Web Accessibility Initiative, WAI

Promote and achieve Web Accessibility for everyone, including people with disabilities, handheld devices and slow connections

A Partnership Model for Accessibility (multi-stakeholder).

• Funded by government (NSF/DoE, EC/TIDE), Industries and W3C members.
• Coordinates with & supplements existing Web accessibility work
1. Make sure all W3C specs enable accessibility: HTML, CSS, SMIL...
2. Coordinate development of accessibility guidelines for:
   - web content,
   - web browsers,
   - web authoring tools
3. Coordinate development of Tools for Evaluation and Repair of sites
4. Conduct & coordinate Education and Outreach