Accessibility

With Luro, I’ve found myself in the accessibility tooling space. I’m bullish on the need for automated accessibility testing to help designers and developers do a minimum viable good job, establish a baseline experience, and diagnose problems before they are giant problems. Even though automated tests cover 20-30% of WCAG Success Criteria, Deque data suggests those issues are representative of 57.38% of the most common issues found. In my mind, automated accessibility tests have four key tangible benefits:

Practical guidelines to prevent rage taps and rage clicks with accessible tap targets for icons, links and buttons — on desktop and on mobile.

New Department of Justice web accessibility regulation needs to be pulled.

We are Colorblind is dedicated to the more than 300 million people who are color blind

Discover the world’s best accessibility resources, curated for you.

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

Because blind and low-vision programmers deserve a little better than “code snippet.”

The methods include tips for how to accommodate participants with diverse abilities to ensure that everyone feels included in a workshop setting no matter what they are capable of.

With an estimated one in every eight individuals worldwide surpassing the age of 60, who are actively adopting online shopping, the need for user-friendly interfaces tailored to their needs becomes apparent. Explore the guidelines to help you design inclusive products for all, particularly for an older audience and your future self.

This document is for people who make web content (web pages) and web applications. It gives advice on how to make content usable for people with cognitive and learning disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to: cognitive disabilities, learning disabilities (LD), neurodiversity, intellectual disabilities, and specific learning disabilities.

The European Accessibility Act and its impact on the private sector.

Part of good web design is informed decision-making for WordPress accessibility. Focusing on accessibility will enhance your website’s UX and improve SEO.

The Carroll Center for the Blind offers a wide range of comprehensive services for the blind and vision impaired. Learn more about our services.

Hosts discuss accessible tables on websites, their use cases, and why semantic HTML is to this day an essential skill for most developers.

On the podcast today we have Joe Dolson. Joe is a WordPress plugin developer, a core committer, and a web accessibility consultant. He’s part of the Make WordPress Accessible team, the team dedicat…

When you ask them, most experts’ advice also boils down to: Describe what you see. And while it’s valid advice and may seem simple, it’s not.

The importance of the high-contrast theme in interfaces and its differences from dark mode

Sean Snee blogs about how the Analysis Function recommends providing alternative text for data visualisations, to ensure content is accessible to everyone.

A disability simulator for the web

According to the Justice Department, most federal agencies struggle to meet Section 508’s requirements for PDF accessibility. Here’s why.

While CAPTCHAS might be necessary for security purposes, they have a negative impact on usability.

California Assembly Bill 950 would set limits for web accessibility claims while establishing clear requirements for businesses. Here’s an overview.

Accessibility software, books, blogs, online tools, and more.

Most carousels come along with usability and accessibility issues. To avoid these issues, this article addresses step-by-step design considerations as well as semantic requirements for carousels to be accessible. It is intended to create an in-depth understanding of the implementation and its impact on users.

An accessible product can be daunting to build as there’s so much nuance and technical depth to consider. In this article, Daniel Yuschick demonstrates three keys for approaching and developing accessible content without leaving you lost in the weeds.

Audible insists that audiobooks be human-read.

Before COVID, virtual events tended to be a Plan B or used in companies with remote workers. After the pandemic hit, virtual meetings became a necessity. Meetup, a website that brings together peop…

Managing our colors can truly help people to access our content. In this article, Brecht de Ruyte takes a deep dive into how we can create a high-contrast system while maintaining a balance between designing something accessible and respecting the look and feel of a brand.