Cognitive Overlords - Alex Tait @ A11yTalks
Let's take a look at some common interface patterns and explore why they exist, if they are accomplishing their intended purpose, and how we might reconsider them and slay the cognitive overlords!
A11y Cat: digital accessibility resources
Cognitive Accessibility - Jamie Knight & Lion
A talk on cognitive accessibility at Accessibility London.
Cognitive Accessibility User Research
This document provides a basis for subsequent work to identify gaps in current technologies, suggest strategies to improve accessibility for these user groups, and develop guidance and techniques for web authors.
A Conceptual Framework for Accessibility Tools to Benefit Users with Cognitive Disabilities
The authors present a conceptual framework which tool developers can use to chart future directions of development of tools to benefit users with cognitive disabilities. The framework includes categories of functional cognitive disabilities, principles of cognitive disability accessibility, units of web content analysis, aspects of analysis, and realms of responsibility.
Convincing Companies to Do UX and Accessibility (Video)
Successful Teams Ensure 100% of their Members Understand Keyboard Accessibility
Keyboard testing is one of the most basic digital accessibility tests. If you are going to learn one test, start with this one.
Don’t Believe The Type!
Are “accessible” fonts actually as accessible as they claim? If not, what are the things we need to know when choosing a font that responds to different reader needs?
Evaluating Fonts: Font Family Selection for Accessibility & Display Readability
An informal evaluation of the accessibility characteristics of several dozen fonts. Generally accepted accessibility concerns are discussed.
Accessibility Whack-A-Mole
“How do we deal with accessibility needs for which there are no definitive answers?” asks Eleanor Ratliff. Sometimes we arrive at a fix that helps one group of people only to find that our solution…
Accessible Typefaces, Fonts, and Text with Jared Smith
In this presentation, guest speaker Jared Smith provides an overview of how reading is processed in the human mind, and how to minimize the cognitive effort and maximize the visual accessibility of online text.
5 Keys to Accessible Web Typography
The basics and the best practices of accessible web typography.
Accessibility and font sizes
Making A Strong Case For Accessibility — Smashing Magazine
Accessibility is often overlooked or bolted on to the end of a project. Let’s figure out how to implement and advocate for accessibility from the inception of a project to the release or handoff and beyond.
Designing for accessibility is not that hard
Software Testing Company | QualityLogic
Introduction to Disability and Accessible Design
This asynchronous course is designed to help educators at different levels and contexts explore basic concepts related to disability, accessibility, and Universal Design for Learning, which serve to lay the foundation for building bridges towards a more accessible world.
Beautifully Accessible
A Beginner's Guide to Digital Accessibility is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to make their digital products more inclusive and accessible.
A guide to using Asian names
Upanup
Upanup is a leader in accessibility and user experience research. We take a user-focused approach to create solutions that are accessible to all, and we provide support to our clients for creating compliant content for their audiences.
A Webinar of Anxiety – Developments in accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders
In this webinar, TPGi’s Dr. David Swallow, Lead UX Consultant, and Senior Accessibility Engineer will provide an update on developments in understanding this often-overlooked aspect of web accessibility.
Essential NVDA Screen Reader Shortcuts for Seamless Learning
Welcome to our comprehensive accessibility learning session where we dive into the essential basics of using NVDA, a powerful screen reader, to ensure a more inclusive web experience. Whether you're a novice or an accessibility enthusiast, this video is packed with insights that will empower you to navigate digital content with confidence.
LOSERWAY T-Shirt
Accessibility Scotland - LinkedIn Group
Accessibility Scotland focuses on providing a friendly, affordable, and informative day focused on digital accessibility and inclusion.
WCAG Target Size Checker
WCAG 2.2 is almost upon us, many of us have started testing the new Success Criteria for paying clients. I wanted to find a way to speed up the testing of 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum).
What I produced with the help of ChatGPT is a quick and very dirty target size bookmarklet.
One Font Doesn’t Fit All: The Influence of Digital Text Personalization on Comprehension in Child and Adolescent Readers
The current study aimed to investigate the effect of character width and inter-letter spacing on reading speed and comprehension.
IAAP Podcast | International Association of Accessibility Professionals
European Accessibility Act: Article 32, and why it sucks!
Where to Put Focus When Deleting a Thing
When deleting something you should generally move focus to the prior equivalent control or its grouping container.
Progressively Enhanced Form Validation, Part 2: Layering in JavaScript
In Part 2 of this series, we take the base HTML and CSS form validation experience and progressively enhance it by adding JavaScript and the Constraint Validation API while also addressing accessibility concerns.
Beginner's guide to accessible tables
Learn the difference between data and layout tables, how to approach complex tables, and how to make tables accessible.