Top Accessible Sites
on the
World Wide Web

One of the biggest problems facing disabled digitaphiles is a huge misconception held by website and digital media publishers, designers and developers. That is, making digital information and media barrier-free and accessible will impede the creative process. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. To paraphrase, "Bells and whistles a creative web site does not make".

If you have any doubts about just how creative and sophisticated a website or digital media designer can be, just go to CAST, the Center for Applied Special Technology. More to the point, explore their Site Tools.

That said, CAST, through their BOBBY online html checker, has probably the best set of sites which are barrier-free.

Their database of Accessible Sites is broken down into 12 categories:

Corporate
Educational
Entertainment
Government
Health
Industry
Legal
Manufacturing
Nonprofit
Other
Personal
Vendor

The "Bobby Approved Icon" (seen and linked here) identifies an organization's commitment to inclusion and accessibility. Your site could become a model for others who are interested in designing accessible Web sites. Use this list of sites if you are looking for such models. Please note, however, that CAST does not review sites in this database and can not guarantee that all sites are in fact Bobby Approved."

This is a feast for creative eyes -- if you take the time to explore some of these sites and how they look, sound and translate.