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Accessibility Checklist
Accessibility checklist (Part 1): Five things usually left out
Also, there’s no such thing as an accessibility checklist.
The first section of this article explains why “accessibility checklist” is a misnomer. The remainder of the article is a list of five things to check for that aren’t typically included in most other checklists. If you want to get to the meat of the article, just skip to the section that starts with the second-level heading “#1”. If there was an internal link feature for Medium, I’d use it here (hint-hint, Medium devs).
The problem with “accessibility checklists”
The misnomer
There is no such thing as an accessibility checklist. A checklist, by definition, is a series of tasks to complete in order to reach a desired end. As I’ve stated in several of my previous articles, accessibility is not an end.
There is no finish line in accessibility. There will always be work to do to improve accessibility of your content.
Compliance, however, is different. You can achieve compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) or with Section 508 guidelines or whichever set of web standards you choose. Therefore…