Accessibility checklist

	Check List for Web Testing
	Type of Testing	Factors	Description	Status
	ACCESSIBLITY	NON TEXT ELEMENT	Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.
		FRAMES	If frames are used, provide meaningful, useful NOFRAMES content
		ACTIVE REGION	Provide redundant text links for each active region of an image map
		IMPORTANT INFORMATION	Provide an auditory description of the important information of the visual track of a multimedia presentation
		VISUAL TRACK	Synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g. captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation
		CONVEYED INFORMATION	Ensure that all information conveyed with colour is also available without colour.
		COLOR CONTRAST	Ensure that foreground and background colour combinations provide sufficient contrast (particularly for images)
		TEXT LINKS	Avoid the use of images of text wherever possible, and provide equivalent text links for links which consist of images
		MARK-UP ATTRIBUTES	Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language attribute values and style sheet property values, and ensure that information can still be accessed if the user changes the font size.
		HEADING ELEMENTS	Use heading elements to convey document structure and not for visual formatting
		DOCUMENTS TEXT	Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents
		DATA TABLES	For data tables, identify row and column headers.
		LAYOUT	Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense when linearized.
			If a table is used for layout, do not use any structural markup for the purpose of visual formatting
		CSS	1.Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets.
			2.Ensure that information can still be accessed if the user changes the text and background colours.
		DYNAMIC CONTENT	Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes.
		SCRIPTS AND OBJECTS	Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported - among other things, this means not relying on JavaScript.
		PDF FORMAT	When providing information in PDF format, provide the same information in an alternative, accessible format (e.g. HTML or text) or provide links to the tools provided on the Adobe website.
		SCREEN	Avoid causing the screen to flicker
		USER AGENTS	Until user agents allow users to control blinking and movement, avoid blinking or constantly moving content
		AUTOMATICALLY REFERESH OR REDIRECT	Do not automatically refresh, redirect or timeout pages without warning the user.
		IMAGE MAPS	Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps.
		LOGICAL TAB ORDER	Ensure that links and controls are keyboard navigable, and create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects.
		CURRENT WINDOW	Do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear, and do not change the current window, without informing the user
		FORM CONTROLS	Ensure that all form controls have labels and that these labels are properly positioned.
		NAME AND TITLE	If frames are used, give each frame a meaningful NAME and TITLE to facilitate frame identification and navigation.
		TARGET	Clearly identify the target of each link
		UNIQUE TITLE	Give each page a unique TITLE to aid users in orienting themselves within the site.
	ACCESSIBLITY SUGGESTIONS	MAIN LANGUAGE	Specify the main language used on a web page.
		VALID DOCTYPE	Include a valid doctype declaration at the start of the page code, and ensure that the HTML code is valid and correctly structured
		START OF PAGE	Provide a 'skip to main content' link at the start of each page.
		ASCII	Avoid the use of ASCII art.
		TEXT CONTENT	Ensure the text content is legible.
		SESSION TIMEOUT	Explain the session timeout feature to users.
		SITE CONTENT	Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for the site’s content
		JAVA SCRIPT	Hide JavaScript functionality that is not crucial to the site
		FORM ELEMENTS	Use LABEL to associate form elements with the accompanying text.
		GRAPHS AND CHARTS	Use patterns for graphs and charts in addition to colour
		LONG PAGES	Add a page menu and 'Back to top' links to long pages.
		LINKS	1.Make the links to and from the text version of a site specific to the pages from which they lead.
			2.Be consistent in how links are presented.
			3.Make links easy to find
		LIST ITEMS	Mark up list items correctly.
		INACCESSIBLE	Text-only versions can be useful, but should not be seen as a solution for an inaccessible site.
		SITEMAP	Provide a text based site map
		CSS	Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all visual formatting.
		HTML	Avoid the use of deprecated HTML.
		HELP	Provide an "Accessibility" or "Help" page in the site.
		SAME CONTENT	Make PDF documents as accessible as possible, and provide the same content in other accessible formats
		FORMATTING	Check that the text formatting does not result in illegibly small text.