Thursday, May 18, 2023

This page offers a curated selection of recommended accessibility resources from the digital accessibility community.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Perspectives

Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone is a series of 10 videos, each about a minute in length. A great way to build understanding of a variety of accessibility techniques in a very short time.

View the Web Accessibility Perspectives Video [https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/]

Tutorials

The W3C offers a series of useful tutorials on how to develop digital content that's accessible to everyone. Appropriate for anyone who designs, develops, procures, or manages technology.

View the W3C Tutorials [https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/]

How People with Disabilities Use The Web

This collection focuses on "tools and approaches that people with different kinds of disabilities use to browse the Web and the barriers they encounter due to poor design." A highly recommended resources for anyone who designs content for wide distribution.

View How People with Disabilities Use the Web [https://www.w3.org/WAI/people-use-web/]

WebAIM.org

WebAIM.org is a project of the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice at Utah State University. Arguably the premier source for accessibility insights in higher ed, WebAIM offers tips, techniques, and tools you can use to provide more accessible technology starting right now.

Visit the WebAIM site [https://webaim.org]

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) presents a video series covering a variety of topics on digital access in education, including how people with disabilities use technology, applicable Federal regulations, and identifying and remediating barriers to access. The series comprises 19 videos ranging in length from three to six minutes.

View the OCR Video Series, presented by the ADA National Network [https://adata.org/ocr-videos]