Doing a lot of research for my new job regarding accessibility standards for disabled users of the web, and have a couple of good resources for anyone doing any kind of web design these days.
Online Accessibility Course from the University of Florida
Very good tutorial, with a ton of information that I would have never thought of on my own, like putting in links to skip navigation bars so that visually impared users can skip them in order to get to the content with a screen reader.
The NIDE Cascading Style Sheet Generator from the University of Toronto
A style sheet creator specifically designed for local CSS use for various disabilities. Allows you to create CSS for visually impared, motor-skill difficulties, and other differently abled patrons.
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Hey Grif – I assume you know about Bobby. I used it all the time when I worked at Miami U. It’s at http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp and will analyze your web pages for accessibility. If I recall correctly, it also cites the portion of Section 508 of which your site is in violation. When I ran a web design class at Miami, I made my students use Bobby to ensure their sites were compliant.
Also check out Dive Into Accessibility: http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ by Mark Pilgrim