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Your central source for information and resources on digital accessibility and WCAG conformance

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.

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.

EN 301 549

EN 301 549 is the EU standard ensuring ICT accessibility for people with disabilities, aligning with WCAG guidelines and legal requirements.

Resources

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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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Accessibility solutions

Accessibility Checker

VPAT

Automatic Remediation

Contrast Checker

Blog

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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How WCAG benefits everyone: A focus on neurodiversity and accessibility 

Many success criteria in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) focus on improving accessibility for users with visible disabilities, such as blindness, deafness, and limited…

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Text over images: The impact on accessibility 

Trends exist in every work environment. When it comes to design, the latest trends are often used by designers when creating content or updating a…

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Master the Art of Accessible 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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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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