A11y

Common questions I hear about web accesssibility with short, low on nuance answers.

I love WebAIMs Million, but I need to point some things out. Some people may come to wrong conclusions after reading parts of the report and I hope I can improve that. I also think I know the reason and the solution about the still very poor state of accessibility.

Earners of the IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) have demonstrated an intermediate contextual and programmatic technical set of skills and knowledge to design, build, and remediate accessible digital content and services. This credential defines what digital accessibility professionals should be familiar with and are expected to know and increase the consistency and quality of web accessibility work.

eGovernment Benchmark of 35 countries in Europe (EU and beyond) finally gathered some insights about accessibility of eGovernment websites. After years of accessibility legislation accessibility is still a pilot indicator which unfortunately indicates how late we are in the awareness process.

eGovernment Benchmark of 35 countries in Europe (EU and beyond) finally gathered some insights about accessibility of eGovernment websites. After years of accessibility legislation accessibility is still a pilot indicator which unfortunately indicates how late we are in the awareness process.

Der Unterschied zwischen Leichter Sprache und Einfacher Sprache? Lesen Sie hier einen kurzen Überblick mit Exkurs zur Leichten Sprache plus.

websites öffentlicher Stellen müssen bestimmte Informationen in Leichter Sprache auf ihrer Startseite enthalten.

Was ist ein Mediopunkt? Warum wird er verwendet? Wer hat den Mediopunkt erfunden? Lesen Sie hier eine kurze Einführung.

Eine Website in Leichte Sprache zu übersetzen bedeutet nicht, »einfach nur Texte zu übersetzen«. Aufmerksamkeit benötigen vor allem auch Navigation, Typografie und Bildelemente. Wie man ein solches Projekt angeht, was zu bedenken ist und welchen Herausforderungen man sich stellen muss, erklärt die Expertin Anja Teufel im Interview.

To test the accessibility of web pages I often use WAVE. On one of my sites I have a list of talks with links to…

Barrierefreies und zukunftssicheres E-Commerce-Wissen für Ihre Webshops

Accessibility chapter of the 2022 Web Almanac covering ease of reading, navigation, forms, media, ARIA, and accessibility apps.

Using the WCAG 2.2 design principles and guidelines to build accessible services.

This article is an overview of the new SCs in WCAG 2.2, describing their requirements in plain language, and discussing how to meet them.

Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

WCAG 2.2 officially became a “W3C Recommended” web standard on October 5, 2023, and with it, new success criteria and changes to existing guidelines for accessible user experiences. What are the changes, and how can you conform to them? This roundup provides links to WCAG 2.2 explainers that have been published or updated since the release.

Digital accessibility blogs and newsletters

Laut einer Abfrage bei den Bundesbehörden werden mindestens 7.436 Assistenztechnologien durch Bundesverwaltungsangestellte mit Behinderungen genutzt. Im Folgenden werden die Ergebnisse der Abfrage sowie deren Bedeutung für digitale Barrierefreiheit in der Bundesverwaltung erläutert.

WCAG 2.2 has officially reached “Candidate recommendation” status, meaning it is pretty close to becoming an official standard. What's new?

The first rule of ARIA suggests it is better avoided if there is an HTML equivalent. Yet sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI better for end users. In this talk, we’ll look at practical examples of effective ARIA usage and how they work in assistive technologies. Find out more about the patterns that have broad support and which ones to avoid. Let’s look at ARIA, the good parts!

Die Europäische Norm (EN) 301 549 ist die wichtigste Sammlung von einschlägigen Barrierefreiheitsanforderungen an die Informationstechnik (Web, Software, Hardware, mobile Anwendungen und Dokumente) der öffentlichen Stellen. Ihre Kriterien spezifizieren die Bedeutung von Wahrnehmbarkeit, Bedienbarkeit, Verständlichkeit und Robustheit gemäß EU-Richtlinie 2016/2102 „über den barrierefreien Zugang zu den Websites und mobilen Anwendungen öffentlicher Stellen“.