List of accessibility resources

Beginner courses

1. UX Foundations: Accessibility — Derek Featherstone, LinkedIn Learning. Good intro to accessibility, users and the barriers people face.
2. Web Accessibility Tutorials — W3C WAI. Helpful examples and detail to build on the foundations course.
3. Accessibility for Web Design — Derek Featherstone, LinkedIn Learning. Granular examples and how-tos. A solid extension of the foundations course.
4. A11ycasts with Rob Dodson — YouTube. Granular examples with a code and screen reader focus.

WCAG quick reference

• WCAG2 Quick Reference — all WCAG success criteria on one page. Useful overview.

Checklists and audits

1. WebAIM WCAG 2 Checklist — comprehensive summary of WCAG, good for intermediate level.
2. WCAG, but in language I can understand — tempertemper. Simple plain-English copy for each criterion. Good for beginners.
3. Giving a Damn About Accessibility — useful article/PDF covering user needs and organisational challenges.
4. The A11Y Project Checklist — written in plain English, grouped by category.

Other checklists:

• Accessibility Not-Checklist — Intopia. Guidance grouped by topic, role and best practice.
• MagentaA11y Web Checklist — detailed accessibility acceptance criteria by component.
• Web Accessibility Checklist — basic checklist in plain English.
• WCAG Testing Checklist — Accessguide. Grouped by automated, semi-automated and manual testing.

Cognitive disabilities

1. Accessible Numbers — guidelines for presenting numbers and data clearly, covering low numeracy and dyscalculia.
2. An Introductory Guide to Understanding Cognitive Disabilities — Deque.

Accessibility programme

1. How to document the screen reader user experience — BBC. A thorough example of documenting an accessible UX.
2. How Our Organisation Improved Web Accessibility — Smashing Magazine case study covering the most common accessibility issues.
3. A real-world strategy for building accessible products — Heenesh Mistry.

Web references

1. MDN HTML Docs — the authoritative reference for HTML specs.
2. ARIA Authoring Practices Guide — W3C. ARIA specs and worked examples.
3. WAI-ARIA 1.1 Cheat Sheet — roles, attributes, global states, properties and landmarks at a glance.
4. Accessibility Support — community-driven tests showing how component builds behave with screen readers.