Expert Resources: WCAG


These are the items that relate to WCAG found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Time to sow new seeds for digital accessibility

    Guest Blogger | 12 Jan 2023
    Helen Wilson shares her experience of teaching digital accessibility in the workplace and details about the Learn to Enable Digital for Everyone project.

  • How to complain about inaccessible websites

    Alex.Barker | 14 Feb 2022
    Make your content zing with accessibility!Don't let your content let you down when it comes to accessibility. There are simple things you can do to help avoid creating inaccessible content. Learn the basics with AbilityNet. Get content resources 

  • What is WCAG, and why does it matter? On This Day

    Robin Christopherson | 04 May 2021
    Version 1.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) launched on May 6, 1999. We review how they've impacted digital accessibility and why?W3C publishes the WCAG - one of the reasons they've become the de facto world standards for all things web (and soon mobile) and why they've proved to...

  • On its 32nd birthday we ask “is the web accessible to all?”

    Robin Christopherson | 11 Mar 2021
    On the anniversary of its birth, we ask “is the web accessible to all?”The “power of the web is in its universality,” said Tim Berners-Lee, who submitted the original proposal that would ultimately become the worldwide web on 12 March 1989. Thirty-two years later AbilityNet's Head of Digital...

  • An Important Month for Public Sector Web Accessibility

    Guest Blogger | 22 Sep 2020
    In local government, this week's web accessibility deadline has helped focus minds and ensure that accessibility is pushed to the forefront.

  • Everyone can SCULPT for Accessibility

    Guest Blogger | 17 Jan 2020
    SCULPT is a new way to remember the basics of web accessibility, developed within Higher Education, but of value to anyone who wants to make their website more accessible.

  • ‘Web Accessibility Guidelines’ turn 10 but still less than 10% of sites are accessible

    Robin Christopherson | 18 Dec 2018
    On 11 December 2008, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published an important update to their guidelines aimed at making the internet a more accessible place for people with disabilities. Ten years on and we’ve not seen much of an impact. Let’s look at why and what can be done to speed things up.

  • What's new in WCAG 2.1

    Mark.Gaddes | 27 Mar 2018
    The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) continue to provide the benchmark for improving the accessibility of web content for people with health conditions and impairments. Version 2.1 was released in late January 2018 and our free webinar took a look at what's new in the guidelines.