For more information on Section 508, check out these links:

• The Access Board The Federal Access Board is devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities.



• Federal IT Accessibility Initiative Section 508 of the law applies to electronic and information technology purchases by the federal government.



• CAST is the Center for Applied Special Technology which developed a free program recognized world-wide to analyze Web pages and report errors that bar accessibility.  The program is now maintained by a commercial company which still provides a free single page analyzer. The unlimited software is available for purchase.
  

• A-Prompt is a free software analyzer for website accessibility to people with disabilities. It checks web page code for compliance with Section 508 guidelines developed by the U.S. Government. The A-Prompt 508 icon identifies an organization's commitment to inclusion and accessibility.
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• The W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative The World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org) is an international body of corporations, individuals, and organizations which establish  standards for the World Wide Web. The accessibility of the Web is a key on-going issue the Consortium addresses.

For even more information on accessibility, visit the sites shown here:

Web accessibility world of information from  http://www.w3c.org/ and the resources they offer directly or from 3rd party organizations. When you enter the sites homepage look for the first link named "accessibility" in the list of links to the left.

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/default.aspxStandard resources for everything concerning “Microsoft” applications.

http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/ This is a good HTML checker tool that will notify you of what needs amending and how, along with many new resources and tools.

http://template.bsd.uchicago.edu/accessibility.html Another good Stateside resource.

http://www.usablenet.com/
Good resource.

http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/accessibility/index.html

http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/code/public_rnib003460.hcsp
RNIB resource speaks for itself if you are in the UK you will be aware of them, if not it is still worth looking at because they are at the forefront of accessibility issues for the visually impaired.

http://access.adobe.com/
If you offer a downloadable version of documents then this could be useful.

http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/ If you use any Macromedia Software.

http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
A good resource from Canada.

http://template.bsd.uchicago.edu/accessibility.html Another good Stateside resource.

http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
Can be useful for software releases.