Accessibility Resources

The Veil of Ignorance

To understand why a designer or developer must always consider accessiblity, read this short article. It is brilliant.

A Good Introdution to Accessibility

Invision Guide to Web Accessibility

Contrast Levels

The WCAG 2.0 AA recommendation for minimum contrast between foreground and background colors is 4.5:1.

This contrast ratio analyzer allows you to enter foreground and background colors (name, hex, rgb, rgba, hsl, hsla formats).

It’s a very interesting and easy to use tool.

Other Tools

• WAVE: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
• WAVE Chrome Extension

Statistics

• Incidence of Key Disabilities
• American Disability Statistics

Useful Reading

• We’re Just Temporarily Abled: Designing for the Future
• WebAIM: Intro to Web Accessibility
• WebAIM: Web Accessibility for Designers
• WebAIM: Links and Hyperlinks
• WebAIM WCAG 2.0 Checklist
• SitePoint: Making Accessible Links, 15 Rules
• HTML Dog: Accessible Links

How ARIA Landmark Roles Aid Accessibility

This is an excellent and concise video showing how ARIA works with Screen Reading software: