Digital Accessibility Guidelines

The following resources cover compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standards based on the information and communications technologies (ICT) type or component. These resources may be used to address accommodations requests.

Guidelines

Guidance is listed by category and may appear in more than one category.

The main guidelines are listed at How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference). For additional guidance on meeting them, you can use the following resources.

Articulate's Storyline 360 Accessibility Checklist
U.S. General Services Administration: 18F Accessibility Guide
U.S. Health & Human Services (HHS): Section 508 Accessibility Checklist
The A11y Project Checklist
University of Washington: IT Accessibility Checklist & Tutorial

Additional Reading:

Gareth Ford Williams. UX Collective. The little book of accessibility
U.S. General Services Administration: 18F Human-Centered Design Guide Series
U.S. General Services Administration: U.S. Web Design System
U.S. Health and Human Services: Research-based Web Design and Usability Guidelines (PDF)
WebAIM Articles

Software that allows you to create electronic documents often also has accessibility checkers to assist in making your documents accessible to others.

Note that some accessibility issues that involve human context cannot be completed without a manual check. For example, the accessibility checkers below can tell if you provided alternative text on your images, but they cannot tell if your alternative text is appropriate for the message you are sending.

Adobe Acrobat Pro
Hannon Hill Cascade CMS
Microsoft Office 365
Qualtrics

Articulate's Storyline 360 Accessibility Checklist
Audio Descriptions
Captioning Services
Meetings and Presentations
Memes
Teaching Materials
Accessibility Overlays

Digital Accessibility Guidelines

Guidelines

Checklists

Software Accessibility Checkers

Audio

Digital Writing

Documents

Email

Images

Meetings, Presentations, and Teaching Materials

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics (STEAM)

Social Media

Videos

Web Development

EIR Accessibility Coordinator