Gaining buy-in for accessibility can be challenging due to common myths and misunderstandings. For many, accessibility remains a big mystery. Here are some practical techniques for winning stakeholder support. Part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com) by yours truly.

Spare your users the misery of being dumped into PDF files without warning. Create special gateway pages that summarize the contents of big documents and guide users gently into the PDF morass.

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Accessible Palette is an app for building color systems with consistent lightness and predictable contrast ratios across color levels.

Using an appropriate alternative to third world can help change the way that the world views its nations.It doesn’t describe nations in the modern era.

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Team guide - Testing with assistive technology. What, when and how to test with AT.

Die Konzepte der Leichten und Einfachen Sprache zielen darauf, sprachliche Hürden für diejenigen abzubauen, die Alltags- oder auch Fachsprachen (etwa "Amtsdeutsch", Wissenschaftssprachen) nicht oder nur schwer verstehen. Während Leichte Sprache insbe

15 Lehren aus der Tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache zieht Uwe Roth. Wer Texte mit Einfacher Sprache labelt muss sich an die Normen halten.

Der „Atlas Digitale Barrierefreiheit“ kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass nahezu alle Online-Angebote der deutschen Kommunen erhebliche Mängel bei der digitalen Barrierefreiheit aufweisen. An der Auswertung waren erstmals auch Menschen mit Behinderung beteiligt. Das klingt fundiert recherchiert und dramatisch – allerdings nur auf den ersten Blick.

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TL;DR: If you plan to style text highlighted by the browser, you must give it sufficient contrast — 3:1 for the highlight block against its background and (probably) 4.5:1 for the text within that highlighted block against that background. CSS Context CSS provides methods to style the highlights that browsers…

The `prefers-reduced-motion` media query has excellent support in all modern browsers going back a couple of years. In this article, Michelle Barker explains why there’s no reason not to use it today to make your sites more accessible.

One of the biggest misunderstandings of web accessibility is that developers and designers believe they need to learn how to use screen readers and other assistive tech to create accessible websites. While you'll need that knowledge at some point, most importantly, you need a basic understanding of people and how they use the web. 1/2

Ein kleines Projekt, das gängige Mythen über Barrierefreiheit widerlegt.

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