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Developing accessible portals and portlets with IBM WebSphere Portal

IBM Accessibility Center, Austin, Texas, <a href="http://www.ibm.com/able">IBM</a>

This article was developed by the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center in Austin, Texas.

Summary: Making your portal accessible makes good business sense. Learn development and testing approaches to ensure that your portlets are accessible.

Date: 22 Feb 2006
Level: Introductory

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This article describes considerations for making portals and portlets accessible to people with disabilities. It introduces accessibility related concerns, and provides development and testing approaches to ensure the accessibility of your portlets. Finally, it lists resources you can use to learn more about building accessibility into your portal.

Summary

Accessibility is the practice of ensuring that people with disabilities have meaningful access to the information and function provided by computer and information technology. An accessible portal page is one that meets accessibility guidelines, including: