Further reading on digital accessibility

Contents

• Understanding digital accessibility
• Posters about accessibility
• Inclusive communication and language
• User research
• Content
• Multimedia – Audio and Video
• Design
• Development
• Testing
• Inclusive publishing
• Social media
• Internet of Things

These additional resources can assist organisations understand digital accessibility and design, develop, test and deliver more accessibility digital products. New resources are published all the time; the ones provided below were current in February 2025.

Understanding digital accessibility

• Accessibility Fundamentals Overview (W3C)
• How People with Disabilities Use the Web (W3C)
• The Business Case for Digital Accessibility (W3C)
• Accessibility matters (Digital NSW)
• Inclusive design (Microsoft)

Intopia's videos

• Accessibility Fundamentals: What is digital accessibility?
• Use with … different disabilities videos (6 short videos)

Tetralogical's ‘Browsing with … assistive technologies' series

• Browsing with speech recognition
• Browsing with screen magnification
• Browsing with a keyboard
• Browsing with a mobile screen reader
• Browsing with a desktop screen reader

Posters about accessibility

• Accessibility Tips for teams V2 (PDF) (ABC)
• Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility (UK Govt)
• Designing for people who struggle with numbers (UK Govt)
• WCAG 2.2 Map (Intopia)
• Accessibility Responsibilities by Project Role (Uni Melbourne)

Inclusive communication and language

• Inclusive Communication (ADCET)
• Style Manual (Aust Government)
• Language Guide (PWDA)
• How to write in plain English (Plain English Campaign)
• ca Content Style Guide – Plain Language (Government of Canada)
• gov (US Govt)

User research

• User research for accessibility (SA Govt)
• Running research sessions with disabled people (UK Govt)
• The Inclusive Design Guide (inclusivedesign.ca)
• Community-Led Co-design Kit (inclusivedesign.ca)

Content

• Writing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
• Readability Guidelines (Content Design London)
• Cognitive Accessibility Guidance (W3C)
• Accessibility for content designers (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)
• Microsoft Word (WebAIM)
• Make your Word documents accessible (Microsoft)

Multimedia – Audio and Video

• Making Audio and Video Media Accessible (W3C)
• Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions (WebAIM)

Design

• Designing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
• Human Interface Guidelines – Accessibility (Apple)
• Key inclusive design principles (Digital NSW)
• UX Design and Visual Design (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)

Development

• Developing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
• Mobile Accessibility Guidelines (BBC)
• Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web ICT (WCAG2ICT) (W3C)
• Accessibility for front-end developers (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)
• Accessibility foundations (Tetralogical)
• Building accessible apps (Apple)
• Accessibility fundamentals (Apple Developer Documentation)
• Resources for Developers and Publishers (Google Accessibility)

Testing

• Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility (W3C)
• Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility (W3C)
• Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (W3C)
• Accessibility testing (Digital NSW)

Inclusive publishing

• EPUB 3.3 (W3C)
• EPUB Accessibility 1.1 (W3C)
• Accessible Books Consortium (ABC)
• Inclusive Publishing (The DAISY Consortium)
• Ace by DAISY, Accessibility Checker for EPUB (Inclusive Publishing)
• Inclusive Publishing in Australia (Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative)
• Making Content Accessible (Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative)
• Accessible Audiobook Workflow Guide: Producing Born Accessible Audiobooks (Accessible Publishing Learning Network)

Social media

• Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government (Digital.gov)
• Social Media (University of Minnesota)
• Social Media Accessibility (University of California, Davis)
• Accessible Social (accessiblesocial.com)

Internet of Things

• Build With Matter | Smart Home Device Solution (CSA-IOT)
• Discover How Accessible ICT Benefits Smart Cities (smartcities4all.org)