Designing Accessible Content: Typography, Font Styling, and Structure
Creating and designing accessible content means more than just choosing accessible typography. Even with “perfect” font families in place on your website, people with low vision, cognitive,...
Accessibilité et couleurs : outils et ressources pour concevoir des produits accessible - par Stéphanie Walter, UX designer et experte mobile
J'ai décidé de partager avec vous aujourd'hui toutes les ressources, conseils et outils que j'utilise régulièrement pour construire et vérifier l'accessibilité des couleurs des produits et services que je design.
Accessibility is Delicious: Food analogies for digital inclusion
I'm always looking for ways to talk about digital inclusion without reference to legal hammers. This post gathers some yummy analogies for accessibility that can be used to raise awareness and help develop skills. Think blueberry muffins, curry and peanut butter.
Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? — Smashing Magazine
An equivalent experience is one that has been deliberately conceived of and built to be able to be used by the widest possible range of people. To create an equivalent experience, you must understand all the different ways people interact with technology.
Welcome to the Mozilla Accessibility Blog. We are the Firefox Accessibility Team and we're here to ensure that Mozilla products and services are accessible and delightful for people with disabilities. ...
A perfectly coded website will still break down if the content isn’t written and built accessibly. This article is intended to give a no-coding-required breakdown of how to make accessible co…
The Complete Guide to Accessibility for WordPress Websites | Deque
Is your WordPress website accessible by all audiences? Read our guide on accessibility considerations for themes, plugins, & content on WordPress websites.
Sara Soueidan on Applied Accessibility at SmashingConf NYC 2019
As front-end developers, we are tasked with building the front end of a Web site or application — in other words, we are building the user's end of an…
What's the Difference Between PDF and Accessible PDF? | PDF Accessibility and Compliance
An accessible PDF is a PDF document that can be read and accessed by people with disabilities, primarily for the vision-impaired that may use assistive technology to read the file through text-to-speech or a Braille printout. A PDF document is considered accessible only if it meets a set of accessibility guidelines.
Website Accessibility Checklist (15 Things You Can Improve) | websitesetup.org
Accessibility is the practice of ensuring websites are equally available to people with disabilities so they have equal access to the goods and services those sites provide. It’s an integral part of professional web design and development. Why Should You Care About Accessibility? There are many reasons why developers, designers, and their employers/ clients should […]
A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders [Part 1]
Anyone booking a vacation has likely encountered persuasive notifications urging them to “Hurry, only 2 tickets left!” or to “Book now as 6 other people are viewing this hotel”.We’ve all
Training people to do accessibility reviews - Accessibility in government
I created a fictional service called ‘Record a goose sighting’ using the GOV.UK Design System. I then broke it to introduce accessibility issues based on real issues I’ve seen, such as missing alt text and broken heading hierarchies.
Get a strong foundation in digital accessibility to make your websites and apps work well for people with disabilities, meet international standards, and provide a better user experience for everyone.
Videos of people with disabilities using tech - Axess Lab
There is no better way to understand the importance of accessibility and inclusive design than learning from actual users with disabilities. Here’s a collection of our favorite Youtube videos where people showcase how they use assistive technologies like screen readers, eye tracking, zoom and switches. We’ll start off with former BMX star Stephen Murray showing …