Resources
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Resources for Learning About Accessibility
a11yweekly
Our absolute favorite resource is a weekly newsletter called a11yweekly. Every week, subscribers receive a simple email newsletter with a curated list of the top posts in the accessibility world. It’s the most convenient way to stay up to date on everything from general trends and news, to technical how-to’s and expert insights. If you’re not already subscribed, stop reading this post and sign up before you move on.
WebAIM’s WCAG 2 Checklist
Evaluating a website for accessibility conformance is much easier with an understanding of the guidelines that you will be striving to meet. Sure, the automated testing tools compare against the guidelines and some even provide them grouped for easy understanding, but a manual review of the guidelines is a good idea and a great reference when you need more information. The full Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 by W3C are very comprehensive. We suggest using WebAIM’s WCAG 2 Checklist, which significantly simplifies the language and supporting materials, making it much easier to review and understand. WebAIM also has a Section 508 Checklist.
VoxMedia’s Accessibility Guidelines Checklist
This accessibility checklist by VoxMedia is the best example of a simplified overview of accessibility considerations broken down for each role (Design, Engineering, Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Editorial). It is not a comprehensive list like WebAIM’s WCAG checklist, but if that one is too overwhelming, this is a great start for an initial accessibility evaluation.
Accessibility Fundamentals from Google Developers
Google’s Web Fundamentals Guides include an overview of Accessibility. The guide answers the question ‘what is accessibility?’ and covers web content accessibility guidelines, understanding user diversity, how to conduct an accessibility review, accessibility for teams, and more. Written by some of Google’s own developers, the guides are very easy to understand.
Blogs
If you’re still looking for more, here are a few of our favorite Web Accessibility blogs.