Top People to Follow in Web Accessibility

This is a list, in alphabetical order, of people to follow that contribute greatly to web accessibility and web standards.

People

• Adrian Roselli @aardrian
• Alice Boxhall @sundress
• Alistair Duggin @dugboticus
• Anna E. Cook @annaecook
• Andrea Skeries @Artistic_Abode
• Andrew Arch @amja
• Ashley Bischoff @handcoding
• Becky Gibson @becka11y
• Billy Gregory @thebillygregory
• Carie Fisher @cariefisher
• Charles Hall @atCharlesHall
• Chris DeMars @saltnburnem
• Claudia Nascimento @claumartin
• Cory Klatik @coryj206
• Cordelia McGee-Tubb @cordeliadillon
• Crystal Preston-Watson @ScopicEngineer
• Cynthia Shelly @cyns
• Dave Rupert @davatron5000
• David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy
• David Sloan @sloandr
• Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew
• Debra Ruh @debraruh
• Denis Boudreau @dboudreau
• Dennis Gaebel @gryghostvisuals
• Dennis Lembrée @dennisl
• Derek Featherstone @feather
• Devon Persing @devonpersing
• Doug Schepers @shepazu
• Dylan Barrell @dylanbarrell
• Eliza Greenwood @E_lizaG
• Elle Waters @Nethermind
• Eric Bailey @ericwbailey
• Eric Eggert @yatil
• Estelle Weyl @estellevw
• Gareth Ford Williams @GarethFW
• Glenda Sims @goodwitch
• Graham Armfield @coolfields
• Helena McCabe @misshelenasue
• Henny Swan @iheni
• Heydon Pickering @heydonworks
• Ire Aderinokun @ireaderinokun
• Jamie Knight @JamieKnight
• Jared Smith @jared_w_smith
• Jason Kiss @jkiss
• Jeffrey Zeldman @zeldman
• Jen Simmons @jensimmons
• Jennifer Sutton @jsutt
• Jennison Asuncion @Jennison
• JoAnna Hunt @johunt0311
• Joe Dolson @joedolson
• Joe Watkins @_josephwatkins
• John Foliot @johnfoliot
• Jonathan Hassell @jonhassell
• Jonny James @heresjonnyjames
• Joseph Karr O'Connor @AccessibleJoe
• Jules Ernst @JulezRulez
• Julianna Rowsell @JuliannaRowsell
• Karl Groves @karlgroves
• Kathy Wahlbin @wahlbin
• Lainey Feingold @LFLegal
• Laura Carlson @laura_carlson
• Laura Kalbag @laurakalbag
• Léonie Watson @LeonieWatson
• Lucy Greco @accessaces
• Luke McGrath @lukejmcgrath
• Manuel Matuzović @mmatuzo
• Marco Zehe @MarcoInEnglish
• Marcy Sutton @marcysutton
• Melanie Sumner @melaniersumner
• Michael Spellacy @spellacy
• Michiel Bijl @MichielBijl
• Mike Gifford @mgifford
• Mike Paciello @mpaciello
• Monika Piotrowicz @monsika
• Nat Tarnoff @nattarnoff
• Neil Milliken @NeilMilliken
• Nicolas Steenhout @vavroom
• Patrick Fox @patrickfox
• Patrick H. Lauke @patrick_h_lauke
• Paul Adam @pauljadam
• Rachel Carden @bamadesigner
• Rian Rietveld @RianRietveld
• Rob Dodson @rob_dodson
• Russ Weakley @russmaxdesign
• Sarah Horton @gradualclearing
• Sarah Pulis @sarahtp
• Scott O'Hara @scottohara
• Scott Vinkle @svinkle
• Sharron Rush @sharrush
• Shawn Lauriat @slauriat
• Shawn Lawton Henry @shawn_slh
• Sina Bahram @SinaBahram
• Sommer Panage @Sommer
• Stefan Judis @stefanjudis
• Steph Slattery @sublimemarch
• Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner
• Suz Hinton @noopkat
• Svetlana Kouznetsova @svknyc
• Ted Drake @ted_drake
• Tiffany Brown @webinista
• Todd Libby @toddlibby
• Victor Tsaran @vick08

Companies & Organizations

• 3play Media @3playmedia
• A11Y Project @A11YProject
• Accessibility Developer Guide @A11yDevGuide
• AccessibilityOz @AcessibilityOz
• Accessible Techcomm @AccessTechcomm
• Acesso Para Todos @acessoparatodos
• Audima Brasil @audimabrasil
• Axess Lab @AxessLab
• Deque Systems @dequesystems
• Easy Chirp @EasyChirp
• Google Accessibility @googleaccess
• Hand Talk @handtalkbr
• IBMAccess @IBMAccess
• Inclusive Components @inclusicomps
• Intopia @IntopiaDigital
• Knowbility @knowbility
• Level Access @LevelAccessA11y
• Microsoft Access @MSFTEnable
• NV Access @NVAccess
• Open Inclusion @openforaccess
• Paciello Group @paciellogroup
• Simply Accessible @sateaches
• The W4A Conference @w4a_conference
• Twitter A11y @TwitterA11y
• UsableNet @Usablenet
• User1st @User1st
• WAI at W3C @w3c_wai
• Web Axe @webaxe
• WebAIM @webaim
• WPAccessibility Team @WPAccessibility

Meetups

• #a11yTO @a11yTO
• a11yBytes @a11ybytes
• A11y Berlin @a11yberlin
• A11YChi Meetup @A11YChi
• a11yEdinburgh @a11yEdinburgh
• a11yLondon @a11yLondon
• a11yMTL @a11yMTL
• a11yQC @a11yqc
• A11YRTP @A11yRtp
• A11ySEA @a11ysea
• AccessibilityBayArea @a11ybay
• Accessibility Club @a11yclub
• AccessibilityDC @AccessibilityDC
• AccessibilityNYC @a11yNYC
• Accessibility Ottawa @a11yYOW
• AnnArborA11y @annarbora11y
• Buffa11y @buffa11y
• HackerYou Web Accessibility Club @hya11y
• Open @openmcr
• role=drinks @roledrinks
• Portland Accessibility and User Experience @pdxa11yux
• WebA11y.jp［エーイレブンワイ］@weba11y

Additional Resources

Books

• A Web for Everyone by Sarah Horton & Whitney Quesenbery
• Accessibility for Everyone by Laura Kalbag
• Adaptive Web Design by Aaron Gustafson
• Color Accessibility Workflows by Geri Coady
• Designing for Real Life by Sara Wachter-Boettcher and Eric Meyer
• Inclusive Design Patterns by Heydon Pickering

Newsletters

• Accessibility Weekly
• t12t Accessibility Newsletter
• Web Design Update

Courses

• Accessibility courses

Podcasts

• A11y Rules Soundbites

Contributions

If you believe someone should be added to this list please submit a PR we'd love to add them. If you aren't hooked up with Git you can email info/at/joe-watkins.io.