Scottish
Disability
Team
Information Technology and Disability: Resources
Disclaimer: You are free to download and use SDT resources linked from this page so long as you recognise the source as being the Scottish Disability Team. Read our Copyright statement for more details. We try to keep all our resources up to date. Please note, though, that information changes over time, particularly with respect to the legal situation. Some information in older resources may therefore become obsolete. Date of publication is provided for all resources, but in case of any doubt, please contact us for clarification.
SDT Guidance Notes
Here are Guidance notes produced by the Scottish Disability Team on key strategic issues relating to provision for disabled students.
The Disability Equality Duty: Implications and Opportunities for ICT provision in Higher Education Institutions and Colleges of Further Education: The SDT and Digital Media Access Group have jointly produced this report. It explains the implication of the new Disability Equality Duty on provision of ICT in Post-16 Education.
SDT Event Resources
Here are relevant resources produced by or for the Scottish Disability Team as part of events the Team has held.
IT Services - DDA Part IV
This presentation gives information regarding the DDA Part IV which is relevant to IT Services.
Date added: 31/03/2003 14:26:50
IT Services - DDA Part IV - PowerPoint version.
IT Services - Case Studies
Five case studies giving questions to consider regarding the influence of the DDA on IT Services.
Date added: 31/03/2003 14:24:48
External Web Links
Here are links to other Web sites you may find of relevance. While we list these as being potentially of interest to you, we cannot guarantee the accessibility or validity of any information provided in external web sites.
We do our best to make sure that all the sites we link to are still in existence work, but if you do find one of the links below no longer works, then please let us know.
AbilityNet 
- AbilityNet provides a free information and advice service on all aspects of computers and technology for disabled people.
Accessify.com - A UK-based web site on designing accessible web sites. It includes articles, news and links on accessible web design, and also provides a useful suite of tools to help designers create accessible web content. There's also a well-used discussion forum.
Resources for Visually Impaired Users of the Electronic Library (REVIEL) Project - The Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM) at Manchester Metropolitan University carried out the REVIEL project. The REVIEL web site includes project reports and findings as well as links to other resources relating to access to digital resources by blind and visually impaired people.
TechDis - TechDis provides advice on disability and information technology for the Higher and Further Education sectors in the UK. With a strong focus on e-learning, the web site includes articles and guidelines on a variety of relevant topics, and also includes databases providing details about assistive technology and contact details of experts in the field.
TechDis - Access all Areas - Access all areas: disability, technology and learning. This contains excellent guidance on accessible e-learning.
TechDis Technology Database - The TechDis Technology Database provides searchable information on assistive software and hardware.
The Wave - Accessibility Checking Tool - A useful on-line tool that can check web sites for the presence of several key accessibility barriers. Provided by WebAIM.
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - A comprehensive set of design guidelines, produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The primary reference for designing accessible web sites.
Web Accessibility and the DDA - One of the earliest works on the implications of the DDA on accessibilty of web based facilities and services, this paper appeared in the Journal of Information Law and Technology (JILT) in 2001.
Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM) - A Utah, USA-based project providing a web site with advice, training materials, tools and other resources on accesible web design