Key places for Resources on Web accessibility
- W3C: WCAG Tutorials: Common Accessibility patterns(link is external)
- W3C: Education and Outreach homepage of resources(link is external)
- W3C: A guide to understanding and implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0(link is external)
- W3C: Using ARIA (tips and tricks - latest draft)(link is external)
- WAI-ARIA 1.2 Full specification(link is external)
- 18 WAI-ARIA attributes that every web developer should know(link is external)
Accessible component libraries and examples
- W3C: WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices, widget library with code samples (Current draft)
- Component library (Deque)(link is external)
- Inclusive Design - Heydon Pickering(link is external)
Accessibility Checking Plugins for browsers (Free)
- Accessibility Insights (link is external)(uses axe core)
- Axe - Web Accessibility Testing(link is external)
- HTML CodeSniffer(link is external) Bookmarklet (Uses PA11Y)
- Lighthouse Google Dev tools (link is external)(uses axe core)
- Siteimprove Accessibility Checker(link is external)
- Tenon Check(link is external)
- WAVE Evaluation Tool(link is external)
- IBM Dynamic Assessment Tool(link is external)
- W3C: Big list of automated evaluation tools(link is external)
Integration of api’s into authoring environments
Blogs
- WebAIM, Articles & Resources(link is external)
- The Paciello Group - Web Resources(link is external)
- Accessibility Best Practices (Level Access)(link is external)
- WebAxe blog and podcast on web accessibility(link is external)
- CanAdapt Blog(link is external)
- Adrian Roselli Blog(link is external)
Additional information for non-text content
Access to time-based and synchronized media
- Captioning Key – Guidelines and Preferred Techniques(link is external)
- uiAccess list of Transcription Services.(link is external)
- W3C - Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)(link is external)
- WebAIM - Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions(link is external)
- WebAIM - Real-time Captioning(link is external)
- CBC Captioning Guidelines(link is external)
- Joe Clark - Standard techniques in audio description(link is external)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - American Sign Language(link is external)
- University of Hamburg - Techniques for filming sign language interpreters(link is external)
- Action on Hearing Loss (formal Royal National Institute for Deaf People - RNID) - Communication Factsheets(link is external)
Adaptable, Distinguishable and Understandable Content
- WebAIM - Semantic Structure(link is external)
- Accessibility and Usability at Penn State - Heading Tags(link is external)
- Vischeck software for colorblind vision simulation and Daltonize software for correcting images for colorblind viewers(link is external)
- Microsoft, Can color-blind users see your site?:(link is external)
- Webexhibits - Causes and Incidence of Colorblindness(link is external)
- M. Okabe, K. Ito. Color Universal Design (CUD) – How to make figures and presentations that are friendly to Colorblind people(link is external)
- The Paciello Group - Colour Contrast Analyser(link is external)
- Colour Contrast Analyser Firefox Extension(link is external)
- Colors on the Web, Color Contrast Analyser(link is external)
- Snook - Colour Contrast Check(link is external)
- MSFW - Color Contrast Ratio Calculator(link is external)
- C. Lilley - Atypical Color Response(link is external)
- W3C - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS 2.2):(link is external)
- CookieCrook - Accessible CSS(link is external)
- 6 Surprising Bad Practices that hurt Dyslexic users:(link is external)
- Davis Dyslexia Association International - About Dyslexia(link is external)
- R. Weakley - Ideal line length for content(link is external)
- JuicyStudios - Developing sites for users with Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties(link is external)
- P.M. Jones - Line Length, Volume and Density(link is external)
- The National Archives, Office for Disability Issues - A guide to accessible publishing(link is external)
Avoiding Seizures
- Cambridge Research Systems - The Harding FPA suite to test Flashing and Spatial Patterns in Broadcast Video(link is external)
- University of Maryland - PEAT Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool(link is external)
- Epilepsy Action - Advice and information(link is external)
- Epilepsy Foundation - Photosensitivity and Seizures(link is external)
Navigable Web
- Writing better web page titles(link is external)
- J. Nielsen - Using the Title Attribute to help users predict where they are going(link is external)
- WebAIM - Links and Hypertext(link is external)
- J. Nielsen - How users read on the Web(link is external)
- J. Nielsen, J. Morkes - Applying writing guidelines to Web pages(link is external)
Readable Content
- W3C - Internationalization: Language tags in HTML(link is external)
- W3C - Authoring HTML: Language declarations(link is external)
- Acronym Finder(link is external)
- Abbreviations(link is external)
- Plain Language Association International - Plain Language(link is external)
- The US Government’s plain language guideline(link is external)
- Dublin Core Qualifiers(link is external)
- IMS Global - Accessibility learner information data structure description(link is external)
- TextQuest - Readability analysis(link is external)
- Leesbaar Nederlands (Readable Dutch)(link is external)
- Flesch-Kincaid readability tests(link is external)
- European standards for making information easy to read and understand(link is external)
- W3C Quality Assurance, Use standard redirects: don’t break the back button(link is external)
- W3C HTTP Protocol – Redirection(link is external)
Mobile Accessibility
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