Accessibility Resources

Digital Accessibility

• WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
• Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind
• The Accessibility Project
• User Experience Impossible: The Line Between Accessibility and Usability (November 17, 2014)
• Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility
• Getting Started with Web Accessibility
• W3.org Accessibility

Higher Education 

• Educause's IT Accessibility Risk Statements and Evidence (2015, PDF)
• Higher Ed Accessibility Lawsuits, Complaints, and Settlements (maintained by Laura Carlson, University of Minnesota, Duluth)
• Implementing an Accessibility Policy: An Insider's Guide (2/8/2016)
• Engaging Accessibility: 4 Tips for CIOs (3 minute video)

United States Laws

• Section 508 Home
• Section 508 Compliance for Digital Content (2014 video; 7:14 minutes)
• WebAIM's 508 Checklist for HTML, Scripts, Plug-ins and Java 
• WebAIM's introduction to United States laws on electronic accessibility.

International Standards 

• The international World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) promulgates and maintains the
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG is now in its 2.0 version. These guidelines specify conformance levels of accessibility in terms of A, AA and AAA. In the United States in higher education, standards expected by the federal government are WCAG 2.0 AA. These are highly technical and not for the faint of heart.