Before you dive into this month’s training resources, it’s helpful to know most people just need to know what ARIA is – not how it works. Our featured ARIA resource will cover what everyone should know about ARIA. Developers and people who edit HTML will want to get more familiar with ARIA by learning when and how to use it.
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Featured ARIA resources
What you need to know about ARIA and how to avoid common mistakes
This article covers ARIA basics everyone working with websites should know. Then, we get a little more advanced with an introduction to ARIA for people editing HTML. We end with some ARIA examples for developers.
How to review your website’s ARIA
Learn how to use WebAIM’s WAVE plugin to review ARIA instances on your web pages.
More ARIA articles
Introduction to ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications
A comprehensive overview of ARIA.
How to make a tree view widget accessible with ARIA
An explanation of the tree view pattern, the keyboard functionality it should have, and what ARIA elements to use.
Broken ARIA reference – example
Real world example of a broken ARIA reference error.
Broken ARIA menu – example
Real world example of a broken ARIA menu error.
ARIA Authoring Practices Guide
W3C’s ARIA authoring practices guide.
More ARIA videos
Introduction to ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications (YouTube)
Review what ARIA is, the number one rule of ARIA, and examples of how incorrect ARIA impacts assistive technology users.
Use WAVE to review your page’s ARIA (YouTube)
How to use WAVE to review ARIA and what some ARIA results mean.
ARIA result documentation
These are the WAVE results associated with ARIA. WAVE is a free tool you can use to check a page for accessibility issues.
Broken ARIA menu
What an ARIA menu is and how to fix a broken ARIA menu.
Broken ARIA reference
What an ARIA reference is and how to fix a broken ARIA reference.
ARIA
What to do when there is an ARIA role, state, or property present.
ARIA alert or live region
What a live region is, why it matters, and how to review it.
ARIA button
What an ARIA button is, why it matters, and how to review it.
ARIA description
What ARIA description is, why it matters, and what it should be doing.
ARIA expanded
What ARIA expanded is, why it matters, and how to use it.
ARIA hidden
What ARIA hidden is, why it matters, and how to review it.
ARIA label
WWhat an ARIA label is, why it matters, and how to use it.
ARIA menu
What an ARIA menu is, why it matters, and when to use them.
ARIA popup
What an ARIA pop up is, why it matters, and how to review it.
ARIA tabindex
What ARIA tabindex is, why it matters, and how to review it.
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