Many countries have adopted accessibility standards based on the standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C publishes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, a document that prioritizes actions designers should take to make web content accessible. For information about the Web Accessibility Initiative, see the W3C website at w3.org.

In the United States, the law that governs accessibility is commonly known as Section 508, which is an amendment to the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.

For additional information about Section 508, see the following websites:

• The US government-sponsored website at section508.gov

• The Adobe accessibility site at www.adobe.com/accessibility/