This Accessibility Advocate Checklist is a compass. A non-thorough and non-technical Accessibility checklist for the person taking the role of Accessibility Advocate in a development team. All steps in this checklist lead to knowledge discovery for the Advocate as well as for team members.
Identify
- Critical user journeys.
- Testing cases and QA scenarios for Accessibility
Verify
- All User Interface components have Keyboard Accessible Patterns.
- User journeys are doable using only the keyboard.
- Keyboard traps do not interrupt or prevent user journeys from being successful.
- User journeys vocalize properly using a Screen Reader with keyboard navigation.
- If the project is for government employees in a regulated environment.
- VPAT document preparedness if required.
- If we need the services of an Accessibility Test Center for this project.
Ensure
- Stakeholders are aware of the consequences of not complying with Accessibility requirements for this project.
- The team is aware of the WCAG 2.1 level of compliance for this project.
- Developers know where to find the Success Criteria and Techniques for WCAG 2.1.
- Team members have a link to a predefined Accessibility Resource Center according to their roles.
- There is a documented plan for gradually implementing Accessibility (a Roadmap).
