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Guidelines to Accessible Web Page Design

"The University of Newcastle's "Guidelines for Accessible Web Design"

is a clear, structured outline of the rationale behind designing accessible web pages, techniques for making pages accessible, how to provide accessible downloadable documents and links to other accessibility sites. For a straightforward, step-by-step guide to ensuring maximum accessibility, this site is highly recommended."

Web Design Group Accessibility Tips

deals with the following topics in a straightforward way:
Validation,
Platform Independence,
Structural HTML,
Images, ALT Text, Images of Text, Image Maps,
BODY Colors,
The FONT Element,
Tables,
JavaScript

Education Network Australia (EdNA) Authoring Guidelines for Web Accessibility

contains the following contents:
Introduction,
Guidelines,
Access and Equity Conformance Priorities,
Step by Step Instructions -
Using Audio Using Video Simple Web Page with Graphics Using style sheets PDF files
Examples of Sites that Contain a Range of Accessible Options ,
Ways to Improve Current Sites’ Accessibility ,
Checklist,
Glossary,
Annotated bibliography.

IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications

outlines guidelines for the design of course materials delivered by the internet. This site provides a downloadable copy of the recent White Paper in HTML and PDF formats.

Trace Centre Accessible Software Guidelines

provides a list of application software guidelines include information useful for designing accessible software applications. Several of the links provide specific guidance on software accessibility, others provide general user interface design guidance.

  Accessible Web Pages