Links from presentation on 4-9-2022 to 48over48.
Resources
Slides – Pdf available here.
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Accessibility Profit Potential
Hidden Market: Purchasing Power of Working-Age Adults with Disabilities:
http://bit.ly/Spending-Power
WEB ACCESSIBILITY FREE COURSE – highly recommended.
W3C Introduction to Web Accessibility: https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/
ALT TEXT:
Learn how to create inclusive alternative text with AmyJune’s presentation, Beyond 99 Balloons. This video has accurate captions:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines:
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are part of a series of web accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium.https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/
WCAG Checklist –Web Accessibility Guidelines Worksheet
Making sure your website has Keyboard Compatibility
https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/keyboard/
Understanding Contrast Ratio:
W3.org: https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html
Learn more about Contrast Ratio, and compare your background color to your text color with the free online WebAIM Color Contrast Tool: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
Understanding Accessible Hyperlinks
Yale University Article “Usability & Accessibility”https://usability.yale.edu/web-accessibility/articles/link
Learn more about Contrast Ratio, and compare your background color to your text color AND to your hyperlink color with the free online WebAIM Link Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/linkcontrastchecker/
Creating Accessible Videos:
University of Washington Article with additional links:https://www.washington.edu/accessibility/videos
Automatic Checkers:
NOTE: Automatic Accessibility checkers are not enough. By their own T&C, they indicate the percentage of issues they MAY find.
Plus a site can be non-accessible and still get a 100% score. Manual inspection is essential.
Sumner’s Recommendation for scanning your website: Accessibility Insights for Web (browser extension) https://accessibilityinsights.io/docs/en/web/overview
LEGAL NOTES
PACER: Repository for all legal cases
https://pacer.uscourts.gov/
Department of Justice Guidelines
Posted March 18, 2022
Justice Department Issues Web Accessibility Guidance Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Is there a silver bullet for ADA website accessibility? Sorry, but the answer is no.
http://accessdefense.com/?m=202003
NO Magic Wand – Avoid Web Accessibility Quick-Fix Overlays
Overlay Fact Sheet:
https://overlayfactsheet.com/