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-This page explains how you can participate in WAI work, for example:
-* implement, promote, and review guidelines and other accessibility resources
-* share your input on drafts via GitHub or e-mail
-* occasionally participate in e-mail discussions
-* contribute significant time to participate in a Working Group or Task Force
+Find out how you can participate in the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and help to improve the accessibility of the web for people with disabilities — there are many ways you can contribute.
 
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-## Introduction
+## Subscribe to the WAI Interest Group
 
-The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) provides an international
-forum for collaboration between industry, disability organizations,
-accessibility researchers, government, and others interested in web
-accessibility.
+Contribute to discussions on all areas of WAI’s work and help answer questions from the public on digital accessibility by subscribing to the [WAI Interest Group Discussion List](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#discussion-list).
 
-We encourage individuals and organizations around the world to
-participate in activities that help improve accessibility of the web.
+## Review and comment on WAI documents
 
-_After you read this page_, if you have any questions about getting involved with WAI or would like more information, please send specific questions to [[email protected] with CC to [email protected]](mailto:[email protected][email protected]&subject=Participating%20in%20WAI).
-
-## Getting News of Drafts for Review  {#news}
+Give feedback on W3C’s work to develop accessibility specifications and resources before and after they are published. For details, see the **‘Contribute without joining the group/task force**’ sections on each working group and task force page, listed under [WAI Working Groups, Task Forces, and Interest Groups](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/).
 
 Draft documents for review are listed on the WAI home page and [News page](https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/).
 
-You can subscribe to get announcements via e-mail, Atom/RSS feed, or Twitter from [Get WAI News](https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/subscribe/).
-
-## Participating in Guidelines and Groups
-
-See [**How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C
-Process: Milestones and Opportunities to
-Contribute**](http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process.php) to learn how
-WAI works through a process designed to:
-
--   ensure broad community input, and
--   encourage consensus development.
-
-### Reviewing Guidelines and Documents
-
-WAI welcomes comments on documents at any time. Comments are handled
-differently depending on the stage of document development. See the
-["Feedback on Specific Documents" section of Contacting
-WAI](http://www.w3.org/WAI/contacts#feedback-on-specific-documents) for where to send
-comments.
-
-One of the best times to comment on developing documents is during a
-formal period for public review. To get notified of open calls for review, see via e-mail, Atom/RSS feed, or Twitter from [Get WAI News](https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/subscribe/).
-
-### Participating in Community Groups {#CGs}
-
-W3C Community Groups cover a variety of topics. **Anyone can join Community Groups**, after getting a free W3C account and signing the W3C Community Contributor License Agreement. Of the long [list of Community Groups](https://www.w3.org/community/groups/), here are some that are actively seeking contributors:
-* [ACT Rules CG](https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/)
-* [ARIA and Assistive Technologies CG](https://www.w3.org/community/aria-at/)
-* [Cognitive Accessibility CG](https://www.w3.org/community/coga-community/)
-* [Immersive Captions CG](https://www.w3.org/community/immersive-captions/)
-* [Low Vision CG](https://www.w3.org/community/low-vision/)
-
-### Participating in Interest Groups  {#IG}
-
-The [WAI Interest Group (WAI IG)](/WAI/IG) is for general discussion and
-feedback on all areas of WAI's work. Most of the interaction within WAI
-IG is through the public mailing list.
-
-### Participating in Working Groups  {#WGs}
-
-Anyone can join a WAI Working Group public mailing list, or read the
-public list archives.
-
-There are specific criteria for formally joining Working Groups,
-including requirements for participation and contribution. See the
-Working Group pages below to find what group best fits your interests
-and to get information on participation.
-
--   **[AG WG](/WAI/GL)** — The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group develops guidelines for web pages, web applications, and other web content. **See [Participating in AG WG](/WAI/GL/participation)**.
--   **[APA](/WAI/APA/)** — The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group reviews W3C's specifications for accessibility support and develops technical support materials. **See [Participating in APA WG](/WAI/APA/participation)**.
--   **[ARIA](/WAI/ARIA/)** — The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group develops a suite of accessible rich internet applications (ARIA) resources, and accessible APIs and mappings. **See [Participating in ARIA WG](/WAI/ARIA/participation)**.
-
-## Sponsoring WAI
-
-WAI's work is supported in part by sponsorship from industry,
-disability, and government organizations interested in contributing to
-WAI's efforts to make the web more accessible. Please see the list of
-current sponsors and information on WAI sponsorship at [Sponsoring
-WAI]({{"/about/sponsoring/" | relative_url }}).
-
-## Promoting and Implementing Web Accessibility
-
-### Promoting Awareness
-
--   Share links to the "[Perspectives Videos](https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/)" that show the impact of accessibility and the benefits for everyone in a variety of situations.
--   Encourage people to take the [Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Course](https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/)
--   Cover web accessibility in [presentations and
-    training](http://www.w3.org/WAI/train) to web developers, designers,
-    managers, and others. Use the [curricula](https://www.w3.org/WAI/curricula/) to develop courses.
--   Look around the W3C WAI website to find other [accessibility resources](https://www.w3.org/WAI/resources/) for specific [roles](https://www.w3.org/WAI/roles/) that you want to share on social media, within your organization, and with others.
-
-### Implementing Guidelines
-
--   Use the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
-    (WCAG)](/standards-guidelines/wcag/) documents to help make your website
-    accessible.
--   If you develop authoring tools—any software or service that people
-    use to create or modify web content, including content management
-    systems—implement the [Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
-    (ATAG)](/standards-guidelines/atag/).
--   If you develop web browsers, media players, assistive technologies,
-    or other user agents—implement the [User Agent Accessibility
-    Guidelines (UAAG)](/standards-guidelines/uaag/).
-
-### Encouraging Accessibility
-
--   [Encourage authoring tools](/WAI/impl/software) to meet
-    [ATAG](/standards-guidelines/atag/) by directly contacting
-    vendors and requesting increased accessibility support in future
-    versions, and by purchasing tools that provide the best support for
-    accessibility.
--   Encourage web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and
-    other user agents to meet
-    [UAAG](/standards-guidelines/uaag/).
--   Encourage organizations to [adopt an accessibility
-    policy](/WAI/impl/pol) for their organization that defines their
-    commitment to web accessibility.
--   Encourage websites to be accessible, for example, provide [feedback
-    on inaccessible websites and inaccessible web products
-    carefully](http://www.w3.org/WAI/users/inaccessible.html); it is
-    usually more productive to start with a positive encouraging tone,
-    rather than a negative critical tone.
+To be notified about draft documents for review, see [Subscribe to WAI News](https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/subscribe/).
+
+## Join a community group
+
+Participate in a community group and collaborate with others to improve digital accessibility — everyone is welcome to join. To find a list of active community groups hosted by W3C that focus on digital accessibility issues, search for ‘accessibility’ on [Current Groups — W3C Community and Business Groups](https://www.w3.org/community/groups).
+
+These are some community groups that are currently seeking contributors:
+
+- [ACT Rules Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/)
+- [ARIA and Assistive Technologies Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/aria-at/)
+- [Cognitive Accessibility Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/coga-community/)
+- [Immersive Captions Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/immersive-captions/)
+
+Details for joining are on the respective community group pages.
+
+## Join a working group
+
+Contribute to the development of digital accessibility standards and guidance by joining a working group. To learn about the work of the different groups and how to join them, see:
+
+- [Accessibility Guidelines Working Group](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/agwg/)
+- [Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/apawg/)
+- [ARIA Working Group](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/ariawg/)
+
+For information on how WAI ensures broad community input and encourages consensus development, see [How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute](https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process.php).
+
+## Join a task force
+
+Support the objectives of the working groups by joining one of their dedicated task forces that focus on specific accessibility projects. To join a task force, you first need to join the working group it’s doing the work for. For lists of the task forces under WAI working groups and how to join them, see the respective [working group pages](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/).
+
+## Translate WAI documents
+
+Help translate WAI resources and W3C accessibility standards into different languages, or sign up to review a translation — it’s a great way to learn about accessibility topics. For more information, see [Translate WAI Resources](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/translating/).
+
+## Sponsor WAI
+
+Join our other sponsors from industry, disability, and government organizations and contribute to WAI’s work to make the web more accessible. For more information, see [Sponsor WAI](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/sponsoring/).
+
+## Promote accessibility
+
+Raise awareness about accessibility by sharing links to:
+
+- videos that show the impact of accessibility and the benefits for everyone in a variety of situations — see the [Perspectives videos](https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/)
+- W3C WAI’s [Digital Accessibility Foundations — Free Online Course](https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/)
+- guidance on giving presentations and training on digital accessibility to developers, designers, writers and managers — see [Teach and Advocate](https://www.w3.org/WAI/train)
+- WAI’s framework to develop your own courses  — see the [Curricula on Web Accessibility](https://www.w3.org/WAI/curricula/)
+- [WAI Resources](https://www.w3.org/WAI/resources/), which can be filtered by [roles](https://www.w3.org/WAI/roles/)
+
+## Implement accessibility
+
+- If you help to develop online products and services, consider ways to make them as accessible as possible — implement the best practices in [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/).
+- If you develop authoring tools — any software or service that people use to create or modify web content, including content management systems — implement the best practices in [Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/atag/).
+- If you develop web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, or other user agents — implement the best practices in [User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/uaag/).
+
+## Advocate for accessibility
+
+Encourage:
+
+- authoring tools to meet [ATAG](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/atag/) by:
+  - directly contacting vendors and requesting increased accessibility support in future versions
+  - purchasing tools that provide the best support for accessibility — see [Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility](https://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/software)
+- web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other user agents to meet [UAAG](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/uaag/)
+- organizations to adopt an accessibility policy that defines their commitment to web accessibility — see [Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility](https://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/pol)
+- websites to be accessible by [Contacting organizations about inaccessible websites](https://www.w3.org/WAI/users/inaccessible.html).
+
+## More information
+
+- [About WAI](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/)
+- [Contact WAI](https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/contacting/)