Accessibility evaluation practices survey - questionnaire

See the article "Accessibility evaluation practices - survey results" which is associated with this survey.

Part A: About you

Q1. What industry do you work in
(e.g. education, government)?

Q2. What is your job title?

Q3. What is the primary nature of your role
(e.g. web development, user interface design, content editor)?

Q4. What percentage of your work time is devoted to web accessibility-related activities?

  • less than 25 percent
  • 25-50 percent
  • 51-75 percent
  • more than 75 percent

Part B: About your approach to web accessibility evaluation

Q5a. What is the primary focus of your accessibility evaluation?

  • Conformance to WCAG 1.0
  • Compliance with Section 508
  • Other (please use comments section below to explain)

Q5b. Comments about the primary focus of your accessibility evaluation

Q6. How often do you use tools to automate accessibility evaluation?

  • Rarely/never
  • Sometimes
  • Usually
  • Always

Q7. How often do you use manual inspection methods in accessibility evaluation?

  • Rarely/never
  • Sometimes
  • Usually
  • Always

Q8. How often do you include user testing in accessibility evaluation?

  • Rarely/never
  • Sometimes
  • Usually
  • Always

Part C: About your approach to user testing in accessibility evaluation

Answer these questions only if you include user testing in accessibility evaluation (i.e. have selected sometimes, usually or always in question 8 above).

Q9. What types of disabilities are usually represented by users in your accessibility evaluations (check all that apply)?
  • Blindness
  • Low vision and other visual impairments not including blindness
  • Hearing impairments
  • Motor/mobility impairments
  • Cognitive impairments
  • Seizure disorders

Q10. Do you usually use only competent users of adaptive/assistive technologies?

  • Yes
  • No

Q11. Do you usually use the same group of users for most of your accessibility evaluations?

  • Yes
  • No
Q12a. What form or approach does your user testing usually take?
  • Users work through pages or design elements that might be of concern
  • Users perform a set of tasks that are typical/critical for users of the system being tested
  • Other (please use comments section below to explain)

Q12b. Comments about the form/approach of your user testing

Part D: Other comments about your accessibility evaluations

If you have any further comments, please add them here.