KPAT Resources

General Information

• Accessible Software & Website information from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns
• Supporting Digital Accessibility brief from the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)
• Section508.gov IT Accessibility Laws and Policies page
• ADA.gov Accessible Technology
• U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Digital Access Video Series
• Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
• Voluntary Product Accessibility Template^® (VPAT^®)
  • Online VPAT training from ITI
• FCC Accessibility and Innovation Initiative
• FCC Accessibility Clearinghouse
• State of Kansas ADA Coordinator
• Kansas Accessibility Resources Network (KSARN), an accessibility initiative of Wichita State University in partnership with other Kansas higher education institutions
• KU Content Accessibility
• Acronyms and Abbreviations

Project Planning and Procurement

• Accessibility Program Fundamentals: 3rd-Party Vendor Management, an August 2019 Deque blog entry
• PEAT resource: Buy IT!—Your Guide for Purchasing Accessible Technology
• Section508.gov Buy Accessible Products and Services page
• IBM Equal Access Toolkit
• Buying Accessible IT: Who is Responsible?, an article from Minnesota that provides a good, detailed example of how accessibility can be built into the buying process for procuring IT

Universal Design

• Section 508.gov Universal Design and Accessibility page

Web Accessibility Information

• W3C Accessibility page
• WAI Introduction to Web Accessibility
• Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Web & Mobile Application Accessibility Rule
• Section508.gov Create Accessible Software & Websites page
• Section508.gov Developing Accessible Web Content page
• Guidance for Web Developers
• Implementation Guidance
• WAI WCAG 2 Overview
• The WCAG Explained, simplified summary explanations of WCAG 2.2 and each of its criteria from Stark
• WAI resource: Web Accessibility First Aid: Approaches for Interim Repairs
• Supporting the Design Phase with Accessibility Heuristics Evaluations, a November 2019 Deque blog entry
• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Guidance on Web Accessibility and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Technical Assistance and Guidance at the ADA.gov Accessible Technology site
• Department of Justice technical assistance document: Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities
• ADA Compliance Series, a 2020 Level Access blog series (It focuses on Title III, but contains a lot of good information that applies more broadly.)
• HTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet from WebAIM
• Website Accessibility Best Practices from WebsiteSetup
• Web Accessibility Guidebook for Developers from Progress
• Basic web accessibility info at the KU Content Accessibility site
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) knowledge base article for the Granicus govAccess content management system

Tutorials, Etc.

• WAI Web Accessibility Tutorials
• Accessibility video series from Google Chrome Developers: A11ycasts
• Digital Accessibility on Microsoft Learn

Project Planning

• WAI resource: Planning and Managing Web Accessibility

Tools

• Accessibility Management Platform (AMP)
  • AMP Help
• Accessible Name & Description Inspector (ANDI)

PDF Information

• PDF Accessibility article from WebAIM
• Section508.gov Create Accessible PDFs page
• PDF accessibility info at the KU Content Accessibility site
• Recorded webinar on PDF Document Accessibility offered in January 2013 by SSB BART Group, Adobe, and FedInsider, and follow-up Q & A in two parts (Q & A Part 1, Q & A Part 2)
• Adobe PDF Accessibility Overview
• The Value of Tagged PDF
• February 2013 presentation by NetCentric Technologies to Kansas webmasters, et al., on PDF/UA and Accessible PDF (courtesy of David Herr)
• Create Accessible PDFs with Microsoft Office
• Create and Verify PDF Accessibility (Adobe Acrobat User Guide)
• Techniques for Accessible PDF
• PDF Techniques for WCAG 2.0
• What Is PDF/UA All About, Anyway?, an Adobe blog entry
• PDF/UA in a Nutshell
• PDF/UA and WCAG 2.0 Infographics
• Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide: Syntax
• PDF/UA-1 Matterhorn Protocol 1.1, the PDF/UA Conformance Testing Model developed by the PDF/UA Competence Center

Tutorials, Etc.

• Acrobat Accessibility Series of on-demand webinars from Adobe

Tools

• Accessibility Management Platform (AMP)
  • Automated PDF Testing
• PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC)
  • PAC Quick Start Guide
  • 508 PDF Help Center, a third-party resource for PAC
• Adobe PDF Accessibility Auto-Tag API

Documents Information

• Section508.gov Create Accessible Documents page
• Document accessibility info at the KU Content Accessibility site
• Word Accessibility article from WebAIM
• Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Evaluation Checklist from WebAIM
• Section508.gov Create Accessible Spreadsheets page
• Section508.gov Create Accessible Presentations page
• PowerPoint Accessibility article from WebAIM
• Improve Accessibility with the Microsoft Office Accessibility Checker, from Microsoft
• Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project

Tutorials, Etc.

• Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft 365 on Microsoft Learn

• Overview of accessibility in Power BI
• Design Power BI reports for accessibility

Virtual Meetings and Remote Work

• PEAT Telework and Accessibility Toolkit
• Accessible Remote Meetings, from Minnesota IT Services
• Remote Meeting Guide, from Minnesota IT Services
• How to Handle Captioning & ASL Requests for Virtual Meetings, from PEAT
• Brief Videoconferencing Captioning Overview
• Making Events Accessible: Checklist for meetings, conferences, training, and presentations that are remote/virtual, in-person, or hybrid, from WAI
• How to Make Your Next Virtual Meeting More Accessible, from Deque
• Ultimate Guide to Accessible Zoom Meetings, from 3Play Media (3Play Media is a captioning provider, but most of the information in this resource is not specific to its services, and much applies to platforms other than Zoom, as well.)
• Resources for Accessible Remote Meetings, Conferences, Trainings, and Telework, from the Great Plains ADA Center
• Accessible Virtual Meeting Platforms, archived materials from July 2020 ADA National Network webinar
• COVID-19 Response: Digital Accessibility and Other Best Practices for Remote Work, from Disability:IN
• ADA Title II regulations pertaining to video remote interpreting (VRI) services (paragraph (d)) (Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in State and local government services.)
• Relevant portions of the KU ADA Resource Center for Equity and Accessibility Best Practice Guidelines for Planning an Accessible Event (contains lots of good information for in-person meetings as well, particularly large-scale events)

Video

• W3C document: Media Accessibility User Requirements
• WAI resource: Making Audio and Video Media Accessible
• Section508.gov Create Accessible Synchronized Media Content page
• Section508.gov Create Accessible Captions and Transcripts page
• Video section of Section508.gov Create Accessible Video and Social Media page
• Video Accessibility Principles, from PEAT
• Video accessibility info at the KU Content Accessibility site

Social Media

• Social Media section of Section508.gov Create Accessible Video and Social Media page
• Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government, from DigitalGov
• Facebook Accessibility Help
• How to make images accessible for people on X

Mobile

• Mobile Accessibility at W3C
• ADA Title II Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
• Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Government Entities: A Small Entity Compliance Guide Though this is a "Small Entity Compliance Guide", it is included because it nevertheless contains information that may be useful to entities of any size.
• W3C Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP)
• W3C Mobile Web Application Best Practices (MWABP)
• WAI Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web (archived)
• WAI Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities (archived)
• W3C Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Level Access Smartphone Accessibility Primer 401: Let's Get Testing!
• The Paciello Group Mobile Testing Guide for Android & iOS
• See also App Developer Resources

Telecommunications

• Kansas Relay Services
• Kansas Telecommunications Access Program
• Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) information from the FCC

AI (Artificial Intelligence)

• How to Avoid Bias in Emerging Technologies
• PEAT AI & Disability Inclusion Toolkit
• AI Resources from the U.S. Access Board

XR (Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality)

• XR Access Resources
• See also App Developer Resources

App Developer Resources

Multi-platform

• Build accessible apps with semantic properties in .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI)

For Apple platforms

• Accessibility & Inclusion Session videos from WWDC , Apple's annual developers conference
• Apple Accessibility for Developers page

For Google Android

• Updates to Android accessibility features and APIs session video from Google I/O 2024, Google's annual developers conference
• Google Accessibility Resources for Developers page
• Accessibility API Guide for Android
• Google Accessibility Scanner app

For Microsoft Windows

• Digital Accessibility on Microsoft Learn
• Microsoft Accessibility Developer Hub page
• Guidelines for Designing Accessible Windows Apps

For Facebook Oculus

• Designing Accessible VR