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Get to know the wide spectrum of people's abilities with W3's How People with Disabilities Use the Web.
Podcasts for inspiration
- The Country of the Blind from 99% Invisible
- Curb Cuts from 99% Invisible
- The Best Way of Getting to Accessibility Compliance from Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast
- Neurodiversity & Digital Accessibility from Digital Accessibility Experts Podcast
- Accessibility on The Web from Clearleft
Courses for educating
- Digital Accessibility Foundations free from W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
- Web Accessibility Courses from Udemy
Articles for knowledge building
- It's a Mindshift from Upanup to take steps towards seeing the world through an accessibility lens
- A to Z of alternative words from PlainEnglish.co.uk to help with writing simpler words
- In-depth Accessibility and Inclusivity Study Guide from Nielsen Norman Group
- What is Web Accessibility in 60 seconds! video from Women Techmakers
- Getting to the Heat of Digital Accessibility from Carie Fisher
- Embed accessibility and inclusive design practices into your team's workflow with this Accessibility for Teams Guide
- Learn how everyone in the creative process has a role in improving website accessibility from Make-It-Accessible
- Web Accessibility Simplified from This is WCAG
- Learn from GOV.UK why content should be published in HTML and not PDF
- PDFs still Unfit for Human Consumption from Nielsen Norman Group
- A straightforward guide to Getting Started in Testing your Site for Accessibility from Web Accessibility in Mind
Tools for building a better website
- Alternative text decision tree from the W3C
- Simple alt text generator, a simple but effective tool to help start writing your alt text
- Check your WCAG compliance with this Checklist by A11y Project
Upanup also offers a website accessibility maintenance service. Please ask contact@upanup.com for details.
Other articles from Upanup
- What is web accessibility?
- What is WCAG?
- BC Accessibility Act
- Accessibility statements
- See a good example at the United Kingdom's government website accessibility statement, which is a leader in accessible web experience, for inspiration check out their accessibility statement.
- How to form an accessibility committee
- How to write alt text
- Accessible logos
- How accessibility benefits a business
- How to make your web content inclusive
- 5 ways to boost your website's accessibility