WCAG Deep Dive for Web teams / WAS preparation
Course Description
Go beyond the basics with this in-depth, hands-on course designed specifically for participants who are “in the trenches” with web technologies.
From fundamental techniques such as proper tagging and code structures, to advanced techniques including WAI-ARIA and programmatic solutions to accessibility issues, this course provides designers and developers with the tools they need to meet WCAG conformance and functional accessibility with their websites, forms, and web-based apps.
Designed in two parts, participants may choose the training applicable to their experience and job requirements.
Participants leave with techniques they can use right away for authoring, designing, producing, and testing all relevant WCAG criteria.
This course incorporates adult learning principles and activities appropriate to a variety of learning styles, and qualifies for CEUs (certified by organizations such as PPAC).
“Excellent… knowledge I can use.”
– Sandra Clark, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Oslo (Norway)
“Focused and easy to follow.”
-Jason Hollett, gordongroup
“Great. He kept me listening and understanding.”
– Matthew Brunetti, Lixar IT
“Inspiring!”
– Morten Budeng, King Design
“Excellent.”
– Sylvie Nyman, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
What Makes This Course Unique
Our course developer, is vice-chair of the IAAP Global Council and holds all available IAAP certifications in eAccessibility, including WAS.
He has been the project manager of numerous accessible Internet projects, has developed strategy and design for CFIA, CRA, CMHC, Health Canada, Canadian Heritage, Industry Canada, and the International Space Station … as well as many private sector and non-profit organizations.
By addressing and understanding accessibility issues, publishers can more effectively deliver their message to their entire audience, regardless of physical or mental impediments, while complying with legal and moral responsibilities.
“I enjoyed it all.”
– Robert Hallat, Public Service Commission
“Right on target.”
– Marius Monsen, Reaktor ID
What You Will Learn
You will learn how to make websites and web-based applications more accessible by complying with standards and guidelines. Our courses and learning guide combine to contain everything you should need to know in order to pass the IAAP WAS certification examination. Specifically, you will learn:
Creating Accessible Web Solutions
- Guidelines, principles and techniques for meeting success criteria (including WCAG 2.1, WAI-ARIA, ATAG, basic concepts, limitations of the specific guidelines, principles, and techniques, what is normative vs. non-normative; what is included in different levels (A, AA, AAA)).
- Basic knowledge of programming (at a conceptual level; principles and concepts related to programming; impact of specific coding practices on web solutions vs. writing specific code).
- Accessibility quality assurance (i.e., assuring the quality of accessibility throughout the development life cycle, difference and overlap between user experience and accessibility).
- Accessibility supported technologies (including user’s assistive technologies and accessibility features; a combination of assistive technologies and users agent; design decisions in choosing technologies that support accessibility; e.g., not choosing Flash when something else has better accessibility support, differences in assistive technology supports and behaviors, differences in support for touch when a screen reader is on vs. off).
- Standard controls vs. custom controls (e.g., using standard controls when possible; if using custom controls build them using WAI-ARIA best practices).
- Single-page applications (e.g., focus control, delays for AJAX-Screen Reader compatibility, live announcements).
- Strategies of persons with disabilities in using web solutions (e.g., navigation of screen reader users, headings and landmarks, coping strategies, user-preferred methods vs. website-specific methods, using keyboard vs. mouse).
Identify accessibility issues in web solutions
- Interoperability and compatibility issues.
- Identifying guidelines and principles regarding issues (including WCAG 2.1, WAI-ARIA, ATAG, basic concepts, limitations of the specific guidelines, principles, and techniques, what is normative vs. non-normative; what is included in different levels (A, AA, AAA)).
- Testing with assistive technologies (e.g., navigation of screen reader users, headings and landmarks, screen magnifiers, high contrast, using keyboard vs. mouse).
- Testing for end-user impact (e.g., low vision, cognitive, mobile/touch on iOS and Android).
- Testing tools for the web (both automated and manual tools, i.e., what they are and what are their limitations; e.g., unit testing, browser-based tools, spider tools, bookmarklet, automated tools used to monitor site vs. external tools).
Audit and remediation of issues in web solutions
- Level of severity and prioritization of issues (e.g., cost-benefit; legal risk, user impact, what is the problem, what to focus on first).
- Recommending strategies and/or techniques for fixing issues (i.e., the best solution, a solution that is most widely useful, feasibility of solution, fixing vs. redesign, how to fix it).
Techniques for Web Content
- Why accessibility matters to everyone, not just those with disabilities
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 1.3 Adaptable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 2.1 Keyboard Accessible
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 2.2 Enough Time
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 2.3 Seizures
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 2.4 Navigable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 3.1 Readable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 3.2 Predictable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 4.1 Compatible
- Testing and Repairing Web Content Issues
- Dealing with Issues that Cannot be Resolved
- Strategies Beyond AA
- Professional Certification
- Q&A until we run out of questions
Optional: Deeper Techniques for Web Applications and Forms
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 1.3 Adaptable
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 2.1 Keyboard Accessible
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 2.2 Enough Time
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 2.4 Navigable
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 3.2 Predictable
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance
- Applications and Forms Techniques for Guideline 4.1 Compatible
- Testing and Repairing Applications and Forms Issues
- More Tools and Resources available for Testing and Repairing Software Accessibility
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 3.2 Predictable
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance
- Web Content Techniques for Guideline 4.1 Compatible
“Very good: made me think…”
– Bente Mollevik, Norwegian Savings Bank Association
“Great: very comprehensive. Touching on all aspects of accessibility.”
– Marc Iafelice, CFIA
“David really knows his topics. Very well done: got the point across in a way that can be apply to everyone.”
– Sean Strasbourg, CFIA
Prerequisites:
Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/jQuery is required, experience with accessibility and WCAG 2.0 or 2.1 is recommended.
“Clear and entertaining: will allow more strategic planning rather than just reactionary stumbling.”
– Steve Doody, Justice Canada
“This will make us better communicators.”
– Luc Bergeron, SSHRC
“Perfect.”
– Jean Leclair, Environment Canada
Who Should Attend
This course is targeted to all development teams responsible for web, web app, and web form design and development. QA teams would also benefit from the content of this course.
Language:
English (French available upon request)
Duration:
Two-day course (recommended) or one-day course (we also provide this course customized on-site for your organization).
Experience
Web accessibility
We are experts in the fulfillment of WCAG, AODA, and Section 508 requirements regarding accessible documents and Web publishing. We have performed accessibility audit and review for Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation, on both government and business Web sites in each of over 40 countries.
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
We have expert knowledge in all relevant requirements of the accessibility standards called for in the regulations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA).
We are experts in the fulfillment of AODA regulations regarding accessible documents and Web publishing. Our strength in this area is such that we run regular courses in Ontario that specifically teach executives, managers, educators, content developers, and Web programmers how to comply with AODA regulations. The Accessibility Directorate of Ontario itself (who governs AODA) has repeatedly sent their managers and staff to be trained personally by us.
Ontario municipalities and school boards
Our AODA clients for consulting and training have included a variety of municipalities and public institutions in Ontario (including the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, City of Cambridge, City of Oakville, City of Ottawa, City of Owen Sound, City of Hamilton, City of Peterborough, County of Essex, County of Wellington, Halton District School Board, Hamilton-Wentworth School Board, Limestone District School Board, Niagara Parks Commission, Norfolk County, Region of Peel, Toronto Transit Commission, and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.)
Higher education/academia
Our clients for consulting and training have included a variety of colleges and universities within Ontario (including Algonquin College, Brock University, Carleton University, Durham College, Humber College, McMaster University, Mohawk College, Seneca College, St. Lawrence College, University of Guelph, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Windsor, W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind, and York University), elsewhere in Canada (Concordia University), the United States (Boston College, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, Savannah College of Art and Design), and beyond (Cardiff Metropolitan University, London School of Printing and Publishing, Universidad de las Americas, Yarmouk University, Bauhaus / Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Binus University, Caldas University, Central Academy of Fine Arts of China, Federal University of Pernambuco, Lebanese American University, Vilnius Academy of Arts, VCU Qatar).
David is Chair of Carleton University’s Carleton Access Network for accessible information technology, run out of Carleton University’s Paul Menton Centre as an initiative of the School of Engineering.
Corporations and private sector
Our private sector clients for accessibility work include Actuate, Adobe, Blindside Networks, BMO (Bank of Montreal), Bruce Mau Design, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Conference Board of Canada, Empire Life, eXplorance, gordongroup, IBM, Jewish Federation of Ottawa, Lixar, Minto, NetCentric, OC Transpo, OpenText, Oxford Properties, Shaw Media, The Home Depot, Toronto Transit Commission, United Way, Yamaha Music
Government Accessibility
We have been involved with United States and Government of Canada Treasury Board standards on accessibility for over a decade, and have provided training to most major departments and agencies in the federal government. We have also provided consultation to the governments of Manitoba, Ontario, Queensland (Australia), India, and Norway.
“I love David’s approach.”
-Carole Dubuc, Canadian Armed Forces
“Clear, concise, and very useful.”
-Annette Kallevig
“Excellent, eye-opening, and not preachy!”
-Carrie Walker-Boyd, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Schedule
“Really enjoyed your session.”
– Jim Dixon
“I love David’s approach.”
– Carole Dubuc, Canadian Armed Forces
ACCESSIBILITY EVENTS | LOCATION | HOST/REGISTRATION | FEE* |
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Day of your choice: Custom one-on-one or one-to-many | Your place or our online classroom | Let’s collaborate! Call us now | TBA |
November 16, 2023 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $199 CAD |
November 17, 2022 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $199 CAD |
November 18, 2021 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $199 CAD |
November 12, 2020 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
November 26, 2019 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
June 13, 2019 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
December 5, 2018 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
June 13, 2018 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
November 15, 2017 | Online | David Berman Communications | Starting from $249 CAD |
June 14, 2017 | Online | David Berman Communications (sponsored by CPL, RGD, Editors Canada) | TBA |
May 19, 2017 | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | TBA |
April 3 – 5, 2017 | Australia | W4A | TBA |
May 11, 2017 | Online | The Institute for Performance and Learning | TBA |
February 14, 2017 | Ottawa, ON | BioTalent Canada | TBA |
November 3 – 5, 2016 | Wellington, New Zealand | Clarity 2016 | |
Sept 14, 2016 | Online | eXplorance | Free |
August 17, 2016 | Ottawa, ON | Spruce Creative | TBA |
June 29, 2016 | Toronto, ON | Attend online or in person at OCAD University IDRC, 49 McCaul, Toronto in The Red Lab, room |
$299-625 |
June 18, 2016 | Reno, Nevada | TypeWell, in conjunction with the TECHWell 2016 Conference | $299-650 |
May 20, 2016 | Ottawa, ON | Carleton University | $299-625 |
Tue May 10, 2016 | National Press Club, Washington, DC | Center for Plain Language | $250 USD |
Spring 2016, (date tba) | Dublin Ireland | TBA | TBA |
November 20, 2015 (postponed) |
Vancouver (Downtown) SFU Downtown Campus West Hastings Street |
NL Thompson Associates | $299-597 |
November 19, 2015 (postponed) |
Victoria (Downtown), Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites 345 Quebec Street |
NL Thompson Associates | $299-597 |
October 15, 2015 | Ottawa, ON | Art Beyond Sight Conference | |
October 12, 2015 | Dublin, Ireland | National Disability Authority | private |
October 2, 2015 (postponed) | TBA | David Berman Communications | $299-597 |
October 1, 2015 | Ottawa, ON | Webinar: 11½ Free Tools for Testing Website Accessibility | Free & available online |
August 8 | Toronto | Keynote at Accessibility Innovation Showcase, Parapan Am Games | Free |
July 9, 2015 (postponed) | Ottawa, ON | TBA | $299-597 |
June 29, 2015 | Toronto, ON | OCAD University IDRC, 49 McCaul, Toronto in The Red Lab, room number 4904 |
$299-625 |
June 17, 2015 | Ottawa, ON | Webinar: Demystifying WCAG 2.0 | Free & available online |
April 25, 2015 (Tentative) | Brussels, Belgium | Inspirit and David Berman | TBA |
January 15, 2015 | Ottawa, ON | Webinar: Spotlight on Digital Accessibility for Your Marketing Campaign | Free |
January 14, 2015 | Ottawa, ON | Webinar: Solving Web Accessibility: Leaving No One Behind | Free |
December 2, 2014 | Toronto, ON | 108 Ideaspace
|
$357-697 |
November 10, 2014 | Brussels, Belgium | TBA | TBA |
November 5 or 8, 2014 | Toronto, ON | TBA | TBA |
October 9, 2014 | Toronto, ON | David Berman Communications | $299-597 |
Wed July 16, 2014 (postponed) | Ottawa, ON | Carleton University | $299-597 |
July 12-15, 2014 | Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, ON | International Summit on Accessibility 2014 | TBA |
May 26, 2014 | Bergen, Norway | Den Norske Dataforenings Servicekontor | NOK 1000£ – 4450£ |
May 20, 2014 | Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario | David Berman Communications | $299-$597 |
Fri December 13, 2013 | Montreal, QC | eXplorance Inc | by invitation |
November 2013 (tentative) | Toronto, ON | TBA | TBA |
Fri November 8, 2013 | City Hall, Toronto, ON | DesignThinkers 2013 | $299-597 |
Fri November 1, 2013 | Room 2228, River Building, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON |
David Berman Communications | $299-597 |
Wed August 28, 2013 | Carleton University | David Berman Communications | Free |
Thu July 25, 2013 | Carleton University | David Berman Communications | Free |
Fri June 21, 2013 | Room 2228, River Building, Carleton University Ottawa, ON |
David Berman Communications | $299-597 |
Fri May 31, 2013 | Carleton University | David Berman Communications | Free |
Mon April 22, 2013 | Cornwall, ON | St. Lawrence College | $390 |
Monday Apr 8 – 9, 2013 | Toronto, ON | St. Lawrence College | $390 |
Wed February 27, 2013 | Hamilton, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Fri February 22, 2013 | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $354-649 |
Mon January 21, 2013 | St Lawrence College, Kingston, ON | St. Lawrence College | $390 |
Thu January 10, 2013 | London, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Thu December 13, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | Transportation Safety Board of Canada | private |
Thu November 22, 2012 | River Building, Carleton University Ottawa, ON |
David Berman Communications | $354-649 |
Fri November 16, 2012 (postponed) | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $549-649 |
Wed November 14, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | Ministère du Patrimoine canadien | private |
Thu November 8, 2012 | Markham, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Wed November 7, 2012 | Mississauga, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Fri October 26, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | OCDSB / T-Base Communications | private |
Thur October 25, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | OCDSB / T-Base Communications | private |
Wed October 17, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | OCDSB / T-Base Communications | private |
Tue October 9, 2012 (all day) (postponed) | San Francisco, CA | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Wed September 12, 2012 (all day) (postponed) | Boston, MA | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Tue-Wed July 17-18, 2012 | Niagara Falls, ON | Web Accessibility Matters | private |
Mon May 14, 2012 (morning) | Delta Hotel, Winnipeg, MB | Manitoba Libraries Conference | $65-$130 |
Wed May 9, 2012 | Strathcona Hotel, Toronto, ON | T-Base Communications | $549-$649 |
Tue May 8, 2012 (all day) | Strathcona Hotel, Toronto, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Thu May 3, 2012 (all day) | Toronto, ON | Accessible Media Inc. | private |
Tue April 23, 2012 (all day) | Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, NY | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Fri March 23, 2012 | Adobe Canada, Ottawa | T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Fri March 23, 2012 (Accessible PDF by Design – related all day course) | Adobe Canada, Ottawa | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $549-649 |
Wed March 21, 2012 (7:00pm speech) | Capital Hill Hotel, Ottawa, ON | Editors Association of Canada, National Capital Chapter | Free: EAC members, $10: non-members |
Thurs March 9, 2012 | Ottawa, ON | Public Health Agency/T-Base Communications | private event |
Fri February 10, 2012 (morning) | Ottawa, ON | Canada Revenue Agency | private |
Thu January 19, 2012 (all day) | Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $495-595 |
Mon-Tue January 9-10, 2012 | Toronto, ON | BMO / T-Base Communications | private |
Tue November 29, 2011 (all day) | Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | SOLD OUT |
Thu November 23, 2011 | Ottawa, ON | National Research Council | private |
Wed November 3, 2011 | Ottawa, ON | National Research Council | private |
Wed October 5, 2011 | Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, ON | David Berman / T-Base Communications | $319-595 |
Fri September 9, 2011 | Indigo Hotel, Ottawa, ON | Correctional Service Canada | private |
Thu August 18, 2011 | Adobe headquarters, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications /RGD Ontario | $249-495 |
Fri June 17 2011 | Adobe headquarters, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications /RGD Ontario | $249-495 |
Thu April 7, 2011 | Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, ON | RGD Ontario | $395-495 |
Tue March 29, 2011 | Ottawa, ON | CFIA HR | by invitation |
Thu February 17, 2011 | Ottawa, ON | CFIA Public Affairs | by invitation |
Wed April 14, 2010 | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
March 2010 | Montreal, PQ | eXplorance Inc. | by invitation |
Wed October 28, 2009 | Beijing, China | Icograda World Congress 2009 | see host site |
Thu April 30, 2009 | San Francisco, CA | Voices That Matter Web Design Conference | speaker breakfast |
Thu April 2, 2009 | Delhi, India | World Summit Award Grand Jury | by invitation |
Thu November 13, 2008 | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
Mon July 6, 2008 | Daegu Exhibition Conference Centre, Daegu, Korea | Icograda Design Week in Daegu 2008 | see host site |
Tue April 29, 2008 | Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
Thu March 13, 2008 | Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa, ON | Statistics Canada | private event |
Tue February 19, 2008 | Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa, ON | Health Canada | private event |
Wed November 7, 2007 | Minto Business Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
Thu November 9, 2006 | Minto Business Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
Thu February 16, 2006 | Minto Business Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | SOLD OUT |
Tue December 6, 2005 | Oslo, Norway | Norwegian Design Council | SOLD OUT |
Thu October 20, 2005 | Minto Business Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | SOLD OUT |
Thu June 9, 2005 | Minto Business Centre, Ottawa, ON | David Berman Communications | $495 |
Tue December 22, 2004 | Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa, ON | Health Canada | private event |
*Discount packages for non-profits, and travel subsidies available. Additional discounts available for groups over 3 people. Call (613) 728-6777 for details.
All prices, offerings, and dates subject to change without notice.
To register for a course given by our own organization, register online or call (613) 728-6777.
*Discount packages for non-profits, and travel subsidies available. Additional discounts available for groups over 3 people. Call (613) 728-6777 for details.
All prices, offerings, and dates subject to change without notice.
To register for a course given by our own organization, register
online or call (613) 728-6777.
“Very understandable and fun.”
– Liz Breines, Ministry of Trade and
Industry, Oslo (Norway)
“Highly valuable.”
– Maureen Quirouet, Parliament of Canada
Resources
RESOURCES FOR ATTENDEES
For the convenience of course attendees, we provide this list of hypertext links and books cited in this course’s learning guide roughly in the order they appear in the course and learning guide:
Legislation, lawsuits, and standards
Canada
- Government of Canada’s new Standard on Web Accessibility
- Standard on Web Usability
- Standard on Web Interoperability
- Standard on Optimizing Websites and Applications for Mobile Devices
- Ontario’s AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards (Ontario Regulation 191/11, April 2011)Ontario’s AODA Accessibility Standards for Customer Service (Ontario Regulation 429/07) Compliance Manual
- AODA rules for business and non-profits
- The Accessibility for Manitoba Act
- Manitoba’s Bill 26
- Introduction to Ontario’s Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005: AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards (Ontario Regulation 191/11, April 2011)
USA
- ADA Accessibility Checklist For Existing Facilities (with New York State building code references)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal
- “Section 508” of USA’s federal Rehabilitation Act Amendments (1998)
- “Section 508” full standards
- Section 508
- Sample VPAT 1.6 filled
- Illinois IITAA – WCAG 2.0 Mapping
- New York State Web policy points to Section 508
- Web accessibility laws by states of the USA
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Individuals with Disabilities Act
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- ADA and schools
- DOT’s Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA)
- HHS Section 508 Accessibility Checklists
- Section 504: The Law & Its Impact on Postsecondary Education
Other countries
- Argentina’s accessibility legislation
- Australian government web accessibility standards and guidelines
- Italy: The Stanca Act is the Italian law for government accessibility, from 2004, and is a mashup of WCAG 1.0 Level 1 and Section 508
- Netherlands: 2006 decision legislates accessibility for government sites by end of 2010, and Web Guidelines broadly based on WCAG 1.0
- Norway’s Anti-Discrimination and Accessibility Act, Section 14
- eNorway 2009: Norwegian Ministry of Modernization strategy for e-government
- Spain’s response to WAD:
- Other International Government Policies Relating to Web Accessibility (CH, DE, DK, ES, EU, FI, FR, HK, IL, IN, IT, JA, NZ, PT, UK)
- France RGAA 3.0
- EAA European Accessibility Act
Global
- UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- More examples of accessibility legal negotiations and settlements
Accessibility guidelines
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 by WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
- Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)
- EPUB 3.0 Overview
- WebAIM’s WCAG 2.0 Checklist
- Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (latest version)
- Comparison of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints to WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria in Numerical Order
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (latest version)
- WCAG 2.0 Checklist (Appendix B)
- Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile (2015)
- W3C Standards for Web Applications on Mobile
- WCAG 2.0 Conformance Levels
- How to Make Presentations Accessible to All
- Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)
- BBC Mobile Accessibility Guidelines<meta itemprop=”name” content=”davidberman.com-accessibility-resources-list-php”>
- UK: Equality Act 2010<meta itemprop=”faviconUrl” content=”https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/documents/images/kix-favicon7.ico”>
Assistive technologies and techniques
Visual difficulties
- Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit is by Pittsburgh’s Dr. George J. Zimmerman
- Cambridge Simulation Glasses
- Cambridge Simulation Gloves
- Impairment simulator software
- Filter Keys for Windows
- Slow Keys for MacOS
- Read Regular font, by Natascha Frensch
- Comparison of accessibility features in various versions of Microsoft Windows
- Search for assistive technology products
- JAWS for Windows
- NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access)
- Browsealoud
- Characters as Read by JAWS and Window-Eyes
- AppleVis
- Braille displays for MacOS
- Braille displays for iOS
- Braille commands for VoiceOver navigation from a braille display
- BrailleBack: braille display third-party app for Android: (search Google Play for BrailleBack)
- English to Braille online translator
- BANA Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, 2010
- Preferred PDF reader for many power users with visual challenges: Qread used in conjunction with their screen reader
- Magic screen reader/screen magnifier (by Freedom Scientific, so integrates well with JAWS)
- Google’s High Contrast and Color Enhancer addons for Chrome
- Natural Readers
Dexterity/mobility/motor difficulties
- Advanced on-screen keyboard example: ScreenDoors 2000
- Tobii EyeMobile for Windows tablet
- Chrome extension for disabling autoplay (for Audio Control)
- Misophonia
- Autism Canada’s diagnostic tool for identifying location on autism spectrum
- SteadyMouse
Hearing difficulties
- CaptionedText.com demo
- Captioning Key
- PTASL: Q&A: How Pro-Tactile American Sign Language — PTASL — is changing the conversation | Perkin https://www.perkins.org/stories/how-pro-tactile-american-sign-language-ptasl-is-changing-the-conversation
iOS Accessibility
- Making Your iOS App Accessible
- Debug Accessibility in iOS Simulator with the Accessibility Inspector
- Quick Reference Guide for VoiceOver on iOS
- Test Accessibility on Your Device with VoiceOver
- Apple VoiceOver supported languages
Android, Windows Phone Accessibility
- Making Applications Accessible by Android Developers
- Windows Store apps: Guidelines for Accessibility
WCAG 2.0 (including Success Criteria Level A and AA, in order)
Guideline 1.1: Text Alternatives
- WCAG 2.0 Success Criterion 1.1
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF1
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF4
- MathPlayer example
- NVDA extension that supports MathML and ChemML project funded by Stanford
- MathHear (which has MathSpeak integrated)
- Wiris’s alternative text implementation
- Alternate text to Images in Blackboard Learn
Guideline 1.2: Time-based Media
Guideline 1.3: Adaptable
- WCAG 2.0 1.3
- Netflix films that include audio description
- MediaElementJS
- YouTube wrapped with Ajax
- Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) 1.0
- STAMP (Sub-titling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint)
- Magpie (for creating captions and audio descriptions for rich media)
- Amara crowdsourced subtitling, free Amara editor, and Amara On Demand (paid service)
- More guidance on how to deal with special situations
- Shift Times command in Aegisub for Windows, Mac, or Unix
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF6
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF20
- WAI-ARIA 1.0 technical specification
- WAI-ARIA 1.0 primer
- Can I use WAI-ARIA Accessibility features?
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF9
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF21
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF17
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF3
Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable
- WCAG 2.0 1.4
- Colour deficiency simulator (and image corrector)
- Corrective Lenses For The Colorblind by Dave Ludwig
- Designing for an audience under a year old? See what human babies see
- aDesigner visual disability simulator (including HTML, OpenOffice ODF, Flash, Flex, Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA), IBM/Linux’s IAccessible2 (IA2) GUI)
- Colour Contrast Analyser for Windows in 10 languages
- Colour Contrast Analyser for Mac in 8 languages (for the eyedropper, Colour Select> Colours> magnifying glass icon)
- Colour Contrast Analyser
- Accessible Colors color chooser
- WCAG Contrast Checker Firefox Add-on
- Jonathan Snook’s Colour Contrast Check
- Contrast Analyser from The Paciello Group that has eyedropper for graphics … and in both official languages!
- Check My Colours
- GrayBit (browser based removal of all colour from a URL of your choice)
- Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser (Juicy Studio)
- Pixel to Em conversion free tool
- Google makes image recognition leap
- Adobe Typekit
- Adobe Edge Web Fonts
- Font Squirrel
- Google Web Fonts
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF7
- How to stay on brand while meeting Success Criterion 1.4.3
Guideline 2.1: Keyboard Accessible
- WCAG 2.0 2.1
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF11
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF23
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
Guideline 2.2: Enough Time
Guideline 2.3: Seizures
- WCAG 2.0 2.3
- Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT) for Windows (or Mac via emulation) of avi files
- Online Flash Test (for broadcasters, filmmakers,…)
- Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE (from Paciello group)
Guideline 2.4: Navigable
- WCAG 2.0 2.4
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF18
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF13
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF2
- Headings Map (Google Chrome Addon)
Guideline 3.1: Readable
Guideline 3.2: Predictable
Guideline 3.3: Input Assistance
- WCAG 2.0 3.3
- HTML5 form input types
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF10
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF5
- WCAG 2.0 technique PDF22
- Total Validator Pro (discontinued online, better than ever offline)
- CSS Validator
- Html Validator add-in for Firefox
- JavaView (for standalone validation of XML against its DTD)
- What is SMIL
- Accessibility Features of SMIL
Guideline 4.1: Compatible, etc.
Testing tools for web and mobile
- YUI Target Environments
- W3C HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0
- W3C CSS Validation service
- W3C Markup Validation
- W3C Link checker
- W3C RSS feed checker
- HTMLTidy
- W3C’s complete list of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- Browser emulator for really early browsers
- Fangs (Firefox extension) screen reader emulation
- Colour deficiency simulator (and image corrector)
- WAVE Chrome Extension
- Karl Grove Diagnostic CSS
- HTML_CodeSniffer (and the Accessibility Auditor Bookmarklet)
- aDesigner visual disability simulator (including HTML, OpenOffice ODF, Flash, Flex, Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA), IBM/Linux’s IAccessible2 (IA2) GUI)
- W3C mobileOK Checker
- David’s fave NVDA add-on
- NVDA voices
- Arabic NVDA
- Tenon online accessibility tester for code or URL
- CynthiaSays.com
- IBM Bluemix Digital Content Checker
- Web-me
- Tingtun HTML Checker
- aDesigner visual disability simulator (including HTML, OpenOffice ODF, Flash, Flex, Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA), IBM/Linux’s IAccessible2 (IA2) GUI)
- Hacker’s Keyboard for Android (yes, you can have your Tab key back!)
- TPG Mobile Accessibility Testing for Android and iOS
- Broken Link Check (online, limited to 3000 pages)
- LinkChecker (for Windows, MacOS, Linux)
- Paciello’s Group’s Mobile Accessibility Testing Guide for Android and iOS
- 11 ½ Free Tools for Testing Website Accessibility
- Ace by DAISY, Accessibility Checking Tool for EPUB
- David’s 11.5 free WCAG testing tools webinar
- Accessibility Checker on your Windows desktop to find accessibility issues
WCAG 2.1 (including the new Success Criteria Level A and AA, in order)
- WCAG 2.1
- W3C’s Understanding WCAG 2.1
- Understanding WCAG 2.1
- 1.3.4 Orientation (AA)
- 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (AA)
- 1.3.6 Identify Purpose (AAA)
- 1.4.10 Reflow (AA)
- 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast (AA)
- 1.4.12 Text Spacing (AA)
- 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (AA)
- 2.2.6 Timeouts (AAA)
- 2.3.3 Animation from Interactions (AAA)
- 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (A)
- 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (A)
- 2.5.3 Character Key Shortcuts (A)
- 2.5.3 Label in Name (A)
- 2.5.4 Motion Actuation (A)
- 2.5.5 Target Size (AAA)
- 2.5.6 Concurrent Input Mechanisms (AAA)
- 2.5.7 Motion Actuation (A)
- 4.1.3 Status Messages (AA)
- What’s new in WCAG 2.1? – Intopia
- HTML 5.2 autocomplete attributes
Document standards, techniques and testing
- OpenOffice: Providing Alt Text To Images: An Overview
- EPUB 3.01 Specification
- EPUB 3 Accessibility Guidelines
- EPUB 3 Best Practices
- EPUB 3 Accessibility QA Checklist
- EPUB Accessibility 1.0Save As Daisy add-in for Word 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013
- EPUB Reading System Evaluations comparison of accessibility of various EPUB readers
- Metadata and level A: EPUB Accessibility 1.0
- Are there any WYSIWYG editors for EPUB books? – Ebooks Stack Exchange:
- “Preparing InDesign Files for Accessibility”
- Tingtun PDF Checker
- Berman’s PAC flag import
- PDF and WCAG 2.0 are non-contradictory (meeting one will never invalidate the other)
- W3C’s PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0
- Adobe’s PDF Accessibility Overview
- Guide to the essentials of creating accessible PDFs with Microsoft Word and Acrobat Professional 8
- XML Forms Architecture (XFA) Specification 2.8
- Adobe’s Accessible PDF from Microsoft Word (2007)
- Adobe Acrobat X Pro Accessibility Guide
- Adobe Acrobat X Action Wizard for Accessible PDF
- Creating accessible PDF documents with Adobe InDesign CS6
- InDesign accessibility facts
- Importing Word files (into LiveCycle Designer 10)
- W3C’s PDF Techniques for {Flash}
- Flash Techniques for WCAG 2.0
- Plain Text Techniques for WCAG 2.0
- Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files
- PAC PDF Accessibility Checker
- Excellent discussion threads on fixing PAC 2.0 errors
- PDDOMView
- AxesPDF QuickFix
- CommonLook PDF
- CommonLook PDF Manual
- CommonLook Clarity
- AxesPDF for Word features
- CommonLook Office
- Adobe InDesign CS6 Accessibility Overview
- Axaio MadeToTag
- CKEditor 3.x Accessibility Guide
- Creating Accessible Content
- Where SEO meets accessibility: Alt and Title tag optimization
- Foxit PhantomPDF instructional tutorial videos
- How to Make PDF Document Tables More Accessible: The Basics
Instructional design software: Adobe Captivate
- Adobe Captivate accessibility
- Adobe Captivate Help / Creating accessible projects
- Adobe Captivate Accessibility Best Practices
- Adobe Captivate 8 VPAT
Instructional design software: Articulate Storyline
- Articulate Storyline 2 Update 5
- How to make an Articulate Storyline course WCAG compliant
- Articulate Storyline 3/360 How To Change Player Colors Fonts
- FAQ on Accessibility for Articulate Storyline 360
- Section 508 compliance for Storyline 360
- WCAG 2.0 compliance for Storyline 360:
- Getting started tutorial with videos and practice activities for Storyline 360
- How to design an accessible course with Storyline 360:
- E-book on best practice for designing accessible eLearning
- Closed captioning feature in Storyline 360 details
- More new features in Storyline 360
- Articulate Storyline 360 VPAT 2021
- Articulate 360 Accessibilty FAQs
- Articulate Rise 360 VPAT for WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1
- How To Add Alternative Text To Images in Rise 360
- Rise 360 Accessibility Collection
- Rise 360: Keyboard-Accessible Navigation:
- Rise 360: How to Add Closed Captioning to a Video
Instructional design software: other
Accessible virtual classroom platforms
Introduction to Online Learning and Accessibility
- Introduction to the Special Section on Integrating Accessibility into Online Learning
- Get Rid of the Gray: Make Accessibility More Black and White!
- What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design?
- Web Accessibility Matters (4-part video series by David Berman)
Accessible content management
- AEM 6.0: Creating Accessible Content
- Drupal Accessibility
- Drupal Accessibility Group
- Drupal Modules that Improve Accessibility
- Accessible templates for Joomla
- WordPress Accessibility
- Make WordPress Accessible
- Gravity Forms – WCAG 2.0 Form Fields plugin
- Simone accessible WordPress theme
White papers
Other accessibility links
- More on ROT
- Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
- Fire Safety & Disabilities Guide
- Addiction Treatment Resources for Americans with Disabilities
- The Disabled Job Seeker’s Guide to Becoming a Real Estate Agent
- A How-to Guide on Job Searching with a Disability
- The Guide to Buying Used Accessible Vehicles
- Socialization and the Child who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Disability Accommodation Cost Guides
- Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
- HTML5
- HTML5 differences from HTML4
- Can I Use HTML5? (by browser)
- WAI-ARIA 1.0 technical specification
- WAI-ARIA 1.0 primer
- XHTML 1.0
- Use Google Docs with a screen reader
- David Woodbridge excellent stream of how-to posts
- Making a blog accessible
- Article example on accessible accordion view
- HTML Writers Guild – AWARE Center
- IBM Human Ability and Accessibility site
- Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
- Accessible Digital Office Documents (ADOD) project
- Assistive Technology | FAQs
- Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology: Overview
- Benefits for People with Disabilities
- Medicare and Social Security Disability: Benefits for Disabled Individuals
- American Association on Health and Disability
- Local Doctor Finder: Search by Disability
- Home Modifications – Funding Sources
- Disability Home Accommodation Cost Guide
- Fire Safety & Disabilities Guide
- Google Slides
- Accessibility of Google Slides
- Comprehensive Guide to Attending a Sporting Event for Disabled, Special Needs & Senior Citizens
- Accessible Instagram
- Create newsletter-style columns
- Current VPAT template 2.1
- Tips for Facebook videos
- Facebook alternative text:
- Tecla Shield
- What does JAWS support in IE?
- What does JAWS support in Firefox?
- How to add alternative text to an image you add to a Twitter post
- Hemingway for Windows 3.0 live editor
- American Deaf Culture free online course
- The argument for sans serif typefaces for dyslexia
- Improve The Accessible Of Your Designs With ARIA
- Colo{u}r deficit palette tester
- Managing focus for accessibility
- Captioning for sound effects and music
- OzPlayer accessible video player
- List of accessible media players
- Accessibility Checker on your Windows desktop to find accessibility issues
- How to stay on brand while meeting Success Criterion 1.4.3:
- Why Lowercase G Is the Alphabet’s Hardest Letter to Write (Time magazine)
- How to Install ANDI
- ANDI bookmarklet
- ISO 639.2 Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages
- Government of Canada English-French dictionary of accessibility terms
- UX accessibility for elderly: 12 principles
- Signglasses
- Duxbury Braille Translator
- NAD Position Statement on Functionally Equivalent Telecommunications for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
- Jeenie
- Sprint’s STS
- Dragon Naturally Speaking Web browser basics:
- Protects Students With Disabilities (FAQ About Section 504 and the Education of Children with Disabilities)
- 5 Easy Steps To Design for Accessibility in Adobe Captivate
- Safe Harbor
- OzPlayer:
- Accessible players
- W3C’s position on <b> and <i> tags
- 6:49
- Using ARIA:
- WAI-ARIA Screen reader compatibility study
- Ontario’s AODA 2020 Accessibility Compliance Form
- Ontario’s AODA December 2020 submission deadline extension
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