Accessibility Guide

• Quick fixes (the TL;DR)
• Introduction
• Accessibility testing
• Accessibility in the Evergreen stack
• Requirements and legislation
• Documentation Standards
• Common functional issues
  • Alternative text for images and icons
  • Color contrast
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Link and button names
  • Page titles
  • Language attributes and multilingual content
  • Time limits
  • Sensory disruptions: flashing lights, animation, sounds
  • Data tables, dyslexia, and dyscalculia
• ARIA
  • Roles
  • Headings and landmarks
  • Accessible names and descriptions
  • Live regions, dynamic properties, and announcing changes

Components

• Links and navigation
• Structure and semantic HTML
• Forms
  • Labels
  • Error messages and validation
  • Submit buttons
  • Fieldsets and grouping fields
  • Read-only form fields
• Tables and grids
• Navigation menus
• Tab sets
• Pagination
• Select lists, comboboxes, and autocomplete
• Tooltips (TODO)

Appendices

• Accessible component libraries
• Browser support for accessibility features
• Books on accessibility

Accessibility Audits

• 2019 Web Client Audit
• 2023 OPAC VPAT/ACR