, guides, reports, links and more. You are also welcome to join our community and help us build knowledge about Gaze Interaction. [Europe]
Webcredible is now part of Inviqa. Updated
- Why is Accessibility Important?
- The accessibility business case
- "Designing for accessibility and inclusion: from compliance to inclusion" By James Sheasby Thomas, Accessibility Expert, Inviqa, 14 January 2020 Updated
- How to write image alt text
- Should you use accessibility testing tools?
- "How to Create User Stories" by Robert Raszczynski, 19 July 2011, Technology engineering. Updated
- and more…
COST (COST: European Cooperation in the field Of Scientific and Technical research) COST is concerned with telecommunications and access for the disabled and the elderly aiming to provide accessibility for All to services and terminals for next generation mobile networks
Digital Agenda for Europe, European Union, a Europe 2020 initiative [Now archived on the WaybackMachine.] Updated
"Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (recast)", in force. Updated
Digital Agenda for Europe – Fact Sheets on the European Union New
A Europe Fit for the Digital Age – commission.europa.eu New
18 April 2023 – The European Commission has adopted proposals to boost digital education and training in the European Union. The aim is to enable high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education and training to develop the digital skills of European citizens.
Shaping Europe's Digital Future for the Year 2030 New
European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education is an independent and self-governing organisation established by our member countries to act as their platform for collaboration regarding the development of provision for learners with special educational needs.
ENFA European network of Fybromalgia Associations
ERASS European Rheumatoid Arthritis Surgical Society
Global Assistive Technology Information Network, formerly EASTIN, is the worldwide search engine on Assistive Technology—Your source of information on daily living equipment worldwide.
European Disability Forum
European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is the organisation which represents the people with arthritis/rheumatism, health professionals (HPR) and scientific societies of rheumatology of all the European nations.
European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) tourism for all
European Resuscitation Council co-ordinates the activities of European organisations with a major interest in resuscitation medicine (RM) and Emergency Medical Care (EMC).
European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
FESCA Federation of European Scleroderma Associations is an umbrella group of scleroderma patient support-and-advocacy organisations working to increase awareness, and advocate for equitable treatments for people with scleroderma throughout Europe.
International Organisation of Youth with Rheumatism (IOYR) IOYR enables young people with RA make contact with young people with rheumatism, to exchange experience and information, and to set up contact networks and self-help groups in those countries where none existed.
Italian Society for Rheumatology [Italy]
PRES Paediatric Rheumatology European Society
Validity – formerly the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) – is a legal advocacy organisation that tackles the generations of isolation, segregation and exclusion faced by people with mental disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe. Validity is a thriving network of practitioners, volunteers, and partner organisations providing specialist legal support to the disability rights movements in Europe and Africa. [Hungary]
National Information and Communication Technology Policies – Their Impact upon the Use of ICT in Special Needs Education (SNE) – in the book: Computers Helping People with Special Needs. This paper focuses upon the findings relating to ICT in SNE policies in the participating countries.
Details of Treaty No.164: Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (1997, Council of Europe)
Web Accessibility Laws & Policies lists governmental policies of 23 countries related to web accessibility, although it is not a comprehensive or definitive listing.
Women and the elderly are crossing the digital divide, but the poor still lag behind, says new EU report European Commission & European Union Press Release: 14 February 2005

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