W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

The M-Enabling Summit registration opening reminds us of this video online from the Accessibility Standards "a11y Chat" at M-Enabling Summit 2025: 📽️ https://lnkd.in/gK4vMkSH We look forward to seeing many of you at M-Enabling 2026. - Léonie Watson, W3C Chair of the Board, will be giving the keynote. - Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Director, will be leading a W3C WAI Update Town Hall. For more videos on digital accessibility from W3C, see the W3C WAI YouTube channel playlists 📽️ https://lnkd.in/gTK4NVQw There you can find: - Web Accessibility Perspectives - Compilation of 10 Topics/Videos https://lnkd.in/gzagHpa7 - How People with Disabilities Use the Web - User Stories https://lnkd.in/gbQtfeJb  - Artificial Intelligence and Accessibility Research Symposium ttps://https://lnkd.in/gNYCQFM6 - and more 

📣 More W3C Accessibility presentations are available online. Just added: W3C WAI 2026 Update Town Hall at AccessU 2026 Knowbility 📽️ https://lnkd.in/grhMxBtr Most popular recent presentation: Leading Inclusive Digital Transformation — Accessibility (8 minutes) 📽️ https://lnkd.in/ggASPcnz To get a presentations list with duration and date: From the Presentations Playlist https://lnkd.in/get7XmQC click anywhere in "⤵️👀 See dates and length ➡️ ... more" to get the playlist Description.

Did you know that W3C accessibility standards and educational resources are available in more than 30 languages? 🌐 To find resources in your language, see All WAI Translations https://lnkd.in/dN3k_7r For resources in English, browse the site navigation or the annotated lists in WAI Resources https://lnkd.in/dCXhFAX8 For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on 21 May, you can help raise global awareness by sharing these free online resource translations. W3C thanks the many volunteer translators. If you’re interested in translating W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) resources, see Translate WAI Resources https://lnkd.in/eamFFqHr

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD), we encourage you to share videos that show how accessibility is essential for people with disabilities and useful for all. W3C's Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos illustrate the impact of accessibility on disabled people and the benefits for everyone in a variety of situations. With each of the 10 short videos is a web page that briefly explains: - the issue from users' perspectives - what designers and developers need to do 🎥 Browse the videos and information pages from https://lnkd.in/eh88Bcq They are currently available in English, French, and Indonesian. Today we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of this free online W3C WAI resource. Thank you to everyone who contributed to these videos and educational pages. And thank you to all who continue to share and spread their impact. [ link image: a white guide dog looks intently at a blind man wearing all black and using a mobile phone ]

We look forward to learning together at this interactive session next Thursday, 14 May. AccessU is a hybrid training conference, so you can participate from anywhere. For this session, you can send Shawn questions and topics of interest ahead of time via email to wai@w3.org with subject starting [AccessU] W3C

Two more W3C accessibility presentations are available for you online. 1. Leading Inclusive Digital Transformation — Accessibility (8 minutes) This session briefly: - introduces accessibility, W3C, WAI, and WCAG - explains that accessibility is essential for some and useful for all - introduces a user-centered approach (rather than checklist approach) - lists ways that high-level leaders can champion accessibility - encourages making the digital world less disabling and more accessible 2. W3C WAI Update — What's in it for You (53 minutes) Description: Join us to learn about continuing work on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2, on WCAG 3 (it's a long way off), and activities between 2 and 3. We'll also highlight updated resources to put WCAG standards in perspective and focus on the user experiences of disabled people, as well as the benefits for all — users, product owners, society. Find out about resources and opportunities that support your efforts to advance digital accessibility in your organization and worldwide. Links in comments.

Would you like to help improve the accessibility of CMS, LMS, no-code tools, and other 'authoring tools'? The Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Community Group (CG) at W3C will hold its first online meeting on 21 November 2025. https://lnkd.in/gQFVY8k9 About ATAG: Authoring tools are software and services that 'authors' (developers, designers, writers) use to produce web content. Content management systems (CMS), learning management systems (LMS), and no-code website builders are examples of authoring tools. ATAG addresses two aspects of accessibility: * Tools are accessible to content authors with disabilities * Tools enable, support, and promote the production of accessibility content Learn more from the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview https://lnkd.in/gnxFtSP6 ATAG Community Group (CG) will focus on: * Updating ATAG for the next generation of authoring tools * Updating ATAG in alignment with WCAG 2 and WCAG 3 development * Addressing the role of AI in authoring tools W3C Community Groups are open for anyone to join and participate. For information, see the ATAG CG page https://lnkd.in/gQFVY8k9 We particularly encourage you to share this information with organizations that develop authoring tools.

We are pleased to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 is an approved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard ISO/IEC 40500:2025. This standard enables more countries to formally adopt WCAG 2.2. Thank you to all involved in developing WCAG 2.2. Thank you to Norbert Bensalem, Lisa Rajche, and Phil Wennblom of JTC1 and Daniel Montalvo of W3C's accessibility team for shepherding it through to ISO/IEC 40500:2025. See links in the first comment. (press release card https://lnkd.in/gugUGknt)

W3C WAI invites you to comment on the updated Draft Note Accessibility Maturity Model https://lnkd.in/dvyXKa6A It is a complete draft ready for full review before it is published as a Group Note. The Accessibility Maturity Model provides a framework to assess an organization's policies and procedures to deliver accessible products and services. It can be used to measure current capabilities, identify gaps, and plan improvements. We welcome your comments on the following questions:  - Is it clear how you might use the model?  - Is it clear how levels are used to define organizational maturity?  - Are the dimensions broad enough to encompass all aspects of organizational maturity?  - Do you think the guidance works for different sizes and types of organizations?  - Are there any concepts or terms in the document that need better explanation? We also welcome copyedits and editorial suggestions to improve the quality of the writing. To comment, open a new issue in GitHub or send email. The email address and GitHub links are in the 'Status of This Document' section. Please send comments by 30 September 2025. Thanks in advance for your input! #DigitalAccessibility

W3C WAI invites you to comment on the updated W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft. This in-progress draft has more guidelines, requirements, and assertions ready for review. There are some sections that are not yet updated. For review questions and how to comment, see the section 'About this draft' in the WCAG 3 Working Draft https://lnkd.in/gNMZ9_g For background, timeline, and up-to-date information, see: WCAG 3 Introduction https://lnkd.in/d8mqtuFk #wcag3 #accessibility #a11y