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Accessibility Guidelines

The most used accessibility guidelines in the world are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). They are used as foundation for many other technologies. The guidelines are divided into four principles for accessibility. To be accessible, your end result should be (source: WCAG2.1):

  1. Perceivable – users must be able to perceive information that is presented to them. Even if they are blind. For example, if you place an image, be sure to describe this image for persons who are blind.
  2. Operable – users must be able to operate all elements of an interface.
  3. Understandable – users must be able to understand the information given by a product and also how to operate the products’ interface elements
  4. Robust – content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
Games and simulations
 

Play and feel

Games and simulations can help you understand and repair accessibility issues. 

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Free online courses

If you want your team to know the basics about web accessibility, we highly recommend that you take one of the many free online introduction courses. For the web, we recommend:

Path to the English version 

The Web Accessibility Introduction Course

Path to the English version of the course: Here we provide a brief guide to complete your registration:

  1. Click on the button "Schrijf je in" 
  2. Click on the button "Doorgaan naar kassa" 
  3. Click the "Registreren" button if you do not have an account yet. If you have created an account, you can press the "Inloggen" button. 
  4. Enter your details: 
    1. "Voornaam" = First name 
    2. "Achternaam" = Last name
    3. "Wachtwoord" = Password 
    4. "Bevestig wachtwoord" = Confirm password 
    5. Tick on the checkbox "Ik ga akkoord met de algemene voorwaarden" (=“I agree with the general conditions”).  
  5. Click on the button "Volgende" = Next. 
  6. Click on the button "Opleidingsoverzicht" and you can select the English Introduction Digital Accessibility (NGI0) course and get started! 
  7. Finally, don't forget to log out if you want to close it. Click on the icon of your username in the top right and click on log out.

Legal information about accessibilty

Most countries have legal requirements for accessibility, both for websites, software and for electronic equipment. But also for the physical environment including roads, buildings, public transport, etc.

  • W3C offers a broad overview of worldwide policies regarding digital accessibility. Some include accessibility in a more general sense than just the digital domain: https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/. HAN is currently updating this resource.
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The HAN activities for NGI0 PET and NGI0 Discovery are part of the special professorship Inclusive Digital Design & Engineering Research Group initiated by HAN University of Applied Sciences, Bartiméus Fonds and Bartiméus.

NGI0 PET and NGI0 Discovery are made possible with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology.

NGI0 PET – This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825310.

NGI0 Discovery has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825322.