Accessibility

In the current world of ubiquitous computing and an industry-wide desire to improve company and product diversity and inclusion, there’s no longer an excuse to not invest in web accessibility. That…

The AccessAbility Playbook is part of a broader commitment to make Canada’s public service the most accessible and inclusive in the world.

Making your PowerPoint presentation files accessible is one thing, but how you present, introduce and explain your content is equally important.

Gareth Ford Williams, with thanks to Bruno Maag for both editing and the sciency bits, and David Bailey for the Illustrations.

Our products are long overdue for a new, fairer data framework to ensure that data is managed with people with disabilities in mind.

Believe me when I say that for all underrepresented communities, including disability, actions speak WAY louder than words.

Because “COMPANY NAME doesn’t want input from people with disabilities” is a crappy headline that is SUPER avoidable

The phrase is still in widespread use and needs to be banished, just like the “r” word

Accessibility is a Marketing Advantage Katie Martell recently pointed out the following:

The world is designed against the elderly, writes Don Norman, 83-year-old author of the industry bible Design of Everyday Things and a former Apple VP.

All about the Public Library launch, our acquisition of a11yresource, and how we’re setting out to help shape the future of accessibility education and community.

ASAN is pleased to commemorate the 10th annual Autism Acceptance Month this year. Over the past ten years, autistic advocates have transformed our society’s conversation around autism — but much remains to be done before we can truly fulfill the promise of autism acceptance. Autism Acceptance Month was created by and for the autistic community …

We tend to develop and design for perfect people in a perfect environment. But should we? Web accessibility is about you!

How do we know which patterns are good, better, best when it comes to accessibility? Is it better to use an established pattern/library or create new ones? With the myriad of choices available, we can quickly become caught up in a web of confusion on this topic.

Freelance Front-End Web UI/UX Developer - Lebanon

Screen readers are used by blind & visually impaired website users, but sighted web developers can use this guide to conduct UX testing before launch.

The feature makes audio and video a lot more accessible in the browser.

Animations should be an enhancement, not critical to a user's understanding

AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025—but activists say the company's AI is making things worse.

Without naming any names - because it doesn't really matter which tool it is - an …

Design and technical considerations behind the icon that indicates what page you're currently on.

The right CTA can make all the difference. Making it accessible instantly makes it more effective, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Kate Kalcevich documents the major changes of WCAG 2.2 and Samuel Proulx provides an assistive technology user perspective.

At TechCrunch Sessions: Justice, we examined the importance of ensuring products are designed to be accessible from the beginning. And how building the expertise of disabled technologists and advocates and into the DNA of your company from the start is vital not only to produce better products but also in the pursuit of a functioning […]

Designing custom focus states for a design system