Accessibility Resources

Accessibility is something that sadly often gets ignored by developers, myself included, and in an attempt to increase my knowledge in this field I asked on Twitter if people could suggest some sites with good accessibility articles and information. I received a number of replies, but Jennifer Sutton emailed me a long list of excellent resources, most of which I am sharing here, with her permission.

The timing of this post is deliberate, as today, 21 May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

Articles

• 7 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about Accessibility (Jesse Hausler)
• An Alphabet of Accessibility Issues (Anne Gibson)
• Introduction: accessibility for web writers, part 1 (4 Syllables)

People

• Karl Groves
• Marco Zehe
• Web Axe (Dennis Lembree and Ross Johnson)
• 456 Berea Street (Roger Johansson)
• Adrian Roselli
• Lireo Design :: Accessibility (Deborah Edwards-Onoro)

Companies/Entities

• Paciello Group
• SSB Bart Group
• Deque
• Simply Accessible
• WebAIM: Blog
• Accessibility | 4 Syllables

WAI-ARIA Specific

• WAI-ARIA – An introduction to Accessible Rich Internet Applications (Patrick Lauke)
• ARIA, accessibility APIs & coding like you give a damn! (Léonie Watson)
• Extended rock n’ roll guide to HTML5 & ARIA (Léonie Watson)

Tutorials

• WAI – Web Accessibility Tutorials
• WAI – Tutorials Overview