forms and 508 compliance

Do you need to do anything special to make a form 508 compliant? How does the
screen reader know to where to type in input? right now the cursor only goes
into the input field when the user manually places it there. Is there a way to
make it go into the first input field automatically for the screen reader or is
this not a good practice? Any suggestions on how to make my form more 508
compliant?

Do you need to do anything special to make a form 508 compliant?

Use Label tags. Use fieldsets. Use tab order attributes. Don't use a
CLEAR/CANCEL button.

http://www.webaim.org/techniques/forms/

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/accessible-online-forms/

-Darrel