Accessibility
Is your scientific communication inclusive and widely accessible? Use these resources to learn more about best practices.
From the Web
Who Does Scientific Communication Not Reach
Philipp Schrögel, Christian Humm, Jonas Adler, and Markus Färber, 2020
From 2017 to 2020, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Department of Science Communication, together with Wissenschaft im Dialog and funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, implemented the project "Science for All" to systematically investigate which population groups have so far not or hardly been reached by science communication, why they are not reached and how this can be changed.
WebAIM is a non-profit organization that provides web accessibility resources, products and services. Their informative website discusses the principles of accessible design and best practices for ensuring web accessibility, including alternative text (Alt-text). The site also administers the free, online WAVE suite of evaluation tools to make web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities.
PowerPoint Accessibility Checker
Microsoft Office Support
This site gives you step-by-step instructions (for both Windows and macOS) and best practices for making your PowerPoint presentations accessible and unlock your content to everyone, including people with disabilities.