Accessibility

Is your nonprofit website accessible to everyone? Website accessibility for nonprofits is critical for your fundraising and mission success.

Colourblindness affects around 1 in 100 people. So why are so many interfaces still problematic for colourblind users, and how can designers help?

I recently got stuck trying to figure out the right alt text for a particular image…

In a new short series of posts, we highlight some of the useful tools and techniques for developers and designers. Recently we’ve covered HTML Emails and SVG Generators. This time we look into different kinds of tools to help you streamline your accessibility testing process. Don’t miss the next one.

Image placement on the modern web is highly intentional, helping to communicate the overall purpose of a page or view. This means that nearly every image you declare needs to have an alternate description.

There’s more to a link than just a clickable word or image. So, how do you create the perfect link? Rian tells you in our blog!

Getting started testing for accessibility problems using DevTools

Skipping the alt text? Ask these questions first, like if the information makes sense without it, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

The FixA11y project improves accessibility through smart technology and education.

What is inclusive research, and why is it so important?

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

Speakers and presenters must remember to keep many accessibility in mind to provide an equal and accessible experience to attendees with disabilities.

Over 95% of websites have accessibility issues. We need to do better, we need a different approach. Rian shares her concerns and opinion.

If I had a TARDIS and could travel back in time to 2005, which is when I founded the BBC’s Digital Accessibility Team, what would I say to…

A candid and practical handbook for designers.

Explore accessibility and inclusion technology from Microsoft Accessibility. Ensure and empower those around you to participate in activities at work or play.

Learn to write ALT text that is both accessible for users and brings traffic to your website

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