Accessibility Resources

Expand your accessibility toolkit with our library of cheat sheets, quick reference guides, and templates.

Accessibility Resources by Topic

• Designing for Accessibility
• Documents
• Emails
• Excel Spreadsheets
• Images
• Newsletters
• Presentations
• Social Media
• Tables & Charts
• Videos & Podcasts
• Webpages

Cheat Sheets

• Word Accessibility Cheat Sheet
• PowerPoint Accessibility Cheat Sheet 
• Excel Accessibility Cheat Sheet 
• Web Page Accessibility Cheat Sheet 
• Complex Image Accessibility Cheat Sheet
• Transcript Accessibility Cheat Sheet 

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External Resources

Explore digital accessibility resources from other accessibility-driven organizations.

W3C WAI

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops international standards for the Web. The W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.

Learn More About W3C WAI

Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility

• Writing for Web Accessibility
• Designing for Web Accessibility
• Developing for Web Accessibility

Media Resource for Audio and Video

• User Experiences and Benefits to Organizations
• Planning Audio and Video Media
• Audio Content and Video Content
• Description of Visual Information
• Captions/Subtitles
• Transcripts
• Sign Languages
• Media Players

Web Accessibility Tutorials

• Page Structure Tutorial
• Menus Tutorial
• Images Tutorial
• Tables Tutorial
• Forms Tutorial
• Carousels Tutorial

Other Design and Development Resources

• How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference)
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)
• Cognitive Accessibility Guidance
• Developing Websites for Older People: How WCAG Applies

 

WebAIM

WebAIM is a non-profit service center at Utah State University. They provide a variety of accessibility evaluation tools, instructional materials, and user research.

Learn More About WebAIM

Quick References Guides and Cheat Sheets

• WCAG 2.2 Checklist
• Infographic: Web Accessibility for Designers
• Web Accessibility Principles
• Testing for Web Accessibility
• HTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet

Accessibility Evaluation Tools

• Accessibility Evaluation Tools - An Overview
• Color Contrast Checker
• Color-reliant Link Contrast Checker
• CommonLook PDF Plug-in for Acrobat
• WAVE

Screen Reader Keyboard Shortcuts

• JAWS Keyboard Shortcuts
• NVDA Keyboard Shortcuts

Other Helpful Articles

• Introduction to Web Accessibility
• Considering the User Perspective: A Summary of Design Issues
• Semantic Structure: Regions, Headings, and Lists
• Typefaces and Fonts
• Writing Clearly and Simply