Back in November last year, I wrote a blog post listing 20 books on digital accessibility published between 2012 and 2023.
At the time, I commented, “Books?! Are you kidding? Who reads books any more, right?”
That was, of course, tongue in cheek. Personally, I’m a book lover and always will be.
As if to bear out my faith in that position, there has been a bit of an explosion in the publishing of digital accessibility books in the last few years.
So, here are 19 more books on digital accessibility, published between 2019 and 2024.
The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I’ve shifted two late additions to my previous post, both published in 2024, over to this list – I figure they really belong here.
Once again, I’ve listed the formats in which these books are available, but I haven’t included the price as that can vary from format to format. Some have free downloads or are free to read online. Some publishers also include titles in thematic bundles that can also affect the purchase price.
The descriptions come from the publisher or author. These are not reviews, so I’ve used their words.
WCAG for Designers: Accessibility Reference Manual, Stacey Swinehart Ganderson
(available 16 September 2024)
This accessibility reference manual is geared toward designers working on digital products, covers key concepts about disability, explains why accessibility is important, introduces the core accessibility requirements designers should know, and deconstructs the top WCAG 2.0 AA (and higher) guidelines that designers should understand, where to find them in WCAG, and how to use them as you design.
Paperback, ebook
What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility, by Sarah Horton & David Sloan
2024
Accessibility is a core quality of digital products to be deliberately addressed throughout the development lifecycle. This book will prepare readers to integrate digital accessibility into their engineering practices. Readers will learn how to accurately frame accessibility as an engineering challenge so they are able to address the correct problems in the correct way.
Paperback, hardcover
Web Accessibility Cookbook, Manuel Matuzović
2024
Frontend developers have to consider many things: browser compatibility, usability, performance, scalability, SEO, and other best practices. But the most fundamental aspect of creating websites is one that often falls short: accessibility. The Web Accessibility Cookbook provides you with dozens of recipes to help you avoid these failures.
Paperback, ebook
Appt Accessibility Handbook, Jan Jaap de Groot & Paul van Workum
2024
The Appt Foundation is working towards a world where everyone can use apps equally. To make this vision a reality, we have written a handbook. It helps you learn the basics of app accessibility in a straightforward way. The second edition of the handbook has been improved, and we have added guidance for the new Success Criteria introduced in WCAG 2.2.
Paperback, ebook
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement, Ashley Shew
2024
In a warm, feisty voice and vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community. To forge a more equitable world, Shew argues that we must eliminate “technoableism” — the harmful belief that technology is a “solution” for disability.
Paperback, hardcover
Dark and Silent Office: A Digital Accessibility Guidebook for Inclusive Communication in the Workplace, Stephanie Warlick
2024
Change is never easy, but in this case, it’s crucial. Whether you are an employee, manager, HR/DEI leader, or company owner, this guide provides practical and achievable steps to ensure everybody can fulfill their role to the best of their abilities while feeling respected.
Paperback, ebook
Designing Learning Experiences for Inclusivity and Diversity: Advice for Learning Designers, Keith Heggart et al
2024
The development and implementation of inclusive and diverse learning experiences is a vital consideration for educators in higher education. Increasingly, learning designers play a significant role in this process. This textbook offers postgraduate students a comprehensive guide to designing learning experiences that are accessible, equitable, and inclusive.
Ebook
Universal Design for Learning: Principles, Framework, and Practice, ed. David Gordon
2024
A practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments.
Paperback, ebook
Digital accessibility for all!: A non-fiction book for successful inclusion, Peggy Reuter-Heinrich
2023
The book shows detailed ideas for implementing and improving your own digital solutions – combined with food for thought after each chapter. Written in simple language, this non-fiction book inspires you to think differently and thus motivates you to take direct action.
Paperback, ebook
Guide to Digital Accessibility: Policies, Practices, and Professional Development, ed Rae Mancilla & Barbara A. Frey
2023
Addressed to higher education administrators, instructional designers, faculty developers, and faculty, this edited volume showcases the experiences and practices of Quality Matters institutions around the core tenets of digital accessibility, offering examples of policy, processes, practices, tools, and professional development.
Paperback, hardcover, ebook
The Glossary of Accessibility Design, Vimal Gupta & Manasi Pathak
2023
A guide to navigating the crucial field of accessibility design with precision and clarity. This comprehensive dictionary comprises over 700 meticulously defined terms, offering a vital resource for designers, developers, policymakers, and anyone dedicated to creating inclusive digital experiences.
Paperback, ebook
Beyond Accessibility Compliance: Building the Next Generation of Inclusive Products, Sukriti Chadha
2023
Take a deep look at accessibility as it applies to mobile and wearables. This book covers topics within the accessibility domain that are rarely covered or understood, despite the fact that nearly half of the world’s population uses smartphones.
Ebook
The Web Accessibility Project: Development and Testing Best Practices, Narayanan Palani
2022
By applying the accessibility best practices covered in this book, developers can help their organizations rise to a whole new level of accessibility adherence, innovation, and inclusive design. They will also see greater work satisfaction in their professional lives and a way to help improve digital accessibility for end users.
Paperback, hardcover, ebook
Thinking about Digital Accessibility: From Ally to Advocate, H. Robert King
2021
In this book, we explore what digital accessibility is, how it is integrated with common functional roles, such as content writer, user experience designer, or engineer, and how it grows as the knowledge and skill of an individual develops, answering the question “how do I get there from here”.
Ebook
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, Kat Holme
2020
Describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion. Inclusive design methods—designing objects with rather than for excluded users—can create elegant solutions that work well and benefit all.
Paperback, hardcover, ebook
Agile Accessibility Handbook: A Practical Guide to Accessible Software Development at Scale, Dylan Barrell
2020
Using the information provided within this handbook, accessibility subject matter experts, development team members, and executives in charge of setting priorities can together learn how to build successful accessibility experiences for everyone.
Hardcover, ebook
Building For Everyone: Expand Your Market With Design Practices From Google’s Product Inclusion Team, Annie Jean-Baptiste
2020
How can business leaders adapt to our ever-more-diverse world by capturing market share AND building more inclusive products for people of color, women and other underrepresented groups? The Product Inclusion Team at Google has developed strategies to do just that.
Hardcover, ebook
Strategic IT Accessibility: Enabling the Organization: 2nd Edition, Jeff Kline
2020
Clearly articulates how to: • build and maintain holistic organization-wide IT accessibility programs that integrates IT accessibility into the fabric of your organization’s business, operations, and culture; • make your organization’s IT offerings and internal IT environments accessible and inclusive to all audiences
Paperback, ebook
Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success, Martine Dowden & Michael Dowden
2019
Understand the realities of modern web accessibility and what considerations should be made to include everyone. This book makes the topic of web accessibility as approachable as possible to help every web professional become an accessibility advocate at their companies, on their projects, and in their communities.
Paperback, ebook
So, that’s it for this list. I have little doubt I’ll be posting more in the future – this time next year, if not sooner.
As always, please suggest any additions in the comments.
You should also be aware there’s a very good Accessibility Book Club based on LinkedIn, where some of these books and others get reviewed and discussed. See you there!
Origially published: https://www.tpgi.com/more-digital-accessibility-books/.