Dataviz Accessibility Resources
A non-exhaustive and in-progress list of people and resources in Accessibility and Data Visualization
People and Articles in Dataviz & Accessibility (Web)
Doug Schepers Doug Schepers Twitter
Invisible Visualization – Reinventing Fire (2014)
Why Accessibility Is at the Heart of Data Visualization (2020)
DIAGRAM Report: Data Visualization 2019
A11yNYC June 13 2019 - Data Visualization with Doug Schepers
Fizz Studio – Accessible Data Visualizations [Company/Product]
Data Visualization Society [Home page] (org) DataVizSociety Twitter run by @AmyCesal and @abmakulec and many others (to be listed)
- Accessibility – Nightingale – Medium
Frank Elavsky (he/him) Frank Elavsky Twitter
- Data Visualization and Accessibility on the Web
- Data Visualization and Accessibility on the Web - slides
Amy Cesal (she/her) Amy Cesal Twitter
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization | by Amy Cesal | Nightingale | Jul, 2020
5 easy ways to make your data visualization more accessible
Amanda Makulec MPH Amanda Makulec Twitter
Ten Considerations Before You Create Another Chart About COVID-19 | by Amanda Makulec | Nightingale
Where Is the Rush to Visualize the Public Health Crisis of Racism?
Melanie Mazanec Melanie Mazanec Twitter
- Data Visualization Accessibility: Where Are We Now, and What’s Next?
Sarah L. Fossheim (they/them) Sarah L. Fossheim Twitter
An intro to designing accessible data visualizations
An introduction to accessible data visualizations with D3.js
Lindsey (she/her) Lindsey Twitter
Accessibility in d3 Donut Charts
Accessibility in d3 Bar Charts
Glenna R. Shaw Glenna R. Shaw Twitter
- Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office [LinkedIn Learning]
Stephanie Evergreen Stephanie Evergreen Twitter
508 Compliance & Data Visualization
508 Compliance Tools
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Twitter
- Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals [Book]
Digital Government (USA)
- Data visualizations | Visual design
Luc Guillemot Luc Guillemot Twitter
- How Does This Data Sound?. Make your data accessible, sound up. | by Luc Guillemot
Government Digital Service (UK) Government Digital Service (UK) Twitter
- Images - Content design: planning, writing and managing content - Guidance - GOV.UK
Sarah Higley Sarah Higley Twitter
- Accessibility and Data Visualization — Data Visualization Society [ Communal Notes - Fireside Chat Accessible Data Viz ]
Ed Summers Ed Summers Twitter
- How we created a culture of accessibility at SAS
Amelia Bellamy (she/her) Amelia Bellamy Twitter
- Using SVG with CSS3 and HTML5 [Book] (Chapter 17. "Beyond the Visible")
Peter Holmes Peter Holmes Twitter
- Making data visualization accessible — a case study | by Peter Holmes
Dr. John Gardner Dr. John Gardner Twitter
- Video: “Improving Science Accessibility for the Blind” - August 13, 2014
Alison Bert Alison Bert Twitter
- Making charts accessible for people with visual impairments
Øystein Moseng Øystein Moseng Twitter & Ted Gies Ted Gies Twitter
CSUN 2020 Accessible Visualizations: Maps, Annotations, and Spark lines [SlideShare]
Highsoft & Elsevier talk about Chart Accessibility at CSUN 2019 [YouTube]
Ryan Bales Ryan Bales Twitter (not accessibility, but good chart design tips)
Designing Charts — Principles Every Designer Should Know | by Ryan Bales
Designing Charts: principles every designer should know (part 2) - Ryan Bales
Lisa Charlotte Rost Lisa Charlotte Rost Twitter
- What to Consider When Choosing Colors for Data Visualization
Javascript Dataviz Frameworks with Accessibility
Highcharts
- Highcharts Accessibility Demos
Amcharts
- Accessibility in amCharts 4
Chart.js
- Accessibility in Chart.js
People and Articles in Dataviz & Accessibility (Academia)
Reaching Broader Audiences With Data Visualization
Reaching Broader Audiences With Data Visualization [PDF]
Ref: B. Lee, E. K. Choe, P. Isenberg, K. Marriott and J. Stasko, "Reaching Broader Audiences With Data Visualization," in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 82-90, 1 March-April 2020, doi: 10.1109/MCG.2020.2968244.
Sociotechnical Considerations for Accessible Visualization Design [PDF]
Ref: Lundgard, A., Lee, C., & Satyanarayan, A. (2019, October). Sociotechnical Considerations for Accessible Visualization Design. In 2019 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS) (pp. 16-20). IEEE.
Designing communicative visualization for people with intellectual developmental disabilities [PDF]
Designing communicative visualization for people with intellectual developmental disabilities [PDF Viewer]
Ref: Wu, K., Tanis, S., & Szafir, D. (2019). Designing communicative visualization for people with intellectual developmental disabilities.
Visualizing for the Non‐Visual: Enabling the Visually Impaired to Use Visualization [PDF]
Ref: Choi, J., Jung, S., Park, D. G., Choo, J., & Elmqvist, N. (2019, June). Visualizing for the Non‐Visual: Enabling the Visually Impaired to Use Visualization. In Computer Graphics Forum (Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 249-260).
Producing accessible statistics diagrams in R [PDF]
Ref: Fitzpatrick, D., Godfrey, A. J. R., & Sorge, V. (2017, April). Producing accessible statistics diagrams in R. In Proceedings of the 14th Web for All Conference on the Future of Accessible Work (pp. 1-4).
Statistical Software from a Blind Person's Perspective [PDF]
Ref: Godfrey, A. J. R. (2013). Statistical software from a blind person’s perspective. The R Journal, 5(1), 73-79.### Graph literacy: a cross-cultural comparison
Graph literacy: a cross-cultural comparison [PDF]
Ref: Galesic, M., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2011). Graph literacy: A cross-cultural comparison. Medical Decision Making, 31(3), 444-457.### Design features of graphs in health risk communications: a systematic review
Design features of graphs in health risk communications: a systematic review [PDF]
Ref: Ancker, J. S., Senathirajah, Y., Kukafka, R., & Starren, J. B. (2006). Design features of graphs in health risk communication: A systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 13(6), 608-618.
Access All Areas [PDF]
Ref: THOMPSON, D. (2005). Access all areas. NATURE, 435, 2.### Visualisation tools for blind people using multiple modalities
Visualisation tools for blind people using multiple modalities [PDF]
Ref: Brewster, S. (2002). Visualization tools for blind people using multiple modalities. Disability and rehabilitation, 24(11-12), 613-621.