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Intro to Web Accessibility Resources

Post author By Dennis
Post date January 1, 2011
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For the new year, I thought it would be a good time to list some solid introductory Web Accessibility Resources.

Accessibility fundamentals course by Microsoft
Introduction to Web Accessibility by WebAIM (now in 10 languages!)
Accessibility on MDN
Web Accessibility for Newbies by Karina Chow (2021)
Both removed. ~~Accessibility basics from Dev.Opera~~. ~~This great resource has moved to WebPlatform.org:~~ ~~Web accessibility basics~~
Removed. ~~Wasp Interact Learning Modules – Accessibility Module~~
W3C WAI Introduction to Web Accessibility and Removed: ~~Getting Started with Web Accessibility~~
Web Accessibility – don’t disable your site – article by @vavroom
Web Axe Podcast #74: Awards, Events & Back to Basics – podcast by me
Introduction To Web Accessibility – Slideshare presentation by Steven Swafford
25 Ways To Make Your Website Accessible 2011 article by Web Axe author Dennis Lembree
Removed ~~Accessibility basics (W3C wiki)~~
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Five Layers, Questions, Adobe Encourages, Great Basics

Post author By Dennis
Post date May 7, 2009
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The 5 Layers Of Web Accessibility
Great slide deck on Slideshare. In addition to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Dirk Ginader adds “CSS for JavaScript” and ARIA.

Is Your Web Site Accessible?
Great questions a web designer and developer should continually ask oneself.

Adobe encourages the European commission to use WCAG 2.0
Boring, but important.

Accessibility Basics
A great beginning-level article from Opera. Topics include:

What is accessibility?
Designing with accessibility in mind
Interoperability requirements
Features of an accessible web page
Standards for accessibility

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Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility

Post author By Dennis
Post date February 1, 2007
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Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility from Mike Cherim at Beast-Blog is a good article on the basics of web accessibility. Topics include:

Proper Element Use
Laying Out Your Page
Apply Links the Right Way
Alt and Title Attributes
Content Visibility

Comments are now closed to Mike’s post, but I just barely got in my comments.

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Accessible Business Online (external podcast)

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 20, 2006
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Here’s a podcast I came across titled “Accessible Business Online” by Alexandra Graham. Some good basic content here. Just as good, it references a transcription service, CastingWords.com, that I may try for Web Axe.