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Digital Accessibility Free Resources
Useful digital accessibility free resources from AbilityNet and elsewhere. Topics on this page:
- Introduction to Digital Accessibility
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- European Accessibility Act
- Accessibility and Equality Law
- Building a Business Case for Accessibility
- Digital Accessibility Maturity
- Attitudes to Digital Accessibility
- Accessibility Champions Networks
- Accessible Content Advice and Best Practice
- Digital Accessibility Tools and Resources
- Accessibility for Web and App Developers
- Disability-specific Resources
Introduction to Digital Accessibility
- What is digital accessibility?
- A beginner's guide to digital accessibility
- Training: Introduction to digital accessibility - Free
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)?
- What you need to know about WCAG 2.2
- How does WCAG 2.2 support disabled users?
- WCAG 2.2 quick reference guide from the Web Accessibility Initiative
- Training: The essential guide to WCAG 2.2
- What to expect from WCAG 3.0
European Accessibility Act
- European Accessibility Act (EAA) hub
- Toolkit: Five-step guide to EAA readiness
- Webinars: Get ready for the EAA
- FAQs about the EAA
- How Google is approaching the EAA
- eBay, Elsevier, Sony and Reach explain their approach to the EAA
Accessibility and Equality Law
- The Equality Act 2010 on legislation.gov.uk
- The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 on legislation.gov.uk
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 on ADA.gov
- Training: Digital accessibility legislation
Building a Business Case for Accessibility
- Guide: The business case for accessibility
- Guide: How to include accessibility in your procurement processes
- Webinar: The business case for accessibility
- 10 ways to build a business case for digital accessibility
- The business case for accessibility in numbers
- How digital accessibility can win customer loyalty
- How to secure budget for digital accessibility
- What Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) need to know about accessibility and technical debt
- Google explains how accessible sites are better for SEO
Digital Accessibility Maturity
- Toolkit: AbilityNet Digital Accessibility Maturity Model (DAMM)
- Toolkit: Higher Education and Further Education Accessibility Maturity Model (HEMM)
- How to use the DAMM
- Case study: Using a Digital Accessibility Maturity Model with Skyscanner
- Case study: Using a maturity model to improve accessibility at Gower College Swansea
Attitudes to Digital Accessibility
- Report: Attitudes to digital accessibility
- White paper: What the C-Suite thinks about digital accessibility
Accessibility Champions Networks
- Guide: How to build an Accessibility Champions Network
- 14 tips to build an Accessibility Champions Network
- How to build and grow your Accessibility Champions Network
- How to build accessibility into your organisation - BBC Accessibility Champions
Accessible Content Advice and Best Practice
- Accessible content resources hub
- Everyone can SCULPT accessibility - beginners guide to raise basic awareness and skills for accessibility across the wider workforce
- 7 steps to digital accessibility
- Webinar: Introduction to making Word documents accessible
- Webinar: Introduction to accessible PDFs
- 3 simple tips for accessible website design
- How to boost accessibility in WordPress
- Five golden rules for compliant alt text
- Elevate your designs: the why and how of designing for accessibility
Digital Accessibility Tools and Resources
- Key accessibility trends and updates for professionals
- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) web standards
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) technical and educational resources
- HTML help by the Web Design Group (WDG)
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- World of accessibility from TPGi (formerly The Paciello Group)
- Vischeck colour blindness vision simulator
Accessibility for Web and App Developers
- Accessibility tools, web developer tools, wizards and markup generators from Accessify
- W3Schools online web tutorials
- The BBC's approach to development of accessible products and services
- Web and mobile accessibility guidance and techniques from the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD)
- User experience (UX) and usability articles from the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g)
- WebAIM: web accessibility in mind resources