Accessibility Standards, Specifications & Guidelines

This page provides links to resources pertaining to accessibility standards, specifications and guidelines that may prove useful to publishers, developers, educators and others who create content to support the education of children and adults. Developing accessible content right from the start improves usability for all learners and reduces the typical time, cost and errors resulting from having to produce a suitable transformation into an accessible format.
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- WAVE WebAIM Evaluation Tool
- Google Mobile Friendly Test (supports improved search results as well)
- Responsive Checker (Website Planet)
- IBM Mobile Accessibility Checker
- IBM Accessibility Checklist
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
eBook and eReader
- IDPF EPUB3 Specification
- EPUB for Education Profile
- EPUB Accessibility 1.0
- Accessibile EPUB3, O'Reilly
Digital Media (audio, images, text, video, etc.)
Website Accessibility
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0: A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques.
- Section 508
- MathML Version 3.0 2nd Edition
Social Media
Meetings & Trainings
Gaming
Accessibility Standards
Current or revised electronic and information technology accessibility standards developed under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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