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WAI: Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people

with disabilities

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Highlights

WCAG 2.1 Working Draft for review A new Working Draft of Web

Content Accessibility Guidelines

2.1 has been published. This is

the last Working Draft before

the Working Group stops adding

new requirements to WCAG 2.1.

A draft is planned for September

that will comprise the final set

of new success criteria. In

November a draft will be

published that incorporates

those changes from the

September draft, and is

intended to be the final version

beginning implementation

testing.Please submit any comments related to potential new success criteria as soon as possible, before 13 September 2017. (2017‐August‐16)

Updated: Web Accessibility Laws and Policies Listing The Web Accessibility Laws and

Policies list has been updated

and now includes an overview

Web Accessibility

Initiative (WAI)

Home

Getting Started

Designing for

Inclusion

Guidelines &

Techniques

Planning &

Implementing

Evaluating

Accessibility

Tutorials and

Presentations

Getting Involved

with WAI

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California, USA in

November 2017:

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"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

— Tim Berners‐Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

table with filters and sortable

columns. Additional information

is available in the Web

Accessibility Laws and Policies

Listing Updated e‐mail. (2017‐

June‐07)

Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.0 is a Candidate Recommendation Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings (DPub‐AAM) 1.0

has been published as a Candidate Recommendation and is

now undergoing implementation finalization and testing.

DPub‐AAM describes how roles in the Digital Publishing WAI‐

ARIA Module 1.0 should be exposed to accessibility APIs.

Implementation of this specification makes it possible for

assistive technologies to provide enhanced navigation among

landmarks unique to digitally‐published documents, and to

identify document‐specific features which should be

presented to the user, such as crossing a page boundary.

These mappings will also be used in part for verifying

implementation success of Digital Publishing WAI‐ARIA

Module 1.0 which is already a Candidate Recommendation.

The draft implementation report shows the progress of

testing. Please send implementation information or

comments by 7 July 2017. (2017‐June‐06)

Personalization Semantics 1.0 First Public Working Draft Personalization Semantics 1.0 has been published as a First

Public Working Draft. Personalization involves tailoring

aspects of the user experience to meet the needs and

prefences of the user. The introduction of standardized

semantics allows web applications to customize the exposure

of that content to one that is familiar to individuals based on

their needs and preferences. This specification was initially

developed in a task force to provide technology features

needed to meet needs of users with cognitive or learning

disabilities, but is intended to support a wide variety of

personalization use cases. Please comment by filing GitHub

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issues in the personalization semantics repository or, if this is

not feasible, by email to public‐[email protected], by 30 June 2017. Read about the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

(2017‐June‐06)

Updated: Tutorials on Web Accessibility Web Accessibility Tutorials on Menus, Page Structure, Forms,

Images, Tables, and Carousels have been updated. These

tutorials show you how to create web content that is

accessible to people with disabilities and that improves the

user experience for all users. They include general guidance,

and specific examples for HTML5 and WAI‐ARIA.  (2017‐Apr‐18)

WCAG 2.1 Working Draft ‐ April 2017 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Working

Draft is updated. This draft includes only the success criteria

that have been formally accepted by the Working Group, and

not the "proposed" success criteria that were in the previous

draft. The Working Group has not addressed all comments

yet; they are in queue for upcoming work. We plan to publish

updated drafts monthly, to encourage timely review of the

success criteria that the Working Group has approved. More

information is in the WCAG 2.1 April 2017 announcement and

WCAG 2.1 status. Please comment by 9 May 2017. (2017‐ Apr‐19)

Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 First Public Working Draft Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0

has been published as a First Public Working Draft. It

specifies a common format for accessibility test rules, and

how to write test procedures for quality assurance. It

facilitates harmonization of automated, semi‐automated,

and manual accessibility testing approaches, and helps

organizations to better document and share their testing

methods. Please comment by 5 May 2017. More information is in the blog post WCAG Accessibility Conformance Testing

(ACT); Read about the Accessibility Guidelines Working

Group and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (2017‐Apr‐06)

Updated: Easy Checks ‐ A First Review of Web

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Updated: Easy Checks ‐ A First Review of Web Accessibility WAI's Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has

updated Easy Checks ‐ A First Review of Web Accessibility.

This resource helps you start to assess the accessibility of a

web page. With these simple steps, you can get an idea

whether or not accessibility is addressed in even the most

basic way. These checks cover just a few accessibility issues

and are designed to be quick and easy, rather than

definitive. This update includes a new check on Moving,

Flashing, or Blinking Content and instructions for the Web

Developer Toolbar for multiple browsers. (2016‐Dec‐16)

Updated Resources: Planning and Managing Web Accessibility WAI's Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has

updated these three resources:

Web Accessibility First Aid: Approaches for Interim

Repairs is intended to help with the situation: "I need to

make my website accessible and I don't even know

where to start!" It provides guidance on addressing

short‐term accessibility fixes.

Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility

helps you develop a simple or comprehensive web

accessibility policy for an organization.

Planning and Managing Web Accessibility helps you

integrate accessibility throughout the web production

process. It applies to individual projects and at the

organizational level.

(2016‐Dec‐15)

Video Pages Updated: Perspectives on Web Accessibility — Essential for Some, Useful for All

Web Accessibility Perspectives explores the impact of

accessibility for people with disabilities and the benefits for

everyone. This resource introduces 10 web accessibility

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topics with short videos, brief descriptions, and links to learn more. The videos relate the benefits of accessibility to everyone in different situations, and encourage viewers to learn more about web accessibility.

For links to playlists, request for specific feedback, and more information, see the Updated Video Pages e‐mail. (2016‐09‐ 20)

User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and UAAG 2.0 Reference published as Working Group Notes The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) has published User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG 2.0) and UAAG 2.0 Reference as W3C Working Group Notes. UAAG 2.0 defines how browsers, media players, and other “user agents” should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. Although W3C does not currently have plans to advance UAAG 2.0 to Recommendation, the need and opportunity to improve accessibility in user agents still exists. We hope that this work will be continued in future combined Guidelines group. UAAG 2.0 provides specific accessibility guidance for user agent developers who want to build a better user experience for all users. See the UAAG Published as Notes e‐ mail for additional info. (2015‐Dec‐15)

Media Accessibility User Requirements Working Group Note Media Accessibility User Requirements has been published as a Working Group Note. For information on this publication, see the MAUR Note announcement e‐mail and MAUR Note blog post. (2015‐Dec‐03)

Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility are designed to meet the needs of web developers, designers, writers, and others who want practical starting points for implementing web accessibility and WCAG 2.0 in their work. Three Tips pages are available now:

Tips on Designing for Web Accessibility ‐ Tips for user interface and visual design

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Tips on Writing for Web Accessibility ‐ Tips for writing

and presenting content

Tips on Developing for Web Accessibility ‐ Tips for

markup and coding

We welcome your input on improving these pages. Near the

bottom of each page are links to GitHub and e‐mail for

comments. (2015‐Oct‐01)

ATAG 2.0 is a W3C Recommendation The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 was

published today as a completed web standard. ATAG

provides guidelines for designing web content authoring tools

that are both more accessible to authors with disabilities

(Part A) and designed to enable, support, and promote the

production of more accessible web content by all authors

(Part B). Selecting authoring tools that conform to ATAG 2.0

can facilitate the process of creating accessible Web

content, and can also remove barriers to content creation by

people with disabilities. Implementing ATAG 2.0 has been

published as a Working Group Note to provide additional

explanation, examples and resources for the ATAG 2.0

success criteria. (2015‐Sept‐24)

WCAG‐EM Report Tool: Accessibility Evaluation

Report Generator...

Web Accessibility Tutorials on Forms, Images,

Tables...

WCAG‐EM Provides Methodology for Evaluating Web

Accessibility...

Easy Checks ‐ A First Review of Web Accessibility...

WAI‐ARIA 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation...

Mobile Accessibility Task Force: Seeking

Participation...

Cognitive Accessibility Task Force: Seeking

Participation...

WCAG2ICT Note: Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to

Non‐Web ICT...

WCAG 2.0 is ISO/IEC 40500...

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WCAG 2.0 is ISO/IEC 40500...

Mobile Accessibility: Resources Updated...

Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training: Resource Material...

Share the news: How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All...

BAD to Good: Demo shows web accessibility barriers fixed...

Working Together for Better Accessibility...

Additional highlights are in the Highlights Archive.

WAI home page Highlights are edited by Shawn Henry, WAI's

Education and Outreach Working Group, and other WAI Team and

Working Groups.

Sponsors and Funders

WAI is supported in part by the following organizations.

Thank you!

Adobe Systems

Deque Systems

ETS

HP Enterprise

HP Inc.

IBM Corporation

US Department of Health and Human Services, National

Institute for Disability, Independent Living and

Rehabilitation Research, contract HHSP23301500054

(WAI‐Core 2015 Project)

US Access Board (WCAG TA Project)

WAI welcomes additional sponsors and contributors.

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