In this post, I collect all the helpful resources and tools related to Accessibility that I love to use. I often recommend them in my presentations as well. I will continue to expand this hand-picked collection as an ongoing project.
I also maintain a collection of resources and tools in German.
Ressources
A11y Collective
The A11y Collective has amazing online courses about accessibilty. Also the Blog is worth to follow. Its a dutch based initiative to teach digital accessibility.
WordPress A11y-Team Handbook
The WordPress A11y-Team Handbook has brief overview of the fundamental principles of digital accessibility with many ressources.
Requirements for accessible Themes in WordPress and Themes that have the ‘Accessible Ready’ tag.
WordPress A11y Theme Tag
- https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/accessibility/
- A11y Tag Themes https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/accessibility-ready/
Accessibility Blog of GOV.UK
The blog of the accessibility team from gov.uk is one of my favourite resources. They but a lot of research and effort into the blog.
I want to especially highlight the Accessibility Posters, which are available on Github in several languages, the Accessibility Personas and empathy accessible lab.
They provide instructions on how to set up a testing lab for yourself.
- Blog of Gov.uk
- Accessibility Posters
- Accessibility Personas
- Empathy accessible lab
- Setup empathy lab
Equalize Digital
- Youtube Channel of Equalize Digital with many great online talks about digital accessibility
- Blog of Equalize Digital
Websites
- Overview and Details about Readable Typography: legibility.info
- Informations about Overlays: overlayfactsheet.com
Newsletter
- A11y Weekly Newsletter weekly news about digital accessibility
Books
- “Accessibility for everyone” from Laura Kalbag
Tools
Testing Tools
Tools I use to test accessibility on websites.
Browser Extension
- Wave from WebAim for testing for several accessibility issues. I like the good visual overview and details for problems
- HeadingsMap gives an overview and highlights problems in the heading structure
- Landmarks shows the use of landmarks of a single page
- Axe from Deque – Testing Tool in your developer tools
- Guide to Keyboard Testing from Rian Rietveld
Websites
- contrastchecker.com usefull webtool to check color contrast
- Generator for an Accessibility Statement from w3.org
- Generator for an Accessibility Statement from Siteimprove
