Application Software Design Guidelines: Increasing the Accessibility of Application Software to People with Disabilities and Older Users

Version 1.1
June 1, 1994
(Rev. June 15, 1994)

Developed as a cooperative industry/consumer/researcher effort coordinated by the Trace R & D Center, Dept. of Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison with funding from the Information Technology Foundation (ITF) (formerly ADAPSO)

Compiled by
Gregg C. Vanderheiden Ph.D.

This is the initial DRAFT RELEASE of this document. It is released specifically to facilitate input and comment from consumers, researcher, and industry. Comments, corrections, input, ideas, and issues are solicited. Address comments to:

Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Ph.D.
Trace R & D Center, Dept of Industrial Engineering,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53705
EMAIL: gv@trace.wisc.edu ©

Copyright 1994 Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System

NOTE: To facilitate this document's review and use, you are free to duplicate and disseminate it freely. You may also excerpt ideas and materials from it freely. Acknowledgement is appreciated but not required.

However, some of the charts and concepts in this document are taken from other authors and publications. These are so marked, and separate permission must be sought directly from those authors or publications before use (apart from copying this whole document).

Support for this work has been provided by the Information Technology Foundation (formerly ADAPSO ) and by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
of the US Department of Education under Grant #G00850036.

The opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Information Technology Foundation, the General Services Administration (GSA) or the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

Acknowledgements

This document would not be possible without the input of a large number of people, programs and agencies. Listed below are some of the people who have contributed to this document either through comment or by having their ideas or comments included. The list is meant to acknowledge their contribution to efforts in this area and any of their ideas that are captured in this compilation of ideas. Inclusion in this list does not in any way indicate an endorsement of this document or any recommendation(s) in it. Since so many people have contributed it is easy to have missed logging one here. If you see that your name is inadvertently missing from the list, please drop us a line so that it may be added to the next release.

[This list is temporarily left out while we try to locate all of the names that contributed - and to be sure everyone would like to (or is allowed to) have their name listed. It will be in the formally distributed version.]