Resources

Resources:

Links are organized alphabetically by the following categories:

• Accessibility
• Browser Extentions
• Cartography & Geography
• Color Blindness & Color Contrast
• General Web
• Mobile
• Readability

Accessibility:

• 1 in 5 People have a Disability (article)
• 3 Lessons from Developers who have Embraced Assistive Technology (article)
• Auditory GIS
• Keyboard-Accessible Google Maps
• New Group Aims to Make Technology Inclusive for People with Disabilities (article)
• [Representation of Space in Blind Persons] (http://147.94.113.25/gsite/Local/lpc/dir/gaunet/articles/Representation%20of%20Space%20in%20Blind%20Persons.pdf) (article)
• Teaching Accessibility
• Tenon.io
• This Blind Teenager Is On A Mission To Make Apps Accessible (article)
• WebAIM Cognitive Disabilities Articles
• WebAIM Motor Disabilities Articles
• A Web for Everyone (book)

Browser Extensions:

• Accessibility Developer Tools (Chrome)
• ChromeVox (Chrome)
• Color Contrast Analyzer (Chrome)
• Color Enhancer (Article, Chrome)
• ColorZilla (Firefox, Chrome)
• NoCoffee (Chrome)
• WAVE Evaluation Tool (Chrome)

Cartography & Geography:

• Accessible Maps for the Visually Impaired
• National Park Service Accessibility (GitHub Wiki)
• Stamen Toner OpenStreetMap Basemap
• Stamen Toner-Lite OpenStreetMap Basemap
• Why Website Design Needs to Go Beyond Color (Mashable article)
• The Cognition of Geographic Space (book)
• Understanding and Representing Space (article)

Color Blindness & Color Contrast:

• Coblis: Color Blindness Simulator
• Color Blind Simulator
• Color Brewer
• Color Oracle (software download)
• Color Picker for Data
• Color Scheme Designer
• Colorable
• ColourMap: Colour Blind Helper
• Palettes for Color Blindness
• Tangaru Contrast-Finder
• This is what it’s like to be a color blind designer (article)
• Variantor Dichromatic Spectacles
• Vischek: Colorblind Vision Simulator

General Web:

• Accessibility in User-Centered Design Using Personas
• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA 1.0)
• Ignite Spatial NoCo 2: Don't Make Me Think, Peter Batty (video)
• U.S. Web Design Standards (GitHub repo)
• WebAIM
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)

Mobile:

• Accessibility in Android
• Accessibility in iOS overview
• Adaptive Maps
• Android Accessibility API
• Google Developer Accessibility
• iOS Accessibility Guidelines
• iOS Accessibility Tips
• OS X Accessibility Design Guidelines
• OS X Accessibility Overview
• Responsive Maps
• VoiceOver for iOS overview
• Windows App Accessibility Guidelines

Readability:

Ensure content is clearly shown and/or written and easy to read.

• Clear fonts, WebAIM resource
• Headings and Lists, WebAIM resource
• [This Dyslexic-friendly Font Could Help The 1 in 5 People Living with the Condition] (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/12/dyslexic-friendly-font_n_6146006.html) (article)
• Typefaces for Dyslexia
• A Typeface Designed to Help Dyslexics Read (article)