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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BBC: My Web, My Way [Archived site—no longer maintained.]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

6 Surprising Bad Practices That Hurt Dyslexic Users Web accessibility doesn't only extend to color blind users, but dyslexic users too. For example, justified text and double spaces after a period create rivers of space down the length of a page.
Body of Knowledge Glossary of Terms provided by The Usability Body of Knowledge© User Experience Professionals' Association (UXPA). The Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) has initiated a long-term project to collate a comprehensive Body of Knowledge (BoK) for the usability profession, which will provide an authoritative source of reference and define the scope of the profession.
Glossary of Usability Terms provided by Usability First [UK]
Disabilities and The White House
- Disability References Removed From White House Website by Shaun Heasley | January 23, 2017, Disability Scoop
- Disabilities | whitehouse.gov – Obama White House Archives
HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them.
Anthropometric Methods: Designing to Fit the Human Body (Monographs in Human Factors and Ergonomics) by John A. Jr. Roebuck
The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design, by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates
ANSI/HFES 100-2007, Human Factors Engineering of Computer Workstations, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Bibliography: HCI Webliography Links: Accessibility Resources
How Blind People "See" the Internet
How the Web is Improving the Lives of Disabled Computer Users
IBM Accessibility Research
Institute of Neural Engineering Graz Brain-Computer Interface Lab an internationally renowned research institution with a research focus on brain-computer communication and dynamics of brain oscillations. We have extensive expertise in EEG recording, offline and online signal processing of brain signals and other biosignals, feature extraction, machine learning methods applied to brain patterns, and neurofeedback systems. [Austria]
Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting
Online FAA Human Factors Training Anyone may go through the training. Only FAA employees get to take the final exam for a certificate of completion.
Scientific Workplace of the Future (SWOF) Bright, flexible research environments characterizes The Francis Crick Institute in London.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Tutorial from the National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities, University of Northern Colorado.
the National Center on Universal Design for Learning information for advocacy, implementation, and community.
NCLID Research Brief
Perspectives of Effective Teachers of Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities from the National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities (NCLID), University of Colorado.
Section 508 Accessibility Testing for Websites and Software
- Revised 508 Standards Transition Guide as of January 18, 2018
- Revised 508 Standards Roadmap
Trace Research &anp; Development Center. The Trace Research & Development Center (formerly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) is now a part of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland in College Park as of August 2016. The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
UX Lift is a collection of the best articles, resources, books, tools, and courses covering every aspect of the UX and design process. New
Universal Design / Disability Access – for Advanced Computational Infrastructure is a program at the Trace Research & Development Center that is part of the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Alliance is involved in the development of supercomputing systems and applications (including future Internet applications) and it is Trace's role to help ensure that they are built in a manner that makes them more accessible for people with disabilities.
Universal 101: Introduction to Usability by Jakob Nielsen on January 4, 2012
Universal Design Education at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, University at Buffalo. The site is designed for use by students (of any age and stage), faculty members, and user/experts. The site supports professional design education as well as professional development/continuing education and kindergarten through grade 12 education (this is the U.S. designation – we welcome design-related materials for younger students from everywhere in the world).
Universal Usability Guide by Susan Horten, 2005. The Universal Usability site houses an unabridged, online version of Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, by Sarah Horton, published in 2005 by New Riders Press. You'll find the complete text and illustrations from the printed book here under Access by Design Online.
Usability.gov is the leading resource for user experience (UX) best practices and guidelines, serving practitioners and students in the government and private sectors. The site provides overviews of the user-centered design process and various UX disciplines. It also covers the related information on methodology and tools for making digital content more usable and useful.
- Accessibility Basics explains the What and Why of accessibility, lists best practices, and provides a list of references and resources. You can download a PDF of the "Research-Based Web Design & Usability (21 MB .pdf) issued by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
- The book is also available from Amazon.com at Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines Paperback published August 15, 2006.
STC Usability & User Experience SIG articles on "Accessibility, Ergonomics, and Special Audiences" at STC UUX Topics in Usability [Website has not been reachable since 22 April 2016—being redesigned. This is an archived version from the Wayback Machine.]
Seniors as Web Users from the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) by JAKOB NIELSEN on May 28, 2013.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies publishes original research over the whole spectrum of work relevant to the theory and practice of innovative interactive systems.

6 Surprising Bad Practices That Hurt Dyslexic Users Web accessibility doesn't only extend to color blind users, but dyslexic users too. For example, justified text and double spaces after a period create rivers of space down the length of a page.
Body of Knowledge Glossary of Terms provided by The Usability Body of Knowledge© User Experience Professionals' Association (UXPA). The Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) has initiated a long-term project to collate a comprehensive Body of Knowledge (BoK) for the usability profession, which will provide an authoritative source of reference and define the scope of the profession.
Glossary of Usability Terms provided by Usability First [UK]
Disabilities and The White House
- Disability References Removed From White House Website by Shaun Heasley | January 23, 2017, Disability Scoop
- Disabilities | whitehouse.gov – Obama White House Archives
HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them.
Anthropometric Methods: Designing to Fit the Human Body (Monographs in Human Factors and Ergonomics) by John A. Jr. Roebuck
The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design, by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates
ANSI/HFES 100-2007, Human Factors Engineering of Computer Workstations, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Bibliography: HCI Webliography Links: Accessibility Resources
How Blind People "See" the Internet
How the Web is Improving the Lives of Disabled Computer Users
IBM Accessibility Research
Institute of Neural Engineering Graz Brain-Computer Interface Lab an internationally renowned research institution with a research focus on brain-computer communication and dynamics of brain oscillations. We have extensive expertise in EEG recording, offline and online signal processing of brain signals and other biosignals, feature extraction, machine learning methods applied to brain patterns, and neurofeedback systems. [Austria]
Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting
Online FAA Human Factors Training Anyone may go through the training. Only FAA employees get to take the final exam for a certificate of completion.
Scientific Workplace of the Future (SWOF) Bright, flexible research environments characterizes The Francis Crick Institute in London.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Tutorial from the National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities, University of Northern Colorado.
the National Center on Universal Design for Learning information for advocacy, implementation, and community.
NCLID Research Brief
Perspectives of Effective Teachers of Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities from the National Center on Low-Incidence Disabilities (NCLID), University of Colorado.
Section 508 Accessibility Testing for Websites and Software
- Revised 508 Standards Transition Guide as of January 18, 2018
- Revised 508 Standards Roadmap
Trace Research &anp; Development Center. The Trace Research & Development Center (formerly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) is now a part of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland in College Park as of August 2016. The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
UX Lift is a collection of the best articles, resources, books, tools, and courses covering every aspect of the UX and design process. New
Universal Design / Disability Access – for Advanced Computational Infrastructure is a program at the Trace Research & Development Center that is part of the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Alliance is involved in the development of supercomputing systems and applications (including future Internet applications) and it is Trace's role to help ensure that they are built in a manner that makes them more accessible for people with disabilities.
Universal 101: Introduction to Usability by Jakob Nielsen on January 4, 2012
Universal Design Education at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, University at Buffalo. The site is designed for use by students (of any age and stage), faculty members, and user/experts. The site supports professional design education as well as professional development/continuing education and kindergarten through grade 12 education (this is the U.S. designation – we welcome design-related materials for younger students from everywhere in the world).
Universal Usability Guide by Susan Horten, 2005. The Universal Usability site houses an unabridged, online version of Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, by Sarah Horton, published in 2005 by New Riders Press. You'll find the complete text and illustrations from the printed book here under Access by Design Online.
Usability.gov is the leading resource for user experience (UX) best practices and guidelines, serving practitioners and students in the government and private sectors. The site provides overviews of the user-centered design process and various UX disciplines. It also covers the related information on methodology and tools for making digital content more usable and useful.
- Accessibility Basics explains the What and Why of accessibility, lists best practices, and provides a list of references and resources. You can download a PDF of the "Research-Based Web Design & Usability (21 MB .pdf) issued by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
- The book is also available from Amazon.com at Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines Paperback published August 15, 2006.
STC Usability & User Experience SIG articles on "Accessibility, Ergonomics, and Special Audiences" at STC UUX Topics in Usability [Website has not been reachable since 22 April 2016—being redesigned. This is an archived version from the Wayback Machine.]
Seniors as Web Users from the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) by JAKOB NIELSEN on May 28, 2013.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies publishes original research over the whole spectrum of work relevant to the theory and practice of innovative interactive systems.

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