“Content For Everyone” Resources & References

These are the resources and references that appear in the Content for Everyone ebook and paperbacks. For the audiobook version, they are available here. These are broken up by the chapter of the book, and each has the timecode for the reference in that chapter.

Why Accessible Content Matters

  1. “Disability Impacts All of Us,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html
  2. Statistic from “Towards an Accessible Canada,” Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/accessible-canada.html
  3. “Disability Prevalence by Age Group, FYE 2020 to 2021, United Kingdom,” Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2020-to-2021/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2020-to-2021#disability-1
  4. “How many persons with disabilities live in the EU?,” European Disability Forum: https://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom-news-howmany-
    persons-disabilities-live-eu/
  5. “Disability and Health,” World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health
  6. “Disability Impacts All of Us,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html

Accessing Content on the Web

  1. “What is AT?,” Assistive Technology Industry Association: https://www.atia.org/home/at-resources/what-is-at/

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and What They Mean to You

  1. “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Overview,” World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

Headings

  1. “Screen Reader User Survey #9 Results,” WebAIM: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey9/#finding

Audio & Video

  1. “Verizon Media and Publicis Media Find Viewers Want Captions,” 3PlayMedia: https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/verizon-media-and-publicis-media-find-viewers-want-captions/
  2. “How Many People Use Captions and Subtitles?,” 3Play Media: https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/who-uses-closed-captions-not-just-the-deaf-or-hard-of-hearing

Seizures

  1. “Why Do Some Images Cause Seizures While Others Do Not,” Medical News Today: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317352

What Can You Find with an Accessibility Scan

  1. “WAVE Documentation,” WebAIM: https://wave.webaim.org/api/docs?format=html

Web Accessibility and the Law

  1. “Five Years of ADA Web and App Lawsuits – Key Observations and Trends,” UsableNet: https://blog.usablenet.com/five-years-of-ada-web-and-app-lawsuits-key-observations-and-trends