Learn Accessibility

Start your accessibility journey with guides tailored to your role. Whether you're a developer, designer, content creator, or QA tester, we have resources to help you build accessible digital experiences.

Accessibility is a journey, not a destination. Start with the basics, practice with real examples, and gradually build your expertise.

Get Started by Role

Accessibility is a team effort. Find learning paths and resources specific to your role to understand how you can contribute to building accessible products.

For Developers

Learn to write semantic HTML, implement ARIA, and test with assistive technologies

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Explore All Criteria

For Designers

Create accessible designs with proper contrast, touch targets, and visual hierarchy

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Try Contrast Checker

For QA Testers

Learn testing methodologies and tools to validate accessibility compliance

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• Manual keyboard testing
• Screen reader basics
• Automated testing tools

View Testing Checklist

For Content Creators

Write accessible content with proper headings, links, and plain language

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Learn WCAG Basics

Beginner's Learning Path

Follow this structured learning path to build your accessibility knowledge step by step. Each step builds on the previous one, giving you a solid foundation.

Step 1

Understand the POUR Principles

Learn the four foundational principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust

Read Overview

Step 2

Master Level A Criteria

Start with the 30 Level A success criteria - the minimum requirements for accessibility

View Level A Criteria

Step 3

Practice with Real Examples

Study accessible component patterns and try building them yourself

Browse Examples

Step 4

Test with Assistive Technology

Use screen readers, keyboard navigation, and automated tools to verify your work

Explore Testing Tools

Key Terms

Understanding accessibility terminology is essential for effective communication and implementation. Here are some key terms you'll encounter:

For a complete glossary with search functionality, visit our full glossary page.

ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications): A set of attributes that define ways to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities.
Assistive Technology: Hardware or software that helps people with disabilities use computers, such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, or speech recognition software.
Screen Reader: Software that reads the text displayed on a computer screen with a speech synthesizer or braille display. Used primarily by people who are blind.
Semantic HTML: HTML elements that clearly describe their meaning to both the browser and developer. Examples include header, nav, main, article, section, aside, and footer.
Alt Text (Alternative Text): Text description of an image that is read by screen readers and displayed when images fail to load.

Professional Certification

Consider pursuing professional certification to validate your accessibility expertise. These certifications are recognized industry-wide and can advance your career.

CPACC

Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies - demonstrates foundational knowledge

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WAS

Web Accessibility Specialist - advanced technical certification for practitioners

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Getting Started

Step-by-step guide for beginners to start with accessibility

Start Guide

Code Examples

Real-world accessible component examples with code

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Best Practices

Accessibility best practices and implementation tips

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Accessibility is a journey, not a destination. Start with the basics, practice with real examples, and gradually build your expertise.