Good question. I've forwarded to the local WP community here in NYC<div><a href="http://wpnyc.org/groups/troubleshooting/forum/topic/accessibilitydisability-friendly-wordpress-themes/">http://wpnyc.org/groups/troubleshooting/forum/topic/accessibilitydisability-friendly-wordpress-themes/</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>It's difficult to research as a lot of the info is dated, and will not relate to the latest HTML5 based themes.</div></div><div><br></div><div>In general one would be looking to be WCAG compliant <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>In the USA a standard is 'Section 508' as specified fot governement websites by law - the only theme in the WordPress directory showing up that claims that it is such is RedLine</div><div><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/redline">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/redline</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>A little googling does bring up Accessible1.0 - a child theme for 1.0</div><div><a href="http://accessible.sprungmarker.de/2011/01/accessible-1-0/">http://accessible.sprungmarker.de/2011/01/accessible-1-0/</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On the one WCAG compliant site I did look at, of an accessibility advocate, there are a basic set of instructions </div><div><a href="http://lflegal.com/accessibility/">http://lflegal.com/accessibility/</a></div>
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<div>What I'd like to know is how WP themes can be made Accessibility/Disability friendly.</div>
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<div>I am in the process of building a new WP site for the Australian Chapter using WP and will need to consider A/D issues when designing it.</div>
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