The website accessibility checklist: 44 checks you can do yourself
44 plain-English WCAG 2.2 AA checks for structure, keyboard, forms, color and media.
Do it yourself
Accessibility guides
Practical, plain-English guides for making websites and documents accessible yourself — and for explaining to your leadership why it matters.
Do it yourself: websites
How to test your website with a screen reader
A 30-minute NVDA and VoiceOver routine for people who have never used a screen reader.
Keyboard accessibility: test it in five minutes, fix it for good
Test any page without a mouse in five minutes, then fix focus order, visibility and traps.
How to write alt text, with examples
Real examples for product photos, charts, logos, icons and decorative images.
Color contrast: the requirements, how to measure, how to fix
4.5:1, 3:1 and what they apply to — plus how to keep your brand colors and still pass.
Accessible forms: labels, errors and validation
Labels, required fields, error messages and summaries — with copy-paste HTML.
Free accessibility testing tools, and what they can't catch
axe, WAVE, Lighthouse, NVDA, PAC and more — what each is for, and their blind spots.
How to write an accessibility statement
What to include, what never to claim, and a free template to adapt.
Do it yourself: PDFs & documents
How to make an accessible PDF, step by step
From the source Word file to tags, reading order, alt text and a PDF/UA check — with a checklist.
How to create accessible Word documents
Styles, alt text, tables and the Accessibility Checker — so your PDFs start accessible.
Scanned PDFs and OCR: making image-only documents accessible
Why scanned PDFs are silent to screen readers, and why OCR alone isn't enough.
PDF/UA vs WCAG: which standard applies to your PDFs?
What each standard covers, how they differ, and which one the law requires.
Why it matters
Why digital accessibility matters
1 in 4 adults, an aging population, real spending power — and better products for everyone.
Accessibility and SEO: where they overlap, and where they don't
Headings, alt text, captions and clean code help search engines and AI answers too.
The real cost of an inaccessible website
Legal fees, damages, emergency fixes and lost customers — compared with doing it right.
Accessibility overlays: why one line of code won't make you compliant
The FTC's $1 million order, overlay lawsuits, and why real fixes win.
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