Accessibility is More Than a Checklist (Print Version)

Author: 
American Institutes for Research; Center on Technology & Disability
Year: 
2017
Accessibility guidelines, checklists, and standards can be useful tools when developing accessible content, but accessibility is more than just a checklist for compliance. Understanding your end users and the ways they use web and digital content can help you move beyond technical components of accessibility to developing a truly usable accessible user experience.  Created for developers and designers, but useful for all audiences, this quick guide provides, tips, resources, and information on why accessibility should be an interagal part of any web content.  NOTE: This resource is available in a print version and a web version. The print version includes full URLs and the web version uses hyperlinked descriptive text. Access the web version here
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