Learning how to incorporate accessibility into your product work will expand your skillset and make you better at your role.
Role-based training with the Alphabet Accessibility Academy Scholar Program
The Alphabet Accessibility Academy (go/aaa-info) Scholar Program offers role-specific advanced education. We encourage you to find the Scholar Program that best suits your role and responsibilities.
Additional resources
In addition to taking advantage of the Alphabet Accessibility Academy’s Scholar Program, check out this curated list of supplemental resources, organized by role.
Managers
Disability Fundamentals for Managers
Interactive 30-minute course on Grow to help managers increase awareness around accessibility and disability and provide support to employees
Accessible Staffing Practices
go/projectable is a slide deck provides guidance for more inclusive hiring and recruiting practices
Product Manager and Technical/Program Managers
Intro to a11y in development process
Austin Hertell takes us through best practices and guidance for product managers and program managers to build more accessible products
Software and QA Engineers
Web Accessibility
A free, external course on Udacity for front-end engineers to build with accessibility and empathy in mind
Starting Android Accessibility
A self-paced accessibility training course for engineers building for Android
Advanced Android Accessibility
Android accessibility guidance for advanced engineers, by Codelabs
iOS Accessibility Codelab
Accessibility guidance for engineers building for iOS
Advanced iOS accessibility
Guidelines to help ensure that internally-built and vendor built sites are more accessible
Teach access
A structured, self-paced external training for making accessible mobile and web apps
User Experience Designer
Teach access
A structured, self-paced external training for making accessible mobile and web apps
UX Foundations: Accessibility
LinkedIn Learning course by Derek Featherstone tha looks at what Accessibility is and how it impacts people with disabilities on the web
User Experience Researcher
Accessibility Research chapters of the UXR handbook
Best practices and considerations for qualitative and quantitative a11y research.
Resources for Accessibility Research
Compilation of a11y resources on understanding and conducting a11y research, aiming to promote greater awareness and utilization of resources
UX Pitfalls with Accessibility Considerations
Presentation from the MFI team, showcasing UX pitfalls from the perspective of assistive technology users & people with disabilities
User Experience Writer
Expanding Your Skills: Accessibility
Tech Writers Intergrouplet page features a collection of helpful resources for technical writers
Tech Writing for Accessibility
90-minute instructor-led workshop from the Google Developers site with student exercises and class discussion on accessible writing
Accessibility Labels
45-minute internal, self-paced training for writing more accessible labels
Screen reader says
This internal document is a rough guide of what each type of screen reader typically says aloud