Usability and Accessibility Standards and Resource Links
A random sampling of internet goodness on accessibility and usability guidance.
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| https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is developed through the W3C process in cooperation with individuals and organizations around the world, with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility that meets the needs of individuals, organizations, and governments internationally. The WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Web “content” generally refers to the information in a web page or web application, including:
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| https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility | Accessibility in Web development means enabling as many people as possible to use Web sites, even when those people's abilities are limited in some way. Here we provide information on developing content to be accessible. |
| https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist | WebAIM's mission is to expand the potential of the web for people with disabilities by providing the knowledge, technical skills, tools, organizational leadership strategies, and vision that empower organizations to make their own content accessible to people with disabilities. |
| https://webstandards.hhs.gov/guidelines/ | US Department of Health and Human Services: Usability Guidelines: These guidelines are research based and are intended to provide best practices over a broad range of web design and digital communications issues. |
| https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/helping-people-to-use-your-service/making-your-service-accessible-an-introduction | UK Government guidance on the requirement for accessible content on government web sites. |
| https://wiki.idesg.org/wiki/index.php/UX_Usability_Requirements_and_Guidelines_Working_Document | Kantara - IDEF - UX Usability Requirements and Guidelines Working Document |