Useful Links

IT / Designing Web sites for the Disabled

• General
• Designing Web sites for the Disabled
• Search Engines

There is also a more detailed Links section on the MCCAS website at http://mccas.mvacvs.org.uk.

General

• BBC Webwise
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise - BC's beginner's guide to using the Internet.
• ComputerAid
  http://www.computeraid.org - Computer Aid International exists to recycle donated computers for re-use in schools, and community organisations in developing countries.
• Digital Opportunity Channel
  http://www.digitalopportunity.org - a joint initiative of OneWorld.net and Digital Divide Network.
• lasa knowledgebase
  http://www.lasa.org.uk/knowledgebase - Free and impartial advice on IT advice online from the London Advice Services Alliance, well disposed toward the voluntary sector, from buying to managing.
• Learning Training Scotland
  http://www.ltscotland.org.uk - LT Scotland is a national public body which provides support, resources and staff development for early years and school education, and promotes learning throughout life.
• LT Scotland - Connecting Communities
  http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/communities - Promoting ICT in communities.
• NGfL - National Grid for Learning
  http://www.ngfl.gov.uk - the gateway to educational resources on the Internet.
• Useful Tools for the Kennedy Center Web Site
  http://kennedy-center.org/tools
• WebTrust.org.uk
  http://www.webtrust.org.uk - a charity established to provide IT Services to UK charities - in particular web site design and IT Training.

Designing Web sites for the Disabled

• JoeClark.org
  http://www.joeclark.org/understanding.html - Understanding media-access terminology.
• Making your Web site Accessible to the Blind
  http://www.nfb.org/tech/webacc.htm - by Curtis Chong, Director of Technology, National Federation of the Blind.
• WGBH's Motion Picture Access Project (MoPix)
  http://ncam.wgbh.org/mopix - Making Movie Theaters Accessible to Disabled Audiences
• TidBITS
  http://www.tidbits.com - a free email and Web publication covering the Macintosh Internet community. Also, excellent articles on web accessiblity for the disabled.

• Usability Exchange
  http://www.usabilityexchange.com - The aim of the Usability Exchange is to improve the accessibility and usability of all websites, large or small. It was set up to address a number of problems with existing methods of tackling accessibility/usability issues.

Search Engine

• altavista.com
  http://www.altavista.com - Search Engine.
• Dogpile.com
  http://www.dogpile.com - Search Engine.
• Google.com
  http://www.google.com - Search Engine.
• Ask.com
  http://www.ask.com - Search Engine.
• UK Directory
  http://www.ukdirectory.co.uk - Search Engine concentrated on UK.