Essential Accessibility Checklist for Blog Posts

Creating Accessibility friendly blog content is as simple as following this Accessibility Checklist.

This checklist is available as a quick downloadable rich text file (97kb) & downloadable PDF format (46kb)

Does your article include any of these components:

Text

• Introduce all acronyms the first time they are used in a post.
• Elaborate and explain technical terms or industry jargon words.

• Do not use “Click here”, “Here”, “More”
• Use meaningful and descriptive links that can be understood out of context.
• Set hyperlinks to open in the same window
• Denote links that open in new windows by appending “(opens in new window)”

• Instead of formatting, use heading levels and tags to indicate headings.

Lists

• Use ordered (numbered) or unordered (bullet point) lists to identify bullet points.

Images

• Always provide an alternative text (you can use null if no alternative text is appropriate)
• Add a title (optional)

• Provide a transcript (do not use PDF, use xhmtl instead)

• Provide captions (http://www.universalsubtitles.org/)
• Provide a transcript (optional)

• Use blockquote functions and tags to identify longer quotes

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