Accessibility
Resources
- New W3C site with strategies, standards and resources, https://www.w3.org/WAI/
- W3C cheat sheet, https://www.w3.org/2009/cheatsheet/#wcag2
- WCAG 2.1, https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/
- Intro to Web Accessibility with Marcy Sutton (4/16) Slides, http://gdiseattle.github.io/gdi-intro-to-accessibility/
- Accessibility guidelines and resources including the SNAP tool checklist—a downloadable excel spreadsheet to determine compliance of online applications, https://askjan.org/topics/onlineapps.cfm
- WebAIM guideline to alt text, https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/
- Color blind testing, https://css-tricks.com/accessibility-basics-testing-your-page-for-color-blindness/
- Article on color, https://24ways.org/2012/colour-accessibility/
- WebAIM color contrast checker, https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
- Testing pages for keyless navigation, https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/
- Keyboard accessibility, https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/
- The Inclusive Panda by Axbom, https://medium.com/misusability/introducing-the-inclusive-panda-86acf2a835e5
- WAI-ARIA is a technical specification that provides a framework to improve the accessibility. It is primarily for developers creating custom widgets and other web application components, https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
- Dos and Don’ts on designing for accessibility (gov.uk), https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/
- The importance of heading levels for assistive technology, https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/the-importance-of-heading-levels-for-assistive-technology–cms-31753
- Web accessibility directive – what it is and how to comply, https://axesslab.com/web-accessibility-directive/
- References from “Accessibility for designers” podcast, https://uxpodcast.com/?powerpress_pinw=2793-podcast
- Episode 72: Comments for all, https://uxpodcast.com/72-comments-for-all-accessible-commenting-system/
- Episode 31: Accessible infographics with Derek Featherstone, https://uxpodcast.com/episode-31-per-and-james-give-infographics-wi/
- Episode 152: Shortcuts, https://uxpodcast.com/152-keyboard-shortcuts-web-apps/