We collected a wide variety of accessibility resources & categorized them accordingly. Please use the contact form to alert us for any new accessibility resources or if any information is outdated.
Accessibility Blogs
Screen Readers
Accessibility Cheat Sheets
Accessibility Tools
Open Source Accessibility Tools
- axe Accessibility Rules Engine by Deque Systems
- tota11yAn accessibility visualization toolkit.
- Automated Accessibility Testing Tool (AATT)
- Tanaguru
- Quail
- Pa11y – Your automated accessibility testing pal
Accessibility BookMarklets
- The visual ARIA Bookmarklet
- HTML_CodeSniffer by Squiz
- Jim Thatchers Favelets
- Accessibility Bookmarklets by Pixo & Disability Resources and Educational Services
- LogFocus – handy Bookmarklet for Keyboard Accessibility testing
- Firefocus
- Favelets For The Validator
- Neutered Link Bookmarklet
- Diagnostic.css Bookmarklet Bookmarklet created by Karl Groves
- Web Evaluation Tools Bookmarklet by NC State University
- Nu Markup Validation Service Bookmarklets by The Paciello Group
- Bookmarklets for accessibility testing by Zomig
- Paul J Adam Bookmarklets
- tota11y – an accessibility visualization toolkit
- a11y.css
Color Contrast Checkers
- Check My Colours
- Color Oracle
- Colour Contrast Visualiser
- Accessibility Color Wheel
- GrayBit
- Vischeck
- Sim Daltonism
- Color Laboratory
- Colour Contrast Analyser by TPG
- Luminosity Colour Contrast Ratio Analyser by Juicy Studio
- Colour Contrast Check
- CSS Analyser by Gez Lemon
- Color Safe
- A11y Rocks: and/orColor Palette
- Accessible Color Palette Evaluator
- Color Extractor Bookmarklet
Chrome Browser Extensions/Tools
- aXe Chrome Extension by Deque Labs
- Chrome DevTools
- Color Contrast Analyzer by accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu
- WCAG Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyzer
- Contrast Ratio Checker
- No Coffee vision simulator (by Aaron Leventhal
- HeadingsMap by Rumoroso
- ChromeShades
- ChromeVox
- WAVE Chrome Extension
- Accessibility Developer Tools (for Chrome)
- ARIA validator (for chrome)
Fire Fox Browser Extensions/Tools
- aXe Developer Tools by Deque Labs
- WCAG Contrast checker by Rumoroso
- AInspector Sidebar by Jon Gunderson
- Web Developer by chrispederick
- Firebug
- Dom Inspector by SeaMonkey Council
- HeadingsMap by Rumoroso
- Firefox Developer Tools
- WAVE Accessibility Extension
Internet Explorer Browser Tools
- Microsoft Edge Developer Tools
- The Web Accessibility Toolbar by The Paciello Group
Safari Browser Tools
- Safari’s built-in developer tools (e.g. code inspector)
Accessible Media Players
- Nomensa’s media player
- Acorn Media Player
- MediaElement.js
- Video.js
- Able Player
- OzPlayer
- Accessible HTML5 Video Player by PayPal
- BBC Standard Media Player
- E-Standards accessible HTML5 video player
Accessibility Meetups & Communities
Accessibility Meetups In America
- Austin Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Austin, TX)
- A11yBos (Cambridge, MA)
- Buffalo Accessibility Meetup (Buffalo, NY)
- Iowa Web Accessibility, UX & Inclusive Design (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Chicago, IL)
- Cleveland Accessibility Meetup (Cleveland, OH)
- Front Range Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Westminster, CO)
- Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Santa Monica, CA)
- a11yTC (Minneapolis, MN)
- A11YNYC – Accessibility New York City (New York, NY)
- Philly Accessibility Forum (Philadelphia, PA)
- Pittsburgh Area Accessibility Meetup (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (Portland, OR)
- Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design (San Francisco, CA)
- Bay Area Accessibility Dinners (Mountain View, CA)
- Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design (Seattle, WA)
- Accessibility DC
Accessibility Meetups In Australia and New Zealand
- Canberra Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
- Perth Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
- Sydney Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design
- Wellington Accessibility Meetup
Accessibility Meetups In Europe
- Edinburgh a11y Meetup
- Helsinki Web Accessibility Meetup
- London Accessibility Meetup
- It Accessibility Meetup in Madrid
- t12t – Stockholm
- Inclusive Design & Accessibility (Utrecht)
Hello,
Here are some missing resources that may be of help.
Visual ARIA:
Visual ARIA allows engineers, testers, educators, and students to physically observe ARIA usage within web technologies, including ARIA 1.1 structural, live region, and widget roles, proper nesting and focus management, plus requisite and optional supporting attributes to aid in development.
http://whatsock.com/training/matrices/visual-aria.htm
ARIA Role Matrices:
A quick reference guide for learning the proper usage of ARIA roles and their required child roles and supported states and properties.
http://whatsock.com/training/matrices/
Accessibility Tree Training Guide:
A comprehensive guide for learning how the accessibility tree works in the operating system and how ARIA maps into these accessible objects to then interface with assistive technologies from beginning to end.
http://whatsock.com/training/
ARIA Widget Checklist: For Screen Reader Testing:
An ARIA widget testing checklist to validate browser and assistive technology support levels and compatibility.
https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/aria-widget-checklist-screen-reader-testing/
Important Differences Between ARIA 1.0 and 1.1:
Deprecations & Additions: https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/differences-aria-1-0-1-1-deprecations-additions/
Additions to “role”: https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/differences-aria-1-0-1-1-additions-role/
Changes: https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/differences-aria-1-0-1-1-changes/
Changes to role=”combobox”: https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/differences-aria-1-0-1-1-changes-rolecombobox/
Static vs. Interactive Widget Roles – Ensuring Proper Functionality in ARIA: 2017 CSUN Presentation Materials
Important information regarding the categorical differences between specific ARIA roles and the job duties associated with using them safely.
https://github.com/accdc/csun-2017
AccDC Technical Style Guide and Accessible Widget Archive:
An archive of reusable provably accessible ARIA widgets that integrate directly into jQuery, Dojo, and MooTools with equal accessibility.
For jQuery: https://github.com/accdc/tsg
For Dojo: https://github.com/accdc/tsg-dojo
For MooTools: https://github.com/accdc/tsg-mootools
Hi Bryan,
They are a lot of resources; I am going to add them in their appropriate categories soon. Thanks for stopping by & sharing the resources.