Hi,
For automated tests, I personally use Google Lighthouse accessibility tab and this chrome extension, it's very powerful and it guides you through manual tests as well. They are both (like most of the tools) powered by the axe-core
Referring to your second point, You can get into disabled people's shoes using this tool simulating eyes diseases. You can also learn how to use a screen-reader and try to use your app with it. Also, try to navigate using the keyboard and check is it possible to complete all the tasks or not.
I hope it helps you. I'll probably write a post about useful tools in a11y field.
I'd also recommend the a11y tab in Firefox. I've found it tests more things than Lighthouse, and does it without any page reloads (it even applies live changes you make in the DOM inspector so you can test out changes before committing them to your code editor). It also has a simulator for some types of colour blindness. The latest version of Chrome has finally added that feature too, which is helpful.
Beyond that, I'd also suggest testing keyboard access across your website, then test with a screenreader. Test these two situations separately, as screenreaders often add event handling to websites that convert some keyboard events into their mouse event equivalents. I found this out by accident when I was adding some click handlers to elements and testing with an SR. It was only be change I'd disabled the SR and noticed that the event handlers were no longer working with the keyboard.
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Hi,
For automated tests, I personally use Google Lighthouse accessibility tab and this chrome extension, it's very powerful and it guides you through manual tests as well. They are both (like most of the tools) powered by the axe-core
Referring to your second point, You can get into disabled people's shoes using this tool simulating eyes diseases. You can also learn how to use a screen-reader and try to use your app with it. Also, try to navigate using the keyboard and check is it possible to complete all the tasks or not.
I hope it helps you. I'll probably write a post about useful tools in a11y field.
I'd also recommend the a11y tab in Firefox. I've found it tests more things than Lighthouse, and does it without any page reloads (it even applies live changes you make in the DOM inspector so you can test out changes before committing them to your code editor). It also has a simulator for some types of colour blindness. The latest version of Chrome has finally added that feature too, which is helpful.
Beyond that, I'd also suggest testing keyboard access across your website, then test with a screenreader. Test these two situations separately, as screenreaders often add event handling to websites that convert some keyboard events into their mouse event equivalents. I found this out by accident when I was adding some click handlers to elements and testing with an SR. It was only be change I'd disabled the SR and noticed that the event handlers were no longer working with the keyboard.