Accessibility

With new CSS features seemingly coming out every week, I’ve been doing more and more progressive enhancement (PE) in my projects. It’s also a big part of what we teach our students at the Associate Degree Frontend Design and Development at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. A famous example of PE is the […]

It’s always safe to assume JavaScript will not be available, so here’s a quick list of very realistic reasons it won’t be.

ARIA menus require to include elements with "menuitem" or otherwise they're be empty.

It’s weird to me that after I urged everyone not to disable form controls, a bunch of them decided that making them read-only was somehow better. But here we are. What’s in the box? Photo by Michael Heiss, no edits, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. HTML The readonly attribute is only allowed…

Read only VS Disabled This article focuses on the differences and best practices for the “disabled” versus “read-only” state of text fields in complex form/data scenarios. Intention Forms …

Find out why validating forms as the user types or moves between fields causes more problems than it solves.

Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

We actively promote digital inclusion for the design and development communities in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Shiny exclusion all the way down.

Yeah, that’s not exactly a helpful title. The relatively new Web Platform Baseline offering does not track browser support for accessibility features built into the web platform. If you need to understand whether browsers support accessibility features as your own base level set of requirements, for legal or other compliance…

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) is one of the most powerful tools in a developer’s accessibility toolkit—but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. While ARIA can improve accessibility when used correctly, misuse can actually make things worse for users who rely on assistive technologies (AT), such as screen readers. So, how do you use […]

Misinformation is quite the thing these days. Now it seems to be working its way into the accessibility space.

Geri Reid, design systems and accessibility consultant, London

Inclusive Content Designer Jacquelyn Iyamah reflects on why we need to incorporate an equity lens in our design work.

Whilst conducting user research, it is important to be aware of the digital competency of your users to ensure that you include participants in your research

Explore all the Inclusive design glossary details from Say Yeah! Over a decade of publishing digital transformation and inclusive design insights.

Making sure everyone who needs your service can use it as easily as possible.

In 2016, the artist Deborah Roberts created “Pluralism Series,” a series of prints that, borrowing the aesthetic of a Microsoft Word document, lists the names of Black people. Name after name has that jarring squiggly red line underneath it, as if it was a misspelling. I know this squiggly red li

Content designer John Newton explains how to develop, prototype and test easy read guidance for users with lower literacy levels and cognitive disabilities.

Summary from my presentation at Harvard's Design Impact Conference.

What it is, why it matters and lots of resources

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