Accessibility

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

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.