I’ve lived long enough, and worked in accessibility long enough, to have honed a healthy skepticism when I hear about the Next Big Thing. I’ve seen lush website launches that look great, until I activate a screen reader. Yet, in spite of it all, accessibility does evolve, but quietly rather than dramatically. As I gaze […]

Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey #2 by WebAIM (respond by Jan 2) Is it an evil overlay? How can you tell? by Joe Dolson Make Navigation Accessible with aria-current by a11y Collective Headings: the invisible compass of web accessibility by a11yBlog A Quick Primer on Accessible Pagination by AFixt Annotating designs using common language by […]

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Introduction In Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, there are many types of non-text content that can be given alternative text. We tested the alternative text of everything that we could think of in Word and PowerPoint and then converted these files to PDFs using Adobe’s Acrobat PDFMaker (the Acrobat Tab on Windows), Adobe’s Create PDF cloud […]

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Inclusive Design 24 (#ID24) 2025 play list via YouTube. Web Accessibility in Mind Conference 2025 via YouTube. Auditing your Design system for accessibility Tabindex: What it is, how it works, and when to use it How to Convince People to Care and Invest in Accessibility Creating a truly accessible Flip Card by TPGi Screen Reader […]

Delivering web and digital accessibility in any environment requires strategic planning and cross-organizational commitment. While the goal (ensuring that websites and digital platforms do not present barriers to individuals with disabilities) and the standards (the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) remain constant, implementation must be tailored to each organization’s needs and context.   For K–12 educational agencies, […]

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If you work in web accessibility, you’ve probably spent a lot of time explaining and implementing the ARIA roles and attributes that have been around for years—things like aria-label, aria-labelledby, and role="dialog". But the ARIA landscape isn’t static. In fact, recent ARIA specifications (especially ARIA 1.3) include a number of emerging and lesser-known features that […]

100+ ARIA CodePens by Manuel Matuzovic 4 ways I use AI as an accessibility specialist by Scott Vinkle Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components by Jan Maarten Able Player: Receiving the Torch by Joe Dolson Tabindex, programmatic focus, and outline styles by Chris Ferdinandi Automated accessibility test tools find even less […]

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It’s been a while since I posted about the popular CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in southern California. Here are a few great reviews from this year’s event. CSUN Assistive Technology Conference 2025 by Paul Adam CSUNATC 2025 Recap by Adrian Roselli CSUN Assistive Technology Conference notes for 2025 by Ted Drake

Over the coming months, we’ll be upgrading users on mobile devices from Google Assistant to Gemini.

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In December 2024 WebAIM conducted a survey to collect salary and job-related data from professionals whose job responsibilities primarily focus on making technology and digital products accessible and usable to people with disabilities. 656 responses were…

Which WebAIM resource had its 25th birthday on November 1, 2024? The answer is our Web Accessibility Email Discussion List! From the halcyon days when Hotmail had over 35 million users, to our modern era where Gmail has 2.5 billion users, the amount of…

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Reading List+, December 2024 Here are some recommended articles, jobs, and a couple updated Web Axe articles. HTMHell Advent Calendar When Is a Skip Link Needed? via TPGi $240,000.00 Jury Verdict in Blind Students’ Accessibility Lawsuit against Community…

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So, you’ve found your website’s accessibility issues using WAVE or other testing tools, and by completing manual testing using a keyboard, a screen reader, and zooming the browser window. Now what? When it comes to prioritizing web accessibility fixes,…

Featured: Beautiful focus outlines “Unfortunately, focus outlines are often overlooked in web design. Clients and designers might not even notice them, leaving developers to handle design and implementation. Some might even suggest removing focus…

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