{"id":2785552,"date":"2025-05-13T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2785552"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:34:53","slug":"an-accessibility-checklist-for-your-stories","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/an-accessibility-checklist-for-your-stories","title":{"rendered":"An accessibility checklist for your stories"},"author":94522,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[28911,398132,706381],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2785552","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-accessibility","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-web-accessibility","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":94522,"user_firstname":"Lara","user_lastname":"Winegar","nickname":"Lara Winegar","user_nicename":"lwinegar","display_name":"Lara Winegar","user_email":"lwinegar@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-09-10 17:47:42","user_description":"Lara is a Sr. Content Specialist on Esri's StoryMaps editorial team, where she has been contributing since 2020. She enjoys crafting educational and accessible stories, as well as instructional content. Lara also creates how-to materials to support story authors in developing their own educational materials.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LW_WP_Profile_square-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Download a one-page PDF checklist to get started with creating accessible digital content in ArcGIS StoryMaps.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Disabilities or impairments affect around 20 percent of people at some point in their lives. These accessibility challenges can be temporary or permanent and affect how people interact with the world, including with digital technology.\u00a0 A few examples of impairments include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vision, such color vision deficiencies or difficulty in low-light environments<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cognitive challenges, such as focus difficulties or language-use barriers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Physical or motor impairments, such as a broken arm or paralysis\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hearing impairments, such as deafness or an ear infection<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For our digital storytelling community, accessibility challenges can impact how you communicate with your audience. Authors can make some choices when producing a story to ensure their content is accessible. Yet authors may experience some barriers with getting started with accessible storytelling. So, we\u2019re expanding our resources to help you reach your audience. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recognition of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility.day\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on May 15, 2025, the ArcGIS StoryMaps team is sharing some existing resources and introducing a new downloadable resource.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Current resources<\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our current resources include:<\/span><span 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href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/using-alternative-text-for-equitable-storytelling\">Using Alternative Text for Equitable Storytelling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A blog post about writing alternative text for complex maps and graphics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>New resource<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\">Our<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\"> newest resource<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\"> is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\">a downloadable and clickable <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\">PDF <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\">checklist you can keep with your story asset<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179178849 BCX0\">s and<\/span> <span 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