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Accessibility Activities and Publications, September 2026

Introduction

We hope you’ll find accessibility work on this page that you are interested in contributing to through W3C WAI. After each item is the acronym of the responsible Working Group (WG) and some Task Forces (TF). Information about the groups is later in this page — first, let’s look at some of the work itself.

Current Work Highlights

Updating Core Guidelines and Other Standards

  • W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3 is in an exploratory phase, and will change substantially. It’s years away from being finalized. Please see information on the latest draft and review questions in WCAG 3 Introduction [AG WG]

  • ARIA 1.3 — We’re working on additional support for Braille, accessible notifications, and other new features for ARIA 1.3. [ARIA WG]

  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) update is being explored in a W3C Community Group.

Developing New Standards

  • WAI-Adapt enables users to adapt (or ‘personalize’) how content is presented to meet their needs and preferences. WAI-Adapt Overview [APA WG, WAI-Adapt TF]

  • Spoken Presentation technical standards will enable screen readers and voice assistants to pronounce words correctly. Pronunciation Overview [APA WG, Spoken Presentation TF]

Documenting Additional Guidance for People with Cognitive Disabilities and Mobile Accessibility

  • Cognitive Accessibility — We’re updating several documents to better address the needs of people with cognitive and learning disabilities. Cognitive Accessibility at W3C. [AG WG, COGA TF]
  • Mobile Accessibility — We’re updating guidance on applying WCAG 2.2 to mobile apps. Mobile Accessibility at W3C [AG WG, Mobile TF]

Updating Guidance on Applying WCAG to ICT and on EPUB Accessibility

  • WCAG2ICT describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 can be applied to non-web information and communications technologies (ICT). We continue analyzing challenges and improving documentation supporting WCAG 2.2, and plan to work on Level AAA success criteria. WCAG2ICT Overview [AG WG, WCAG2ICT TF]

  • EPUB Fixed Layout Accessibility aims to help publishers address challenges for people with cognitive disabilities and low vision. EPUB Fixed Layout Accessibility Editor’s Draft [EPUB3 WG, FXL A11y TF]

Defining User Requirements (AUR) and Exploring Emerging Technologies

Documenting the user needs of people with disabilities helps develop standards to meet those needs. It also helps designers, developers, and others better understand and meet user needs in order to support accessibility. XR Accessibility User Requirements and more listed at Digital Accessibility User Requirements.

  • How People with Disabilities Use the Web helps you understand user needs broadly. We’ve updated this resource and published new videos to go along with it. We are making minor revisions to the user stories. How People with Disabilities Use the Web.

Testing Accessibility, Evaluation Tools

  • Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility helps you start to assess the accessibility of a web page. We are polishing up a new iteration of this popular resource. Easy Checks - previous version, draft new version of Easy Checks
  • ACT Rules (Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT), also known as “WCAG 2 Test Rules”) describe ways to test conformance to WCAG success criteria. They are primarily for developers of evaluation tools and test methodologies. We’re documenting more. About ACT Rules [AG WG, ACT TF]
  • ACT Rules implementation reports list how test tools or methodologies address test examples in ACT Rules. We invite evaluation tool developers to submit implementation reports. [AG WG, ACT TF]

Translating Resources

Existing translations of W3C accessibility resources are listed in All WAI Translations. We are currently working with volunteer translators to translate more resources and update existing translations, including translations of WCAG and of educational resources. See WCAG 2 Translations and Translating WAI resources.

Upcoming Publications

We plan to publish the following documents in September, October, or November 2026.

Recent publications and other announcements are listed on the News page.

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Wait, Wait, There’s More

This page only lists about half of the active work on accessibility at W3C. Much of the work happens in the accessibility groups that are introduced in the W3C Working Groups page.

To learn more about what the Working Groups are working on right now, see:

Surprise! We already have a resource for that

Did you know the WAI website has: videos, tips, tutorials, tools (for generating reports and accessibility statements), translations (over 35 languages), training (a free online course), and so much more. There are resources for content authors, designers, developers, evaluators, testers, managers, policy makers, trainers, educators, web users, advocates, and people with disabilities.

Discover accessibility resources that you didn’t even know existed from the annotated list of WAI Resources. When you find helpful information, would you share it with others.

How to Get Involved

We are particularly seeking volunteer contributors for:

To learn about contributing to W3C WAI accessibility work generally, see Participate in WAI.

We look forward to your contributions to making the digital technology more accessible to people with disabilities!

Who is We

“We” is:

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WAI

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.

You

You can use W3C WAI resources to make your websites, applications, and other digital creations more accessible and usable to everyone.

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