Accessibility Basics
This is a global resource for digital accessibility standards for creating websites, apps, documents, kiosks, and other assets accessible.
What is WCAG?
Will also accept Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
This US regulation on disability rights was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush.
What is the ADA?
Will also accept the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This digital accessibility feature is used to help people who can't rely on their hearing to understand movies or videos.
What is captions/captioning?
Will also accept closed captioning or open captioning.
This is the approximate percentage of people in the world living with a disability.
What is 16-20% - we'll take anything within that range
Products, equipment, and systems that enhance learning, working, and daily living for persons with disabilities are commonly called this.
What is assistive technology?
Will also accept assistive tech or AT.
This US regulation, which is also a set of standards, mandates accessibility for federal agencies and their electronic and information technology.
What is Section 508?
Will also accept Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
This common assistive device is used by people who rely on their hearing to navigate a website or mobile app.
What is a screen reader?
There are four major types of disability: visual, hearing, motor, and what?
What is cognitive?
The numeronym for accessibility.
DAILY DOUBLE - get an additional 300.
Describe why the numeronym stands for accessibility.
What is a11y?
Daily Double: What are the 11 numbers between the A and the Y?
This EU law is designed to improve the accessibility of products and services for people with disabilities.
What is the EAA?
Will also accept the European Accessibility Act.
This digital accessibility tool is used to navigate a website without a mouse and is used by people with and without disabilities.
What is the keyboard? Will also accept keyboard navigation
This term means that a disability is not immediately seen or detected by someone else.
What is non-apparent disability? Hidden and invisible would also be accepted
This ratio ensures that there is enough difference to separate foreground from background in text and non-text elements.
What is color contrast?
This law in Ontario, Canada, mandates that organizations must identify and remove accessibility barriers in five key areas and applies to both public and private sector organizations.
What is AODA?
Will also accept the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
This is a commonly known screen reader. There are multiple answers, and we'll accept any of them.
DAILY DOUBLE - get an additional 400
Name two or more commonly known screen readers.
What is JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, Microsoft Narrator
This term is used by people who consider their disability as part of their identity.
What is identity-first? Will also accept identity-first language
This is the sequential order in which interactive elements on a webpage (like links, buttons, and form fields) receive focus when a user navigates using the keyboard or screen reader.
What is focus order?
Will also accept tab order.
This set of standards, or success criteria, enables European organizations to measure the accessibility of websites, electronic documents, and non-web software, for all people, including those with disabilities.
What is EN 301 549?
This is a brief text description added to images on websites and mobile apps so that people who rely on screen readers can understand them.
What is alt text? Will also accept alternative text or text alternatives.
This term puts the person before the disability, and the disability might not be seen as part of the person's identity.
What is person-first language? Will also accept person-first or people-first