W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

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Advancing Digital Accessibility with W3C WAI — keynote recording available Shawn Henry (Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)) and Kevin White (Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist) led an interactive session at the AccessU 2025 training conference. It provided practical guidance on using W3C accessibility resources to expand your skills and your effectiveness in advancing accessibility. Topics included: - how WAI resources help you to promote that accessibility is about people and improving the user experiences of people with disabilities, and that accessibility is not just about meeting standards (timestamp 10:38) - how WCAG 2.2 supporting materials are being improved and WCAG 3 is years away from being completed (timestamp 9:04) - how WCAG 3 differs from WCAG 2 and the new outcome-driven approach of WCAG 3 (timestamp 30:19) - how you can contribute to accessibility work at W3C WAI (time stamp 4:35) - where you can find free online resources to support you in planning, managing, designing, and developing for digital accessibility (timestamp 10:15) — including an accessibility foundations course (timestamp 50:26) The recording of the session includes 30 minutes of audience questions: https://lnkd.in/gYq-JeKW Additional links relating to the keynote session: - Accessibility: It’s About People: https://lnkd.in/gbCRX8av - WCAG 2 Overview: https://lnkd.in/emATCaE - WCAG 3 Introduction: https://lnkd.in/g58FdkX - Digital Accessibility Foundations — Free Online Course: https://lnkd.in/gEGrutdy - More videos on digital accessibility from W3C WAI on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gTRtSD2y

W3C Accessibility Specialist Daniel Montalvo Charameli will be at the Inclusive Africa Conference 3–5 June 2025 and welcomes the opportunity to meet in person with anyone there. Daniel’s sessions are also available free for remote participants: - 12.10pm (EAT), 3 June: Global Implementation of Accessibility — this session brings together global experts to share their experiences about progress made, ongoing challenges, and key lessons learnt in implementing digital accessibility measures. - 2.40pm (EAT), 3 June: Roundtable on Developing Africa’s Digital Accessibility Standard — this session offers a unique opportunity to understand and shape the future of digital accessibility in Africa, as well as to hear about best practices on standards development. Registration: https://lnkd.in/ebq2c9bq #DigitalAccessibility #WAI #WebStandards

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! W3C’s vision includes a web that is accessible to all. Learn more about our work by exploring the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Today is a day to learn, reflect and take action so that the one billion people with disabilities can benefit from and contribute to the development of the #web.  Consider our sponsorship opportunities or make a donation to help us make the web work, for everyone. #GAAD #WebAccessibility #WAI https://lnkd.in/eF9HRB3Q

𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 — 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 On Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD Shawn Lawton Henry shared highlights of a recent program in Hong Kong arranged by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State U.S. Speaker Program in partnership with CareER Association in Hong Kong. Shawn addressed topics such as digital accessibility as a business imperative, supporting organizations in advancing digital accessibility, and approaches for disability advocates — in sessions hosted by CareER, Societe Generale, and the Joint Council for People with Disabilities, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) 香港社會服務聯會 (社聯). Shawn provided training on integrating accessibility throughout user-centered design processes and using W3C resources at events hosted by MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Computer Science & Engineering, with human-computer interaction (HCI) students and professors; City University of Hong Kong Department of Computer Science (CS) and School of Creative Media (SCM); and Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong. W3C and WAI look forward to continuing to share information and gather information in the Asia Pacific region and throughout the world. You can 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗻'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀, 𝗔𝗜, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 in the blog post at: https://lnkd.in/gp3ceDMZ

You are invited to participate in an information sharing session on Wednesday 14 May at 4:00 pm CT / 21:00 UTC: Advancing Digital Accessibility with W3C WAI The session will be available via the Knowbility YouTube channel. The session recording will be available afterwards. We invite you to send your questions and ideas before the session. Many thanks to Knowbility for hosting this free online session along with the AccessU training conference. AccessU has some other sessions free and the entire conference available remotely and online afterwards for those who register. We hope you'll join Shawn Henry (W3C), Kevin White (W3C), and WAI Interest Group Chair Ashley Abaragu (Knowbility ) this Wednesday at 21:00 UTC. We look forward to sharing WAI resources and learning from your experiences and ideas for advancing digital accessibility around the world! (links in first comment below)

Thank you to MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node for hosting W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)’s Shawn Henry at the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, Distinguished Speaker Series. Accessibility continues to be a vital priority around the world and this was a wonderful opportunity to continue international cooperation and collaboration. #WebAccessibility

See our in-progress draft accessibility Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile). It describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps. We welcome your input on this developing resource. This draft uses expand/collapse functionality to help you compare specific WCAG and WCAG2ICT requirements with wording in this document for mobile apps. We would particularly like your comments on the following: - Does structuring the guidance using expand/collapse functionality work for you? - Is the mobile accessibility guidance wording easy to understand and not ambiguous? - Is there anything missing in the approach we've taken for the mobile accessibility guidance? We welcome your comments on the direction and approach of this in-progress resource. To comment via email or GitHub, see links in the 'Status of This Document' section. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this resource — see Editors at the top of the document and contributors in the Acknowledgements section. https://lnkd.in/gqf3p4J6

A tradução autorizada das Diretrizes de Acessibilidade para Conteúdo Web (WCAG) 2.2 para português do Brasil já está disponível: https://lnkd.in/exjSs-69 🌍 Você pode encontrar outros recursos educacionais e técnicos da WAI do W3C traduzidos para o português do Brasil em: https://lnkd.in/ePXDhNv4 Quer ajudar com traduções? Consulte: https://lnkd.in/eamFFqHr Agradecemos a todos que contribuem para as traduções dos recursos de acessibilidade da WAI do W3C!

The Brazilian Portuguese Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. is now available : https://lnkd.in/exjSs-69 🌍 You can find other W3C WAI educational and technical resources translated into Brazilian Portuguese from: https://lnkd.in/ePXDhNv4 Want to help with translations? Please see: https://lnkd.in/eamFFqHr Thanks to all who contribute to translations of W3C WAI accessibility resources!