Accessibility Resources

While web accessibility and accessibility features are one of the most important features to include in your system, accessibility overlays are not actually a positive tool to utilize.

Some accessibility overlays/widgets provide additional functionality for the users, usually as a small icon available on the page. Users can click the icon to open a menu of accessibility options that they can engage with as needed. The menu is generally limited to basic accessibility features already addressed in screen readers, e.g. text size, color contrast, read text aloud, halt animation, etc. This is a wildly ineffective solution that fails to make any tangible accessibility improvements and forces users with disabilities to learn yet another accessibility tool so they can engage with your content.

Instead, we’ve provided a list of resources for MAC and PC users who have accessibility needs that demonstrate how to make these accessibility changes within their computer system and web code, which is required to gain true accessibility.