Further reading
Disability Rights
Contents
- Understanding digital accessibility
- Posters about accessibility
- Inclusive communication and language
- User research
- Content
- Multimedia – Audio and Video
- Design
- Development
- Testing
- Inclusive publishing
- Social media
- Internet of Things
These additional resources can assist organisations understand digital accessibility and design, develop, test and deliver more accessibility digital products. New resources are published all the time; the ones provided below were current in February 2025.
Understanding digital accessibility
- Accessibility Fundamentals Overview (W3C)
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web (W3C)
- The Business Case for Digital Accessibility (W3C)
- Accessibility matters (Digital NSW)
- Inclusive design (Microsoft)
Intopia’s videos
- Accessibility Fundamentals: What is digital accessibility?
- Use with … different disabilities videos (6 short videos)
Tetralogical’s ‘Browsing with … assistive technologies’ series
- Browsing with speech recognition
- Browsing with screen magnification
- Browsing with a keyboard
- Browsing with a mobile screen reader
- Browsing with a desktop screen reader
Posters about accessibility
- Accessibility Tips for teams V2 (PDF) (ABC)
- Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility (UK Govt)
- Designing for people who struggle with numbers (UK Govt)
- WCAG 2.2 Map (Intopia)
- Accessibility Responsibilities by Project Role (Uni Melbourne)
Inclusive communication and language
- Inclusive Communication (ADCET)
- Style Manual (Aust Government)
- Language Guide (PWDA)
- How to write in plain English (Plain English Campaign)
- ca Content Style Guide – Plain Language (Government of Canada)
- gov (US Govt)
User research
- User research for accessibility (SA Govt)
- Running research sessions with disabled people (UK Govt)
- The Inclusive Design Guide (inclusivedesign.ca)
- Community-Led Co-design Kit (inclusivedesign.ca)
Content
- Writing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
- Readability Guidelines (Content Design London)
- Cognitive Accessibility Guidance (W3C)
- Accessibility for content designers (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)
- Microsoft Word (WebAIM)
- Make your Word documents accessible (Microsoft)
Multimedia – Audio and Video
- Making Audio and Video Media Accessible (W3C)
- Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions (WebAIM)
Design
- Designing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
- Human Interface Guidelines – Accessibility (Apple)
- Key inclusive design principles (Digital NSW)
- UX Design and Visual Design (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)
Development
- Developing for Web Accessibility Tips (W3C)
- Mobile Accessibility Guidelines (BBC)
- Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web ICT (WCAG2ICT) (W3C)
- Accessibility for front-end developers (Accessibility for Teams, US Govt)
- Accessibility foundations (Tetralogical)
- Building accessible apps (Apple)
- Accessibility fundamentals (Apple Developer Documentation)
- Resources for Developers and Publishers (Google Accessibility)
Testing
- Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility (W3C)
- Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility (W3C)
- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (W3C)
- Accessibility testing (Digital NSW)
Inclusive publishing
- EPUB 3.3 (W3C)
- EPUB Accessibility 1.1 (W3C)
- Accessible Books Consortium (ABC)
- Inclusive Publishing (The DAISY Consortium)
- Ace by DAISY, Accessibility Checker for EPUB (Inclusive Publishing)
- Inclusive Publishing in Australia (Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative)
- Making Content Accessible (Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative)
- Accessible Audiobook Workflow Guide: Producing Born Accessible Audiobooks (Accessible Publishing Learning Network)
Social media
- Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government (Digital.gov)
- Social Media (University of Minnesota)
- Social Media Accessibility (University of California, Davis)
- Accessible Social (accessiblesocial.com)
Internet of Things
- Build With Matter | Smart Home Device Solution (CSA-IOT)
- Discover How Accessible ICT Benefits Smart Cities (smartcities4all.org)