Accessibility Handbook by Cunningham, Katie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Accessibility Handbook SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly Preface

How I Got into Accessibility Why This Book? What Does It Mean to Be “Accessible”? Background of Section 508

Who Does It Cover?

Who Benefits from Accessibility? Who Is This Book for? Structure of This Book About Code Samples Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Complete Blindness

Definition Annoyances, in Brief Screen Readers Creating Accessible Sites

HTML and Formatting

Logical flow Hiding text Headers Skipping navigation Tables Images Graphs and diagrams Forms

Labels Errors CAPTCHA and challenge responses

JavaScript Frames and iframes

Frames Iframes

Flash Access keys

WAI-ARIA

Alerts for updates Navigation Other semantic markup Resources

Testing

Automated testing Manual testing

2. Visual Accessibility—Other Types

Low Vision

Annoyances Grow Gracefully Contrast Overrides Forms

Color Blindness

Annoyances in Brief Optimization of Color Schemes Optimization of Images Diagrams, Graphs, and Maps

3. Audio Accessibility

Who Does It Cover? Annoyances in Brief Videos Interactive Features Live Chat

4. Physical Accessibility

Who Does It Cover? Annoyances in Brief Best Practices

Forms Pop-Ups Navigation Moving around the Page Timing

Testing

Testing Without a Mouse Testing for Uneven Pointers

5. Cognitive Disabilities

Overview Dyslexia

Fonts Content

Sentence length Paragraph length

Color Choice Justified Text Images

Meaningful Images Animations Animations with meaning Advertisements Backgrounds Alt text

Print Versions Site Navigation

ADD and ADHD

Similarity to Dyslexia Timed Tasks Instructions Organization Consistent User Experience

6. Selling Accessibility

U.S. Government Requirement Non-U.S. Governments Exclusion Can Hurt Your Business An Accessible Site Is More Usable for Everyone

7. Additional Resources

General Accessibility Resources Testing Design Screen Readers Hearing Disabled Physically Disabled Cognitively Disabled

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