Accessibility Books

Highlighted Books

• Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
  Shawn Lawton Henry; February 2007; ISBN: 978-1430319528.
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What I'm Reading Now

• Design Meets Disability Graham Pullin
• The Developer Evangelist Handbook Chris Heilmann

Books on Web Accessibility

• Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
  Shawn Lawton Henry, Jim Thatcher, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Richard Rutter, Christian Heilmann, Cynthia Waddell, Michael R. Burks, Mark Urban, Bruce Lawson; friends of ED; July 2006; ISBN: 1590596382.
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  "Understanding Web Accessibility", chapter 1 by Shawn Lawton Henry, is available online.A couple of review comments:
  • "...a passionate user advocate who helps the W3C craft its internationally recognized accessibility standards... There are smart, insightful tips on working with users..." - Jeffrey Zeldman
  • "...Shawn Lawton Henry’s Understanding Web Accessibility [is] succinct, well written and entertaining" - Matt Machell
• Universal Design for Web Applications: Web Applications That Reach Everyone
  Wendy Chisholm, Matt May; O'Reilly Media, Inc.; November 2008; ISBNL 978-0596518738.
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• Constructing Accessible Websites [updated version above, Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance]
  Shawn Lawton Henry, Paul Bohman, Michael R. Burks, Bob Regan, Sarah J. Swierenga, Jim Thatcher, Mark D. Urban, Cynthia D. Waddell; Glasshaus; April 2002; ISBN: 1590591488.
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  "...information from an extraordinary collection of accessibility experts providing outstanding advice every designer should find helpful and important."
  - Bob Regan, Senior Product Manager for Accessibility, Macromedia

  Reviews at http://www.webreference.com/new/020502.html, http://www.nod.org/cont/dsp_cont_item_view.cfm?viewType=search&contentId=1085 , Amazon, and slashdot.com, which says:

  Chapter 1 is an introduction to web accessibility. ...this chapter provides a good overview and presents some compelling arguments for providing accessible websites. ...they are all sound reasons why it is in the interests of an organization to think about accessibility. ...This first chapter sets the tone for the whole book. It doesn't preach about accessibility for the sake of people with disabilities but rather seeks to convince the reader that accessibility is in their interests.

• Maximum Accessibility: Making the Web More Usable for Everyone
  John Slatin and Sharron Rush, Addison Wesley Professional, September 2002, ISBN: 0201774224.
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  Shawn says: My first response to Maximum Accessibility was great big sigh of joy in discovering that it is in large print so that I can actually read it without much difficulty. I have only had a chance to skim through it briefly and see that it provides lots of examples and anaylsis of current Internet sites. It looks like a very good addition to the available literature.

• Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers
  Sarah Horton; July 2005; ISBN: 032131140X.
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• Building Accessible Websites
  Joe Clark, New Riders Publishing, October 2002, ISBN: 073571150X.
  Outdated.
• Understanding Accessibility
  Robert B. Yonaitis, HiSoftware, ISBN: 1-930616-03-1.
  (not yet reviewed)
• Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities
  Mike Paciello, CMP Books, October 2000, ISBN: 1-929629-08-7.
  Outdated.
• Universal Web Design
  Crystal Waters, New Riders Publishing, 1997, ISBN: 1-56205-738-3.
  Outdated.

  Other Books on Accessibility

  • User Interfaces for All: Concepts, Methods, and Tools (Human Factors and Ergonomics Series)
    Stephanidis, C. (Ed.), Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, January 2001, ISBN 0-8058-2967-9.
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    30 chapters separately authored. Targeted to a broad readership including HCI researchers, user interface designers, computer scientists, software engineers, Human Factors researchers and practitioners, and scientists in government, industry, and education. Includes "Everyone Interfaces" chapter by Gregg Vanderheiden and Shawn Lawton Henry.
  • Inclusive Design Guidelines for HCI
    Colette Nicolle and Julio Abascal (Ed.), Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0-7484-0948-3.
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    18 chapters separetly authored. Audience for many chapters is primarily academics and others in the accessibility standards and guidelines development fields, rather than day-to-day designers and developers. Includes chapters on telecommunications, public access terminals (e.g., kiosks), transport, home automation.
  • Accessible Technology in Today's Business
    Gary Moulton, LaDeana Huyler, Janice Hertz, Mark Levenson; Microsoft Press; Aptil 2002; ISBN: 0735615012.
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  • Initiatives for Making e-Learning Accessible
    Faulkner Information Services (Author), Faulkner Information Services, October 2001, ISBN: B000066CXX.
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