Resources

There are numerous resources available online for learning about accessibility. The following annotated lists are not intended to be complete or comprehensive. They are sites that we have found helpful in our accessibility learning and work.

Training

• WordPress Accessibility Day 2025: Free livestreaming sessions on WordPress accessibility best practices October 15-16, 2025
• Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel: Videos sharing inclusive design knowledge and ideas
• LinkedIn Learning: On-demand courses that teach how to create accessible content in a variety of applications
• UC Berkeley Digital Accessibility Program Webinars: Training that focuses on a single accessibility topic
• axe-con: A free digital accessibility conference that takes place yearly. Register for access to recordings.

General reference

• WebAIM: A go-to source for all things accessibility
• WCAG 2 At a Glance: A brief summary of WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)
• Dos and Don’ts on Designing for Accessibility: Posters on how to design for accessibility
• Title II of the ADA: What does it mean for us?: What changes on April 24, 2026 when Title II goes into effect
• Accessibility resources slides [PDF]: Accessibility resources to help get ready for April 2026

Alternative text for images

• Best Practices for Accessible Images: Tips on when to provide alt text and how to write alt text
• Images Tutorial: Alt text examples for specific image use cases
• An alt Decision Tree: Guidance on what goes in the alt attribute (a.k.a. alt tag) for various types of images

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

• Make your document, presentation, sheets & videos more accessible

Captioning for videos

• Add subtitles & captions: Step by step instructions on adding subtitles and captions on YouTube

Color tools

• Contrast Checker: Contrast checker for text and graphical elements
• Link Contrast Checker: Contrast checker for links that use only color to identify as hyperlinks
• ColorZilla: A useful color analyzer for webpages (browser extension)
• Berkeley Brand Colors
• UC Berkeley Engineering Brand Toolkit

PDFs

• How to check and fix PDF accessibility issues: An informative guide with step-by-step instructions for Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Creating Accessible PDFs: A thorough introduction to creating accessible PDFs on LinkedIn Learning
• Advanced Accessible PDFs: Advanced topics for creating accessible PDFs on LinkedIn Learning
• Creating a PDF form from Microsoft Word: Step-by-step video tutorial on creating a basic PDF form from Microsoft Word

Accessibility checkers

• WAVE: An automated accessibility checker created by WebAIM (browser extension)
• Siteimprove: The automated accessibility monitoring tool used by UC
• Quick Reference for accessibility testing: How to manually check web content for accessibility
• Accessibility Checker from Equalize Digital: A WordPress plug-in that runs automated accessibility tests within WordPress