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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Sep 15, 2011 3:45PM

I've gone through my contacts, which I don't claim to be comprehensive and certainly not 'approved by any Federal agency' - just a useful list I've collected and tried to organize of vendors who provide Section 508-related remediation and consultation. I'm open to contributions and suggestions to improve this list (I'm also sending a note out to colleagues here at the NIH for their contributions). Some I've very familiar with; others were suggested to me. In alphabetical order, they are:

* Accessibility Partners (301) 717-7177, Silver Spring MD http://www.AccessibilityPartners.com
* AccessibleTech http://www.accessibletech.com/dw/index.html
* AFB Consulting http://www.afb.org/afbconsulting.asp
* Appligent http://www.appligent.com
* BayFirst http://www.bayfirst.com/
* Centre for Inclusive Technology, National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI),
Dublin 9, Ireland. Tel: 01 882 1980 / 01 882 1956, Email: <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >; <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >; http://www.cfit.ie/index.php
* Coopérative AccessibilitéWeb, Denis Boudreau, president. 1751 rue Richardson, bureau 6111; Courriel: <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >; Web: www.accessibiliteweb.com<;http://www.accessibiliteweb.com>;
* Deque http://www.deque.com/
* Digital Accessibility Centre in Wales, UK provides accessibility testing services, including audit and accreditation to many large and small organisations in the UK and internationally. http://digitalaccessibilitycentre.org/ We employ our own testing team. All of our team members have a disability and we test for ease of access for those who have no vision, low vision, limited limb mobility, colour blindness, dyslexia, learning disabilities, Deaf and Asperger's. Testing is carried out in line with WCAG 2.0 AA criteria, but also includes reporting on usability for disability which is not entirely covered by WCAG. Cam Nicholl, Email: <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >; Mob: 07597 690358. Because everyone matters www.digitalaccessibilitycentre.org<;http://www.digitalaccessibilitycentre.org>;; Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DACcessibility<https://twitter.com/> .
* EZFire. Pratik Patel, President & cEO, EZFire, <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >. 347-772-8355. It is a company dedicated to doing usability and accessibility work. We not only provide consulting services related to Section 508 and WCAG analysis, we also provide strategic consulting to ensure that accessibility is built in to the organization's procurement and development processes. We provide training and development services. In addition, we also evaluate software and equipment. We are also able to develop software to meet specific requirements.
* HiSoftware Inc, One Tara Blvd, Suite 104, Nashua, NH 03062, http://www.hisoftware.com/
* Integration Technologies Group's (ITG) Accessibility Solutions http://www.itgonline.com/accessibilitysolutions.html
* IBM Bill Curtis-Davidson, Business Development & Solutions Leader, IBM Research: Human Ability & Accessibility Center, Atlanta, Georgia USA. Office: 404-238-4094 | Mobile: 404-307-4607. <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >; http://www-03.ibm.com/able/accessibility_services/
* Macro International http://www.macrointernational.com/
* Matrix http://www.matrixpublishing.com/508Compliance.html
* NetCentric http://www.net-centric.com/
* Nomensa provides a range of accessibility services, including audits. We work with organisations in the UK, US and many other countries. Léonie Watson [ <EMAIL REMOVED> ]. http://www.nomensa.com/web-accessibility
* SSB Bart Group, Inc, 1489 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 204, McLean, VA 22101 https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/
* Test Partners Ltd. Steve Green [ <EMAIL REMOVED> ]. http://www.testpartners.co.uk/. Steve Green, Managing Director.
* The Paceillo Group, 88 Temple St., Nashua, NH 03060, http://www.paciellogroup.com/index.php. The Paciello Group is a specialist accessibility consultancy; we offer a range of services including WCAG 2.0 audits. http://www.paciellogroup.com


Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer
10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17
Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop: 4833

(301) 402-3924 Voice, 451-9326 TTY/NTS
Videophone (240) 380-3063; (301) 402-4464 Fax

NIH Section 508 Team: mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ?subject=Section 508 Help or, for Section 508 Guidance, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html

Looking for Training: AT100 - Section 508 Electronic & IT Training - Phase II: http://training.cit.nih.gov/coursedescription.aspx?courseID=CS0000000000852
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