Accessibility

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

I’m Kitty Giraudel, a non-binary web developer based in Berlin, focused on accessibility and inclusivity.

I’m Hugo “Kitty” Giraudel, a non-binary web developer based in Berlin, focused on accessibility and inclusivity.

At its core, an accessibility audit is about determining if a disabled person can use a digital experience…

Why build accessible products?

A growing list of accessibility tools and resources

Infographics can be engaging and helpful, and they can be accessible. Learn more, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Whether you are well-versed in UX Design or new to the field, you have likely heard the term “wireframe.” A wireframe is a low-fidelity visual representation of a website, application, or product that allows us to define the structure of the page, hierarchy, and placement of elements, and ultimately helps us plan the layout and interactions without the visual distractions of a high fidelity mockup.

Why responsive and accessible websites don’t really need ‘em.

The White House website of the new administration is full of accessibility features and commitments, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Some WordPress themes are more accessible than others, but learn why that isn't enough, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

The W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 provide a wide range of recommendations for making web content more accessible to users with disabilities. Following these guidelines will address many of the needs of users with blindness, low vision and other vision impairments; deafness and hearing loss; limited movement and dexterity; speech disabilities; sensory disorders; cognitive and learning disabilities; and combinations of these. These guidelines address accessibility of web content on desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile devices, wearable devices, and other web of things devices. They ad...

Screen readers are an essential part of using the web for people who are vision impaired, illiterate or have a learning disability. Today’s screen readers traverse web pages and applications and read out user interface elements, content and allow users to navigate and interact with the web. There are many screen readers available for different devices and platforms, each with differing levels of…

Compilation of official disability statistics relevant to website accessibility (reading difficulties, color blindness, difficulty seeing and hearing).

We’ve all been kicking off 2021 in a myriad of ways so far, and next Monday, I’ll be kicking mine off again, this time with my monthly…

Knowing the Accessibility Tree, and its history, is key to understanding accessible applications and to ensuring that every user can access them equally.

A dive into table and grid semantics, why they matter so much to screen readers, and your options for repairing or augmenting basic table markup.

One day I decided I wanted to add anchor links to each of the sections in my blog posts. Over the past few months, I'd seen these links on a lot of pages—from …

As Microsoft Edge prepared to re-platform on top of Chromium open source, we recognized our responsibility to continue supporting those who depend on Windows h

Describing images with the alt attribute and figcaption element.

Shipping accessible features is as important for a frontend developer as shipping features without bugs, learn about tools and techniques that will help you achieve that.

Top three takeaways for the Online Accessibility Act, new legislation proposed in the house to clarify accessibility standards for websites and apps.

With Serenade, you can write code using natural speech. Give your hands a break without missing a beat.

Adaptive computer accessories can make it easier to browse the web. Learn about some common technologies, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Color is a foundational element in any creative work. When I took the challenge to design the Color Accessibility feature for Adobe Color, it wasn’t ...

Now you can keep an interpreter pinned on the screen, no matter who is speaking.

Autoplay can be confusing, cause unintended physical reactions like seizures, and more, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

It’s true, web animation can be accessible! Sometimes it just takes a little extra effort to make sure that it is. There are strategic things we can do to