Links

This website is intended to provide a list of links to resources for learning more about different aspects of inclusivity. See the about page for more.

Motivation

• The Veil of Ignorance - “If everyone can use your product I think it’s good for your business. But even if it wasn’t, I think it would be the right thing to do. Which makes it worth doing.”
• All Technology Is Assistive
• Designing for the extremes

Creating Inclusive Organizations

• Inclusion At Work
• Project Include
• The Denver Foundation Inclusiveness Project
• Cornell report on creating inclusive organizations
• Building A Diverse Newsroom Is Work
• Lessons in inclusive hiring: what I’ve learnt

Creating Inclusive Online Communities

• Dealing With Harassment in VR - Written in response to My First Virtual Reality Groping, VR game creator discuses the empowerment of victims of abuse and harassment
• Crash Override Network - Organization aimed at combating and aiding victims of online abuse
• STOP SCREAMING IN MY HOME
• Solving Twitter’s abuse problem

Inclusive Design resources

• Inclusive Design Research Centre
• MSFT Design Inclusive Design Toolkit
• University of Washington Accessible Technology
• Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure
• Embracing Plain Language for Better Accessibility - Short presentation on using simpler language (navigate with keyboard)

Creating Inclusive Websites

• I’m an accessibility consultant. Stop hiring me.
• HTML5Accessibility.com - A breakdown of browser support of HTML5 accessibility features
• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
• deque - Blogs, stories, and tools for web accessibility, including deque University
• WebAIM Screen Reader Survey - from webaim.org
• Why and how to avoid hamburger menus
• JavaScript required; didn’t read
• Web fonts, boy, I don’t know - Tips for responsibly using web fonts
• An alt Decision Tree - A guide to writing useful alt-text for images
• Drop-Down Menus: Use Sparingly
• Inclusive Web Books: A Web For Everyone, Inclusive Design Patterns, Apps For All
• Color Box by Lyft - create accessible color systems
• Designing Layouts for Screen Readers

Dev tools

• Tenon - Automated 508 / WCAG 2.0 Issue reporting
• CSS Error Property Style - Heydon’s Chrome extension for highlighting custom CSS errors
• ally.css - Stylesheet which automatically highlights bad markup
• What Does My Site Cost? - Uses page weight to estimate cost of page loads on different carriers around the world
• Chrome Lighthouse - Automated evaluation of your site’s progressive enhancement

Inclusive Learning

• FLOE (Flexible Learning for Open Education) Handbook - Project site for a handbook of tips on creating open learning resources for a diverse groups of learners
• The Best Inclusive Education Links - Meta: List of 100 links to inclusive learning articles
• Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Microsoft Education - Video and abbreviated notes on inclusive features in Microsoft software