Accessibility Forums Roundup
A lot of times I get the question I have gone through about an X accessibility problem on the web & I am not satisfied with what I found, where can I go & get other experts to comment on this? At my workplace at Deque we have an internal discussion mailing list called TeamA11Y where all the accessibility consultants come together & provide their views. This is a great way to learn. So I went on a bit of a hunt & found the public places where we can ask for accessibility help & get our questions answered. Add these Accessibility forums & discussion mailing lists to your A11Y resources sheet & let us know if any of them were helpful.
Adobe Acccessibility Forum
Adobe has a dedicated accessibility forum “Standards & Accessibility (tagged PDF)”. Ask your PDF Accessibility questions & get them answered by the document accessibility experts.
Adobe Accessibility Forum
WebAIM
WebAIM mailing list is one of the oldest mailing lists that contributed to the accessibility field since 1999. People at Webaim are helpful & will share their perspectives which will get us started in a new direction.
Top tip: Have a look through the archives to get a flavour of the discussions.
WebAIM Mailing List
Stack Overflow
Stack overflow has a dedicated accessibility tag to find the accessibility related questions easily. There is a wealth of knowledge already there on stack overflow & if you think your question is not answered then go ahead & ask a new question. It is a great place to get started & get some real good developer help.
Accessibility On Stack Overflow
Apple Accessibility Forum
Apple has a dedicated official support forum where you can raise questions & concerns related to Apple products. The forum discussions seem informative & I think your questions related to Apple products can be answered quickly here. Check them out & let us know how it goes.
Apple Accessibility Forum
IAAP Connections
IAAP Connections is maintained by International Association of Accessibility Professionals & is one of the largest member only forums. One need to have a membership with IAAP in order to be part of the connections platform & it membership is worth the money. There are more than 1000 members on the platform with more than 2000 discussions on wide variety of accessibility topics. Check them out.
IAAP Connections
WordPress Accessibility Forum
Using WordPress for your project & got stuck with an accessibility problem specific to the CMS? Then look no further check out the official accessibility forum of WordPress. Lot of questions are being answered by WordPress team, theme & plug-in developers.
WordPress Accessibility Forum
LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn is a great way to connect with fellow accessibility professionals & their groups contain some amazing discussions. Check these LinkedIn groups & you can always join other A11Y groups on LinkedIn that works for your needs.
Check out these Facebook groups & let us know if there are any groups that need to be added.
If you are on twitter & want to connect instantly with other A11Y tweeple then look no further. Just search for A11Y & see who are actively using the hashtag. It is a great place also to ask questions, get opinions & raise concerns with brands on their A11Y implementation.
#A11Y on Twitter
Others
- IT Accessibility Constituent Group
- WAI Interest Group
- Web-A11Y on slack! Get the invite here.
Use the comments section & let us know if we missed any resources. We will be updating this list as & when we come across new resources so don’t forget to bookmark it.
Hi Peri.
Adobe has an accessibility forum here:
https://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/accessibility_&_standards
Dave
Hi Dave,
Added the Adobe Accessibility Forum to the list. Thanks for sharing the resource.