Accessibility

Forms are a really important part of the web experience. They catalog requests, complete purchases, assist signup flows, and play a crucial role in your business’ key metrics. Here are some best...

WHO suggests that 1.3 billion people all around the world have some kind of visual impairment – which includes 217 million people with moderate to severe vision impairment; 36 million people are blind worldwide; 15% of the global population have some kind of disability. With the advancements in adaptive technologies, such as screen readers, magnifiers, eye-tracking, joysticks, and sip-and puff technology, visually impaired and disabled people are able to use computers, tablets, and smartphones. Emails that are designed taking into consideration only people with a normal range of vision, hea...

All the tools, tips and resources your need to build and check the color accessibility and color constrast of digital products!

A Mini Case Study on Color Contrast

A sighted user puts himself in the shoes of a non-sighted user. Chris Ashton experiences first-hand difficulties that visually impaired users face and describes what we can do as web developers to help.

A modern tool for exploring and finding accessible colors. Make sure that everyone can see your creations.

I read something depressing last Monday, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

When I first started learning web development I thought hiding content was simple: slap display: none; onto your hidden element and call it a day. Since then I’ve learned about screen readers…

A tool that evaluates the ADA compliance of your brand’s color palette.

Series part 1 of 5: Accessibility testing for the impact of visual disabilities helps ensure that people with visual impairments or blindness can access the same information that is available visually. Here's what we look for, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

By testing according to WCAG, we account for the experiences of people with a variety of disabilities. In this article, part 2-of-5 in the series, we're discussing how we test for the accessibility impact of auditory or hearing disabilities, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Series part 3 of 5 shows how we perform accessibility testing for the impact of cognitive, learning, and neurological disabilities. This series is dedicated to highlighting testing for different disability types, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Series part 4 of 5. When testing websites and apps for the accessibility barriers that people with disabilities may encounter, what do we actually look for? Learn how we test for the accessibility impacts of people with physical disabilities, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

This series highlights how we test websites and apps for the accessibility impacts people with different disability types may encounter. Check out what we look for when we test for barriers to people with speech disabilities, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Screen readers are diverse and complex: front-end developer Melanie Richards breaks down how they access our content step-by-step.

Apple has become the target of a new lawsuit, one that claims the iPhone producer's website is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not being fully accessible to blind or visually-impaired consumers, due to the way the website itself is coded.

Her technical expertise launched a billion phone calls, yet now she is routinely thwarted by one of the most accessible UIs on the planet.

In this Smashing TV webinar, join us with Léonie Watson as she explores the web alongside some unexpected properties of HTML elements that have a huge impact on accessibility and performance.

To truly achieve inclusiveness, we need to first look at who we’re excluding.

I have a condition called aphantasia where I can’t visualise things. When I try to picture my daughter when she’s not there, I see nothing

Designer Eric Bailey makes a case for leaving key accessibility features to the browser to ensure the most accessible experience.

Website and mobile apps accessibility ruling suggests you may be liable under ADA if you fail to ensure it. Valet explains why in this must-read post.

The Website of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative.

Updating alt tags and creating friendly URLs and file names are just a few ways to maximize the accessibility of your organic search presence.

There’s no good design that isn’t accessible. In partnership with Dribbble, we’ve put together a series of Q&As with designers on the forefront of accessibility and inclusivity—this time, Cat Noone—for their thoughts, stories, and helpful hints.

You may think of layouts has being a primarily visual concern. Let's rethink that.

Rachel goes over what semantics are and how to use the button element versus using a link instead. Code examples and samples included.

A California father set up a company where his sons could work - and now employs more than 150 people.