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Free Digital Accessibility Resources
Useful free digital accessibility resources from AbilityNet and elsewhere.
Updated monthly: Key Accessibility Trends and Updates for Professionals
Topics on this page:
- European Accessibility Act
- Understanding accessibility standards
- Building the business case for accessibility
- Digital accessibility maturity models
- Working with accessibility champions
- Legal issues
- Digital Accessibility Tools
- Accessibility for Web Developers and App Developers
- Accessibility blogs and news from AbilityNet
- Free disability-specific resources
- Free webinars from AbilityNet
European Accessibility Act
Understanding accessibility standards
- What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?
- What to expect from WCAG 3.0
- Watch the webinar from TechShare Pro on WCAG 3.0
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 quick reference
- The resources section is a good place to start learning
Building a business case for accessibility
- Download our FREE paper on the Business Case for Accessibility
- Watch our webinar on the business case for accessibility
- How to secure a budget for digital accessibility
- Download our FREE, customisable PowerPoint presentation to use with stakeholders
- 10 ways to build a business case for accessibility
- Infographic - the business case in numbers
- Google experts explain how accessibility improves SEO
- A Guide to Accessibility and Procurement
- Read the results of our annual Attitudes to Accessibility Survey
Digital accessibility maturity
- Download our Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM) toolkit to understand how well your organisation is doing with digital accessibility
- Or download the HE and FE Accessibility Maturity Model for HE and FE education providers
- Case study: Using a Digital Accessibility Maturity Model with Skyscanner
- Case study: Using a maturity model to improve accessibility at Gower College Swansea
Working with accessibility champions
- Download our Guide to building a digital accessibility champions network
- Blog: 14 tips for building a digital accessibility champions' network
- Blog: How to build accessibility into your organisation (tips from the BBC)
- How to build and grow your accessibility champions network
Legal issues
- When will the European Accessibility Act take effect?
- Fast Facts on the European Accessibility Act
- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the global authority on accessible design standards
- Equality Act 2010– UK Equality legislation.
- A Guide to Accessibility and Procurement
- Outlaw.com – contains the popular 'Disabled access to websites under UK law' guide, and news articles relating to accessibility and the law.
Digital Accessibility Tools
- The Web Design Group offers a range of free technical specification references for HTML authoring plus online checking tools for verifying compatibility with relevant web design standards.
- Trace Research and Development Center at University of Wisconsin and offers a goldmine of information and tools to help you design with accessibility in mind.
- WAVE from WebAim - a free web accessibility evaluation tool that identifies those elements that require adjusting.
- Web Accessibility Toolbar Toolbar – an excellent tool to help check the accessibility of websites.
- Vischeck, Colour blindness simulator.
Accessibility for Web Developers and App Developers
- Accessify provides up to date accessibility news, advice and resources.
- Accessify Forum is an accessibility related discussion group.
- AskTog by Bruce Tognazzini is perhaps the best place to start learning about human computer interaction (HCI).
- Dive Into Accessibility is an online book which discusses accessible design issues and techniques.
- W3C Schools – Whilst not specifically about web accessibility this website includes many tutorials on learning HTML, CSS, XML and much more.
- BBC Accessibility
- Centre for Excellence in Universal Design - Provides a plain English interpretation of the W3C guidelines together with the reasons behind why each checkpoint is important.
- The Web Standards Project – The Web Standards Project website provides advice and information on the implementation of web standards and has an excellent educational FAQ
- Useit.com – Useit.com provides advice on both accessibility and usability featuring articles and news links.
- WebAim – WebAim, the Web Accessibility in Mind Project provides a number of articles, a discussion forum and a number of simulations which is useful for testing websites.
- SCULPT for Accessibility - Accessible and Inclusive practice at a local council
AbilityNet's Digital Accessibility Products and Services
Our Digital Accessibility Services Team offer a variety of products and services including expert consultancy, accessibility auditing, diverse user testing, bespoke training and off-the-shelf tools and resources.
- To discuss your specific requirements please speak to our experts
- Find out more about our Digital Accessibility Products and Services
- Find out more about our role-based training courses
- Find out more about our accessible content resources
Free disability-specific resources
- Dyslexia and Technology resources
- Hearing loss and Technology resources
- Parkinson's and Technology resources
- Dementia and Technology resources
- Multiple Sclerosis and Technology resources
AbilityNet accessibility blogs
- All blogs about accessibility
- What do CTOs need to know about accessibility and technical debt?
- 3 Simple Tips for Accessible Website Design
- Five golden rules for compliant alt-text
- How Preston City Council got to grips with web accessibility.
Free webinars from AbilityNet
- We have run FREE accessibility webinars since 2012