Free Digital Accessibility Resources

Useful free digital accessibility resources from AbilityNet and elsewhere.

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European Accessibility Act

Understanding accessibility standards

Building a business case for accessibility

Digital accessibility maturity

Working with accessibility champions

Legal issues

Digital Accessibility Tools

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

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