Companies’ Accessibility Twitter Accounts and More
Here are some large companies’ accessibility Twitter accounts, and other important related links. Follow for great information. Most of the descriptions are taken from the Twitter bio.
@PayPalinclusive – An official feed from the PayPal Accessibility Team and related initiatives. For account-related issues, contact @AskPayPal. San Jose, California.No longer active.- @msftEnable by Microsoft. Great info and resources at Microsoft accessibility.
- @IBMaccess – Official IBM Accessibility Twitter account. Managed by @timjpowers & @Mac690 and follows the IBM Social Computing Guidelines. San Jose, CA · ibm.com/able
- @GoogleAccess – The official Twitter account for Google’s accessibility team. California, USA · google.com/accessibility/
- @FBaccess – The official Twitter account for the Facebook accessibility team. Please report specific accessibility issues at the Facebook accessibility help center.
- @AdobeAccess - The official Adobe Accessibility account. adobe.com/accessibility
@NokiaAccess – Making mobile devices accessible for all. Dallas, Texas · nokiaaccessibility.com- @w3c_wai – not really a “company” but the owner of WCAG. Nuff said.
- @STCaccess – [Society for Technical Communication] Tweets from the SIG (Karen and Cyn) about accessibility issues for technical communicators, spiced with dashes of usability and other goodies. stc-access.org
- @BBCOuch – blog and radio talk show on the BBC with a focus on disabled people and diverse stories. London · bbc.co.uk/ouch/
- @BarclaysAccess – Barclays Bank UK. Barclays accessibility
- @YahooAccess – closed, very sad. Hopefully will come back one day. Also, the Yahoo accessibility blog appears to be no longer maintained.
And of course, follow me on Twitter at @WebAxe and also on my Web Axe Facebook page.
More
- Accessibility Information Pages Show Commitment to all Site Users by @LFLegal (list of companies’ accessibility info pages).
- HP Accessibility & Aging page.
- BBC My Web My Way – accessibility how-to for users.
- Added: Oracle’s Accessibility Program.
- Added: Fujitsu universal design.
- Accessibility Statement generator by W3C WAI.
Updated November 2018.
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