Native Mobile App Accessibility Resources & Articles

Native Mobile App

Platform-specific

iOS (HIG)

• Documentation:
  • Accessibility - Foundations - Human Interface Guidelines
  • Introduction - Accessibility - Human Interface Guidelines
  • Inclusion - Foundations - Human Interface Guidelines
  • Inclusion - Technologies - Human Interface Guidelines
• Apple support articles:
  • Get started with accessibility features on iPhone - Apple Support
  • Use VoiceOver on your iPhone to listen to apps:
    • Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone - Apple Support
    • Learn VoiceOver gestures on iPhone - Apple Support
  • Apple Style Guide - Writing Inclusively
• WWDC A11y Video Archive
  • The practice of inclusive design - WWDC21 - Videos - Apple Developer
  • The process of inclusive design - WWDC21 - Videos - Apple Developer
  • Make your app visually accessible - WWDC20 - Videos - Apple Developer
  • Visual Design and Accessibility - WWDC19 - Videos - Apple Developer
  • Writing Great Accessibility Labels - WWDC19 - Videos - Apple Developer

Android (Material Design)

• Documentation:
  • Mobile Accessibility - Material Design
• Support articles:
  • Android Accessibility Help
  • Use TalkBack on your Android to listen to apps:
    • Turn TalkBack on or off - Android Accessibility Help
    • Use TalkBack gestures - Android Accessibility Help
• Deque Summary and Checklist: Android Native Mobile App Accessibility (pdf)

React Native a11y

• Appt.org: React Native a11y - code samples
  
  

Articles & talks

• Appt.org: A guide for making apps accessible
• Mobile Accessibility: How to Build Apps that Work for All Users (shopify)
• Mobile Accessibility 101 - TalkBack vs. VoiceOver Screen Readers
• Staying ahead of the curve on mobile accessibility - Ad Hoc
• Accessibility research mobile apps - Which accessibility settings do the Dutch really use on their phone?
• Talk: Mobile accessibility: testing mobile sites and native apps for accessibility / Gian Wild #id24 2020
  • Gian Wild - Mobile Accessibility: Testing native apps and mobile sites for accessibility - Speaker Deck
• Talk: Mobile Accessibility & Floating Action Buttons - May 2019
  
  

Books

• Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces (a lot of accessibility information in this book)
• A Best-in-Class iOS App book series
  
  

Courses

• Mobile App Accessibility Fundamentals - Deque University
• Accessibility Training Options (Mobile) - TPGi
  
  

Documentation / standards / resources

• Mobile Content Accessibility Guidelines (MCAG)
• Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile
• ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium Committee working docs on mobile testing methodology
  • Introduction – Mobile Testing Methodology (pdf)
  • Mobile Testing Methodology (pdf)
• Mobile Testing on AccessibilityOz
• WCAG 2.0 Principles Applied to Mobile (downloadable whitepaper)
• Magentaa11y: Native app accessibility checklist
  
  

General accessibility / inclusive design

Articles & talks

• Low literacy:
  • Designing Digital Products for Adults With Low Literacy
• Cognitive disabilities:
  • Inclusive Design and Cognitive Disability - CSUN Assistive Technology Conference March 2022 with Dennis Lembrée @DennisL (pdf)
  • Designing for People with Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else
  • How to improve Experience Design by Managing Cognitive Biases | by Marina Shapira, Ph.D | UX Collective
• General a11y resources:
  • Watch Video: SDNNYC Talk & Discussion: Accessibility 201 – Design Maturity Models with Soren Hamby
  • Watch Video: The Principles of Accessible UX Design with Soren Hamby
• a11y-101
• Accessibility for Teams - digital.gov
• Ad Hoc - Accessibility Champions Program
• VA Mobile app team > UX, A11y Research > A11y > Resources
• A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions
  
  

Books

• Demystifying Disability
• Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life): Holmes, Kat, Maeda, John: 9780262539487
• Giving a Damn About Accessibility: A Candid and Practical Handbook for Designers (free)
• AccessAbility Playbook: Delivering accessible client service (free)
  
  

Additional resources

• Designing accessible services
• Inclusive Design Principles
• The Ad Hoc Accessibility Beyond Compliance Playbook
  
  
  

Veteran-specific accessibility resources

• Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery | RAND
• The Disability of Veterans (Census.gov) (pdf)
• US veterans by disability status 2019 | Statista