Publishing accessible content: Practical ways to move the needle

Definitions and explainers

• How Word styles help create semantic structure  (blog post)
• ​​Webaim.org (website)
• What is web accessibility? from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)  (video)
• The curb cut effect (website)
• What are the four levels of intellectual disability? (website)

Voluntary Product Assessment Template (VPAT)

• VPAT form (.gov website)
• How to complete the VPAT (video)
• VPAT sample  (website)

Illustrative examples

• Insufficient contrast 
• Missing alt text
• Uninformative link text 

Adding alt text to images

• How to add alt text to Word documents (FAQ)
• How to add alt text to images on Twitter (video)
• How to add alt text to images on Instagram (FAQ)

Tools and practical resources

• WAVE plugin for Firefox, Chrome, and Edge: https://wave.webaim.org/extension/
• Color Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
• Screen reader that comes with your computer:
  • Microsoft Windows screen reader tutorial (video)
  • Chromebook screen reader tutorial (video)
  • Mac screen reader tutorial (video)
  • iPhone screen reader tutorial (video)
  • Android screen reader tutorial (video)
• Personas from W3C to explain WCAG 2.1
• SiteImprove assessment tool: https://siteimprove.com/en-us/ 
• WebAim: https://webaim.org/
• The Accessibility Project: https://www.a11yproject.com/
• 24 Accessibility: https://www.24a11y.com/
• Accessibility Oz [Australia]: https://www.accessibilityoz.com/
• The Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility (blog post from the UX Movement)
• Webinars from Deque 
• The top 5 most common accessibility annotations (blog post from Deque)
• Webinars from TPGI: https://www.tpgi.com/events/ 
• Orange’s Design System: https://design.orange.com/design-system/
• Resources from Level Access: https://www.levelaccess.com/resources/ 
• A Beginner’s Guide to Inclusive UX Design by Trina Moore Pervall (UX Collective)
• Resources from DAISY Consortium:
  • Best Practices for Authoring MathML in EPUB
  • Best Practices for Authoring Extended Descriptions in EPUB

Organizations representing people with disabilities

• National Federation of the Blind (US)
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (UK) 
• World Federation of the Deaf 

Organizations and events focused on accessibility

• International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
• NISO Workshop on Metadata for DEIA
• Inclusive Design 24 (includes open access playlists from previous years’ events)