Checklist for ADA Compliance
Please find the below list of items which needs to considered while developing ADA or Web accessible compliance site
| Sr. No | Checklists for ADA Compliance | Effect over site |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). This includes: images, graphical representations of text (including symbols), image map regions, animations (e.g., animated GIFs), images used as list bullets, spacers, graphical buttons. | Global |
| 2. | <title> tag for all text links and images. | Global |
| 3. | Provide an auditory description of the important information of the visual track of a multimedia presentation. | Not Applicable |
| 4. | Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Page Specific |
| 5. | For data tables, identify row and column headers. | Page Specific |
| 6. | For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header cells. | Page Specific |
| 7. | Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without associated style | Global |
| 8. | Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes | Page Specific |
| 9. | Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative accessible page. | Global |
| 10. | Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid causing the screen to flicker. | Page Specific |
| 11. | Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | Page Specific |
| 12. | If, after best efforts, you cannot create an accessible page, provide a link to an alternative page that uses W3C technologies, is accessible, has equivalent information (or functionality), and is updated as often as the inaccessible (original) page. | Page Specific |
| 13. | Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation | Page Specific |
| 14. | Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content. Seizures: Do not design content in a way that is known to cause seizures. | Global |
| 15. | Readable: Make text content readable and understandable. You should not interfere with the users browser settings, so that they must use a particular font or font size. | Global |
For More Information You can Visit:
http://www.ada.gov/
http://www.access-board.gov/
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/ada/
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