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WCAG.com is your essential online resource for understanding and applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), advancing web accessibility and improving your users’ experience.

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Web Accessibility Compliance

ADA Compliance

ADA compliance is a legal standard aimed at preventing discrimination and making websites accessible to all. Explore its guidelines, benefits, and steps to meet accessibility goals.

Section 508 Compliance

Section 508 compliance ensures government websites and digital content are accessible to all users. Explore its standards, benefits, and steps to achieve compliance.

European Accessibility Act

Understand how the European Accessibility Act promotes equal access to digital services and products, with compliance requirements and business benefits.

AODA Compliance

The AODA compliance law is a mandate ensuring organizations in Ontario make digital content accessible, meeting specific standards to support inclusivity.

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Developers

Developers play a key role in making a website accessible because many accessibility requirements are technical and within the code itself. The goal is to incorporate accessibility standards as soon as you begin writing code.

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Design

An accessible website begins with an accessible design. Considerations such as how and when to use color, color contrast, and the style of links impacts whether a user can properly interact with your content.

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Authors

Accessibility considerations don’t begin with design and end with code. Authors – or content creators – can significantly impact the accessibility and usability of websites and other digital assets.

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Guide

Information to help you better understand the WCAG success criteria and how they apply to your organization’s website and other digital assets.

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WCAG 2.2: New Success Criteria, More Inclusive Content 

While the draft isn’t final, implementing the newly drafted 2.2 AA success criteria can’t hurt you, but it does have tremendous upside. First, 2.2 conformance…

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Digital Accessibility and Neurodiversity: Designing for Our Unique and Varied Brains

Many people think of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as a set of standards which primarily serves the needs of people with visible disabilities,…

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Removing Digital Barriers by Designing for Diverse Abilities

The word “disability” has many different meanings depending on the context. There are legal definitions, for example, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act,…

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: WCAG by the Numbers

Through an international collaboration of experts in digital accessibility, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published its first version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines…

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How to Make Virtual Meetings Accessible

Now that working from home has all but become the new normal, businesses must take steps to ensure that all employees have equal access in…

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Writing Meaningful Link Text

There’s probably not a website you’ve visited, social media post you’ve commented on, or online document you’ve read recently that hasn’t contained at least one…

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Resources

WCAG 101: Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

This guide offers an overview of WCAG and its success criteria that, when followed by website designers, developers and content authors, can remove many of…

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UX Quick Tips for Designers

We collaborated with experienced designers to come up with these top five User Experience (UX) digital accessibility tips. Among the tips are the importance of…

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UI Quick Tips for Designers

We collaborated with experienced designers to come up with these five top User Interface (UI) digital accessibility issues and solutions. Tips include designing clear focus…

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WCAG Quick Tips for Developers

Keyboard-only accessibility, helping users avoid (and correct) mistakes, and writing code that adapts to users’ needs are just a few of the key areas that…

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WCAG Quick Tips for Content Writers

Writing in plain language, effective use of alt text, and providing clear instructions are among the many important responsibilities of content writers as they work…

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Web Accessibility Training Videos and Webinars

This collection of PowerPoint presentations, webinars and captioned videos contains a broad range of vetted, digital accessibility resources. Developers, designers and content authors will all…

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