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
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:
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)