Kick-starting your accessibility journey
If you missed it, you can catch up with our accessibility webinars below
Thinking about and planning for accessibility early in the development process.
This episode in Freestyle's series of accessibility webinars focuses on how we make accessibility an integral part of our systems and processes when developing digital products.
Join our expert panel as we discuss how can we avoid thinking of accessibility as a separate work stream, and bake it into our thinking from the very beginning.
Discover strategies to engage your team and enhance your organisation's inclusivity. Hosted by our own Cynthia Sipes we’re joined by Gareth Ford Williams, formerly Head of Accessibility at the BBC, and Charlie Turrell, Engagement Manager at the Ministry of Justice.
Gareth and Charlie share their expertise in how to get an organisation on board with accessibility and creating a champion network to help put into action changes needed to make a difference.
A chat about the role of developers in creating inclusive, accessible digital experiences.
During this session, we talk about the challenges that developers face in accessibility, what it means to learn from your mistakes, and advice for developers who are new to accessibility. It's essential viewing for any developers looking to up their accessibility game!
We've curated this collection resources to help you get started with your research. Everything you see here are reliable, reputable resources that you can use to get started delivering person centric accessible digital products.
| Resource | Description |
| General | |
| W3C Design & Develop Overview | Guidance for writing, designing, and developing for accessibility |
| W3C Accessibility Fundamentals | Introduction to accessibility including stories from people living with disabilities |
| WCAG | |
| Introduction to Understanding WCAG 2.2 | Official resource to help understand the latest version of WCAG |
| Understanding WCAG Success Criterion | Overview of WCAG with explanations, examples, and code snippets |
| 13 Days of Accessibility | A resource for learning more about the WCAG principles and guidelines |
| Alt-text | |
| W3C Alt-text decision tree | A decision tree to help with knowing if alt-text is needed on an image |
| Mobile Accessibilty | |
| How mobile apps undergo accessibility monitoring GOV.UK | Resource from GOV.UK outlining how mobile apps are tested for accessibility |
| Tools for accessibility | |
| WAVE Web Accessibilty Evaulation Tools | Plugins and other tools for quick automated accessibility checks on websites |
| WebAIM contrast checker | Tool for checking the colour contrast ratio between the background and foreground colours |
| WhoCanUse | A tool to check how colour contrast effects different visual impairements |
| GOV.UK Bookmarklets | Several bookmarklets that can be used to test for accessibility |
| Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List | A list of accessibility evaluation tools |
| Accessibility Acceptance Checklist | Automatically generate test cases for Web, iOS and Android components |
| Developers | |
| Axe-Dev Tools | Accessibility testing tools for developers |
| Cauldron React: Accessible Components Library | Accessible component library for React |
| Carousels | |
| A step by step guide on building accessible carousels | An article that walks through building an accessible carousel |
| W3C Carousels tutorial | Tutorial from the W3C on building accessible carousels |
| How to test and improve carousels | Article about testing carousels for accessibility and how they can be improved |
| Carousel accessibility checklist | A checklist of what needs to be considered when creating an accessible carousel |
| Accessibility Statements | |
| Accessibility Statement Generator | Tool to help write an accessibility statement |
| Courses | |
| W3C Course List | A searchable list of different courses including both free and paid. Courses are available in a variety of languages. |
| Headings | |
| W3C Headings | A resource from W3C on creating a logical heading order |
| Colour contrast | |
| Why does colour contrast matter | An article about the importance of colour contrast and what it is |
