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Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
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For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft – March 2026
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-03-03/wcag3/
Published: March 3, 2026 00:00
W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft is updated. The starting place for background, timeline, and up-to-date information is the WCAG 3 Introduction. For a list of changes in the March 2026 draft, see Status: In-progress drafts.
ACT Rules Format 1.1 is a Web Standard (W3C Recommendation)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-02-05/act-rules-11/
Published: February 5, 2026 00:00
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 is now a web standard (W3C Recommendation). ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. The test rules can be used for developing automated testing tools and manual…
For Review: Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules — First Draft Notes
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-02-05/coga/
Published: February 5, 2026 00:00
Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules are available as first Draft Notes. The documents cover research on accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities for Voice Systems and Conversational Interface, Technology Assisted Indoor…
For Review: W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0 — First Draft Note
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-02-05/wcag-em-2/
Published: February 5, 2026 00:00
W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0 is available as a first Draft Note. WCAG-EM describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)…
WCAG 2.2 Approved as an ISO Standard
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-10-21/wcag22-iso/
Published: October 21, 2025 00:00
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 is now an approved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard: ISO/IEC 40500:2025. It is available free from ISO/IEC 40500:2025 - Information technology — W3C Web Content Accessibility…
For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft - September 2025
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-09-04/wcag3/
Published: September 4, 2025 00:00
W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft is updated. For review questions and how to comment, please see the WCAG 3 section ‘About this draft’. The starting place for background, timeline, and up-to-date information is the WCAG 3 Introduction.
For Wide Review: Accessibility Maturity Model — Updated Draft Note
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-09-01/maturity-model/
Published: September 1, 2025 00:00
Accessibility Maturity Model Updated Draft Note is ready for review. 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…
WCAG2ICT — W3C Group Note updated to coordinate with EN 301 549
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-08-21/wcag2ict/
Published: August 21, 2025 00:00
Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) has been updated in coordination with the work to update EN 301 549. EN 301 549 is the European standard ‘Accessibility requirements for ICT products and…
Call for implementations: Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 — Candidate Recommendation
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-08-19/act-rules-format-1.1-CR/
Published: August 19, 2025 00:00
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 is now a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. That means we’re seeking example implementations. ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules that can be used for developing…
Advancing Digital Accessibility with W3C WAI — keynote recording available
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-07-24/advancing-digital-accessibility-accessu-recording/
Published: July 24, 2025 00:00
Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)) and Kevin White (Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist) led an interactive session at the AccessU 2025 training conference. Learn about WAI resources to help promote that…