Overview of the visual site map
This visual site map shows how you can move through the Guidelines for Accessibility and Inclusion in Standards Development website. There are four main ways to find information:
Explore the standards development process:
This option groups the guidelines into 5 core stages and 18 topics. Each stage represents an important part of the standards development process. Each topic highlights the practical actions that make the process more accessible and inclusive.
Browse by actions:
This option takes you to the Actions Library, where you can see all the actions in the guidelines. The filters on the left are based on the 5 core stages and 18 topics. You can choose a stage or topic to find the actions you are looking for. Each action page includes:
- Quick actions: Simple, practical things that organizations can do right away to make their existing processes more inclusive.
- Long-term actions: Strategies that organizations can work towards over time. These may need more planning, resources, or changes to existing processes.
- More Information: Links to existing in-depth resources that contain information on how to implement the quick and long term actions.
- Examples: Examples of how other standards development organizations (SDOs) around the world have implemented similar actions.
- Related actions: Other actions in the guidelines that are related to this action.
- Barriers these actions address: A list of the barriers that this action helps address. You can click on a barrier to learn more about it.
Browse by barriers:
This option takes you to the Barriers Library, where you can see all the barriers in the guidelines. These are some of the most common barriers experienced by D/disabled and D/deaf people in the standards development process. The filters on the left are based on the 5 core stages and 18 topics. You can choose a stage or topic and then select a specific barrier. Each barrier page explains why this barrier is a problem and links to relevant actions that can help address it.
Search:
This is a simple search to find action and barrier cards. For example, try searching for ‘meeting’ or ‘hybrid’ to find suggestions for improving your hybrid meetings.