AU
Australia
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
DDA + Digital Service Standard. WCAG 2.2 AA is the reference. Human Rights Commission handles complaints.
Six guides
Pick the format you need to make accessible
Each guide covers the standards, the most-failed criteria, how to test, and how the law applies in your jurisdiction — written for people who ship, not people who write policy.
Web Accessibility Guide
WCAG 2.2 explained. The four POUR principles, the 15 most-failed criteria, how to test with keyboard and screen readers, and how the law maps per country.
Read the guidePDF Accessibility Guide
Tagged PDFs, reading order, PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1) and Matterhorn Protocol. From scanned image to conformant document, with workflows for Acrobat, Word, InDesign and LibreOffice.
Read the guideDocument Accessibility Guide
Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Styles, alt text, table headers, reading order, meaningful links — and how to export to tagged PDF without losing a single structural element.
Read the guide
Reference & methodology
Checklists, standards and audit process
The full WCAG 2.2 checklist, the PDF/UA Matterhorn Protocol mapping, and a step-by-step audit methodology you can follow with or without WCAGHub.
WCAG 2.2 Checklist
All 55 Level A + AA success criteria with plain-English summaries, quick test tips, and WCAGHub coverage status.
PDF/UA & Matterhorn Protocol
ISO 14289-1 requirements, all 31 Matterhorn checkpoints, and how WCAGHub maps 161 checks to each one.
Accessibility Audit Guide
8-step hybrid methodology: automated scans across all three surfaces plus four manual passes that catch the other 60%.
Why it matters
Accessibility is a market, a risk and a right
Roughly one in six people live with a significant disability. When your site, your PDF or your Word report is inaccessible, you lock them out — and in most of the world, that is now unlawful.
1.3 B
people live with a significant disability worldwideWorld Health Organization, 2023
$13 T
annual disposable income of disabled people and their familiesReturn on Disability, 2024
96.3%
of the world's top 1 million home pages had detectable WCAG failuresWebAIM Million, 2025
6
major jurisdictions where digital accessibility is legally enforceableAU · US · EU · UK · CA · Global
Legal frameworks
One platform, six jurisdictions
Every guide maps the same technical standard (WCAG 2.2, PDF/UA) to the law that actually applies where you publish. Pick your country to see what you must comply with.
US
United States
ADA · Section 508 · 21st CVAA
DOJ ADA Title II/III, Section 508 Refresh uses WCAG 2.0 AA. Title II rule extends WCAG 2.1 AA to state and local governments.
EU
European Union
European Accessibility Act 2025
EAA + EN 301 549 + Web Accessibility Directive. PDF/UA-1 is mandatory for public-sector PDFs. Enforced from June 2025.
UK
United Kingdom
Equality Act 2010
Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regs 2018 require WCAG 2.2 AA. Failure to make reasonable adjustments is unlawful.
CA
Canada
ACA · AODA · LAPHO
Accessible Canada Act federally, AODA in Ontario, LAPHO in Quebec. WCAG 2.0 AA baseline, moving to 2.1 AA.
WW
Global baseline
WCAG 2.2 · PDF/UA-1 · ISO 14289
W3C and ISO standards that underpin every national law. If you conform to these, you clear most jurisdictional requirements at once.
How to use these guides
Read, scan, fix — in that order
The guides explain the rules. The checkers tell you which rules your file breaks. The fix guidance tells you exactly how to correct each issue in the tool you already use.