A11y Resources

Intro

This list is trying to be a clear list of A11y resources from across the web that would be useful to anyone trying to learn more about a11y.

Hopefully this list can also be used to help anyone trying to elevate their users to an equal footing.

W3 Guidance

WCAG

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Understanding WCAG
• How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference)
• Techniques for WCAG

WAI-ARIA

• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
• Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices

W3 Tutorials

• Web Accessibility Tutorials

Tools

• Markup Validation Service

Unofficial Guidance

Blogs

• Tink
• CSS-Tricks Accessibility
• A List Apart Accessibility
• Gov.uk Accessibility

Interesting & insightful Articles

• Advocating for Accessible UI Design
• How we’ve made GOV.UK Elements even more accessible
• Vox Accessibility Philosophy

Guides and Learning

Written Tutorials

• Small Tweaks That Can Make a Huge Impact on Your Website’s Accessibility
• MDN Mozilla Accessibility

Video Tutorials

• A11ycasts with Rob Dodson

Using Assistive tools

Accesibility Tools/Features support

• HTML5 Accessibility
• Screen Reader Aria Support

Testing Accessibility

• The Paciello Group Assistive Tools Browser Tests

Checklists

• WebAim WCAG
• The A11y Project
• Vox Media

Uncategorised Resources

• Accessibility & Me
• MDN Accessibility
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• HTML5 Accessibility
• Nutrition Cards
• Accessibility for teams
• Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos
• Aria Patterns
• Heading off confusion: When do headings fail WCAG?
• Contrast checker tool
• Accessibility Insights Extention

Curb Cut Effect

• Medium Blog about the Curb Cut Effect
• ssir - The Curb-Cut Effect
• Disability activism and curb cuts
• Story of the man who helps get the first curb cuts