This document is based on the general guidelines first proposed in the white paper "Making Software More Accessible for People with Disabilities." That paper was prepared by Gregg Vanderheiden of the Trace R&D Center of the University of Wisconsin at Madison under funding from the Information Technology Foundation (formerly ADAPSO Foundation) and the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education. That paper and similar guidelines for other types of products are available on the CO-NET CD or in print from:
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The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design, included in the Win32 SDK and available as a book from Microsoft Press, contains a section on accessible software design.
The Windows Interface: An Application Style Guide, published by Microsoft Corporation and included with the Microsoft Windows SDK version 3.1, contains useful information on user-interface design for Windows version 3.1.
Writing Accessible HTML Documents, a guide to creating accessible documents for the World Wide Web, is available from the Center for Information Technology Accommodation, General Services Administration, Washington D.C.