External Accessibility Guides

Numerous Accessibility Guides exist and have been referenced. Our Guide was created by observing and studying best practices used from these resources, among others.

• American Anthropological Association | Virtual Presentation Accessibility Guidelines (Links to an external site.)
• American Meetings, Inc. | 4-Part Checklist to Foster Diversity and Inclusion at Your Next Event (Links to an external site.)
• Columbia Business School | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Event Planning Checklist (Links to an external site.)
• Emory University | Accessibility Guidelines for Planning Events (Links to an external site.)
• Kansas University | Best Practices Guidelines for Planning an Accessible Event (Links to an external site.)
• New York University | Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Principles and Values in Your Event Planning (Links to an external site.)
• Oregon State University | Accessible Event Planning Guidelines (Links to an external site.)
• Rutgers University | Creative Accessible and Inclusive Meetings or Events (Links to an external site.)
• Rutgers University | Guidelines for Hosting Accessible Events, Programs, or Activities (Links to an external site.)
• Syracuse University | Event Guide (Links to an external site.)
• University of Arizona | A Guide to Planning Accessible and Inclusive Events (Links to an external site.)
• University of California- Berkeley | Planning Accessible Events (Links to an external site.)
• University of Michigan | Accessible and Inclusive Events Resource Guide (Links to an external site.)
• University of Wisconsin- Madison | Make it Accessible (Links to an external site.)
• York University | Inclusion Lens: Event Management Tool (Links to an external site.)

Resources

• The Business Case for Digital Accessibility | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C(Links to an external site.) 
• https://www.cvent.com/en/blog/events/virtual-events(Links to an external site.)
• https://www.idsa.org/DEItoolkit(Links to an external site.)
• https://rarediseases.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Transitioning-to-Virtual-Events-Considerations-from-NORD-Slide-Deck.pdf(Links to an external site.)
• http://www.theinclusionsolution.me/lets-get-practical-a-checklist-for-inclusive-meetings-and-events-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy/(Links to an external site.)
• https://whova.com/blog/virtual-event-planning-checklist/(Links to an external site.)