New Developments in Web Accessibility

Created by Eric Eggert / @yatil

I’m now with the W3C.

That’s the World Wide Web Consortium.

„Web Accessibility Specialist“

We’ve got the power!

Design Improvements

UI Improvements

Usability Improvements

This makes a huge difference for all users.

Accessibility Improvements?

Whenever you don’t think about accessibility, you actively exclude people.

Please be aware of this.

You!

… can make a difference.

We can help you.

We provide resources.

A lot of resources.

Understanding
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

& Techniques for WCAG 2.0

Literally hundreds of techniques, for example for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, …

We want to lower barriers to entry.
For users and developers.

EasyChecks

How to check the website for basic accessibility issues.
w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary

Evaluation Tools List

w3c.github.io/wai-eval-tools

How
People with Disabilities
Use the Web

w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web

Before and After Demo (BAD)

w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/

Web Accessibility Tutorials

Now: Images, Tables
w3.org/WAI/tutorials/

Soon: Page Structure, Forms, Carousels, Menus
w3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/

Thank you!

ee@w3.org / yatil.net / @yatil

w3.org/People/yatil