Accessibility

NOLS is committed to building a diverse community that is inclusive of people from all backgrounds. On our website, this means using accessible design so that users of all abilities can navigate, understand, and use our UI successfully.

This section provides resources for understanding the key principles of accessibility. Guidelines specific to components (ie. buttons, headlines, etc.) can be found in those areas of the design system library.

Standards

Our library strives to meet WCAG AA standards. 

Resources

Guidelines from Industry Leaders

• IBM 

• Google

• Atlassian

• Salesforce

Global Accessibility Standards

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is an effort to improve the accessibility of the World Wide Web for people of all abilities

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) contributors create and maintain Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) which is the global accessibility standard

Tools

• High Contrast Chrome plugin

• Stark Sketch Plugin

• NoCoffee vision simulator

• Color contrast checker

Free Trainings

• Web Accessibility by Google (free for developers on Udacity)