A11y Cat: digital accessibility resources

Parametric and generative design tools

When you need to work on interfaces, color contrast is a real thing you have to take into account to make it accessible. You have the right to be afraid of losing part of the aesthetics of your beautifully well designed interface, and you are right

In this article, I share some of the things you need to keep in mind when conducting usability tests with disabled people.

In today's GUI Challenge, @AdamArgyleInk shows how to use the prefers-contrast media query to adapt fonts to users contrast preferences. Contrast is about mo...

thisiswcag.com helps you build and test against the web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) consistently.

Pro tip: when you meet a colorblind person, don’t repeatedly point to things and ask what color they are.

Maintain WCAG 2.1 compliance by monitoring your site for issues and empowering your developers fix them.

Tillgänglighet för produktägare och ledning Hampus Sethfors

Utredningen om genomförandet av tillgänglighetsdirektivet har analyserat hur svensk rätt förhåller sig till direktivet och lämnat nödvändiga...

The digital accessibility space is a huge but a niche space in itself. Choosing this as a career is what one could call 'The Road Not Taken'. This realm

Accessibility is an important part of Universal Design for Learning, but how do you get started?

Their problems, behaviours, needs & tools, plus design guidelines for building accessible products

Their problems, behaviours, needs & tools, plus design guidelines for building accessible products

In my article “The three levels of accessibility”, I mention the importance of designing for clarity and inclusivity. Not only to ensure everybody regardless of ability is able to access your site…

Problems, behaviors, needs & tools, plus design guidelines for building accessible products

In my article “The three levels of accessibility”, I mention the importance of designing for clarity and inclusivity. Not only to ensure everybody regardless of ability is able to access your site…

Two tools and some quick tips to easily create an accessible contrasted color palette for your designs, whether it's web, ui or even mobile design

Some things are either on or off and, when those things aren’t on (or off), they are invariably off (or on). The concept is so rudimentary that I’ve only complicated it by trying to explain it, yet on/off switches (or toggle buttons) are not all

On/off switches are UI elements that prompt users to choose between 2 mutually exclusive options, always have a default value, and provide immediate results.

You’ve all seen them, tiny switches that let you toggle a setting. And maybe, just like me, you sometimes pause, thinking “...Is it on or…

Browser plug-ins, integrated testing, screen readers and reporting tools

Introduces some of the techniques and tools that people with disabilities use to interact with the web — web browser settings, text-to-speech, voice recognition, and many more.

A review of the history and current state of tooltip accessibility. Or: everything you didn't know you needed to know before making a tooltip.

While I am not familiar with the technical aspects of web design, I use screen readers to navigate the web for both work and personal use. I am comfortable with advanced screen reader features and …

How to build a steadfast framework, and how it could elevate your product’s potential for all users

Even though ARIA was created years ago, some of the developers still misuse ARIA. To help, in this post we'll cover the top five rules of ARIA.