External accessibility resources
The following list includes key resources on accessibility from various sources. For accessibility resources developed at Waterloo, visit University of Waterloo's accessibility resources.
Understanding Accessibility
- Start with the 7 Core Skills [website] - Accessible U, University of Minnesota
- Accessibility Guides and Resources [website] - Accessibility, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Fact Sheet: Understanding Barriers to Accessibility [PDF] - The Centre for Equity and Human Rights and Diversity, Humber College
- Accessibility Resources [website] - Council of Ontario Universities
- Educator's Accessibility Toolkit [PDF] - Council of Ontario Universities
- Accessible Procurement Guide [PDF] - Council of Ontario Universities
Web Accessibility Checkers, Guides and Tools
- WAVE (Website Accessibility Evaluation Tool) [accessibility checker] - WebAIM
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 [guide] - W3C
- Web Accessibility in Mind (Web AIM) Articles [website] - WebAIM
- Design and Develop Overview [website] - W3C
- W3C HTML Markup Validation Service [accessibility checker] - W3C
- W3C CSS Validation Service [accessibility checker] - W3C
Documents
- How to create accessible documents [website] - Toronto Metropolitan University
- Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities [website] - Microsoft
Design
- Access Ability - A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design [PDF] - Association of Registered Graphic Designers
- Clearing Our Path - Design Needs [website] - Canadian National Institute for the Blind
