Categories
Uncategorised

Accessibility resources

Over the years I’ve collected a number of resources to help make more accessible experiences for everyone. Whether you’re new to content or need some evidence to pass on to stakeholders, hopefully this list of accessibility resources might be useful for you.

Introduction to accessibility

Creating accessible content

There are some fantastic resources available across GOV.UK including:

There are lots of organisations and individuals who openly share their accessibility expertise including:

Writing better hyperlinks

Justifying use of Plain Language

Tools to make written content better

Style and readability guidelines

Accessibility tools

How to write good alt text

Accessible social media content

These guides are broadly platform-agnostic guides to improving the accessibility of your social media:

Platforms may publish their own guidance about using the accessibility features which include:

In the absence of – or in addition to – official platform-specific guidance that I’ve found, these are also helpful guides:

As you can see, this isn’t an exhaustive or complete list but I’ll aim to keep it updated, and you might find it a useful reference. Let me know if there are any accessibility resources you find useful to add to the list!