Maz
@mazjenko.bsky.social
Software Tester & Systems Analyst | Interest in digital accessability #a11y | Learning always | Advocate for people with disabilities. ♿ | Mum to a sassy independent cat 🐈 | Pronouns: she/her
UAT is vital, remember sometimes the developers miss things and equally can make it harder for the user.
Getting it right is why it’s important to the business and its users. It saves time, effort and money so do it correctly.
#A11y #accessibility
Getting it right is why it’s important to the business and its users. It saves time, effort and money so do it correctly.
#A11y #accessibility
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
UAT is vital, remember sometimes the developers miss things and equally can make it harder for the user.
Getting it right is why it’s important to the business and its users. It saves time, effort and money so do it correctly.
#A11y #accessibility
Getting it right is why it’s important to the business and its users. It saves time, effort and money so do it correctly.
#A11y #accessibility
Being disabled is already difficult, we can make things easier with thought and insight. Just takes the appropriate moves to do this. Including us into your designing is the utmost importance.
#A11Y #Disability
#A11Y #Disability
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Being disabled is already difficult, we can make things easier with thought and insight. Just takes the appropriate moves to do this. Including us into your designing is the utmost importance.
#A11Y #Disability
#A11Y #Disability
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For those who celebrate National Cat Day – October 29, 2025:
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October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
For those who celebrate National Cat Day – October 29, 2025:
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Quite agree! The reason I have some of my tech is simply due to #accessibility.
It doesn’t just come down to tech but the way buildings are designed and how footpaths are made and more.
It doesn’t just come down to tech but the way buildings are designed and how footpaths are made and more.
#Accessibility should matter to everyone. There are tens of millions of #Disabled kids & even more disabled adults who benefit from accommodations that end up helping all of us. 💜 #DisabilityIsAHumanRight #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySk
I know $70 is a lot for two old games, but I want developers to know the reason I'm buying Galaxy 1 and 2 despite the high price tag is the assist mode. At least, that puts it over the top. Thanks to limited time to play and having a kid that likes playing, accessibility is important to me.
September 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Quite agree! The reason I have some of my tech is simply due to #accessibility.
It doesn’t just come down to tech but the way buildings are designed and how footpaths are made and more.
It doesn’t just come down to tech but the way buildings are designed and how footpaths are made and more.
I live in a so called ‘adaptable’ home. I struggle in my wheelchair getting through the doors and injure my hands often. If I want them widened I have to pay for it. I cannot afford it. I work, this is why I’d have to pay. I live in social housing.
#Accessibility is fundamental for #independence!
#Accessibility is fundamental for #independence!
The average council spends 61% of its budget on social care, which is locally funded instead of centrally funded. This means that it is in the financial interest for local councils to not build accessible homes, and if this leads to increased rates of medical complications or hospitalisation........
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I live in a so called ‘adaptable’ home. I struggle in my wheelchair getting through the doors and injure my hands often. If I want them widened I have to pay for it. I cannot afford it. I work, this is why I’d have to pay. I live in social housing.
#Accessibility is fundamental for #independence!
#Accessibility is fundamental for #independence!
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The average council spends 61% of its budget on social care, which is locally funded instead of centrally funded. This means that it is in the financial interest for local councils to not build accessible homes, and if this leads to increased rates of medical complications or hospitalisation........
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The average council spends 61% of its budget on social care, which is locally funded instead of centrally funded. This means that it is in the financial interest for local councils to not build accessible homes, and if this leads to increased rates of medical complications or hospitalisation........
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We need a new term for “best practice”. It feels optional. Like “what you’ve done is fine, but here’s how others do it.”
In reality, when we say best practice, we mean “this is a definite accessibility barrier, we just can’t log it as a failure in the scope of this standard.”
#accessibility #a11y
In reality, when we say best practice, we mean “this is a definite accessibility barrier, we just can’t log it as a failure in the scope of this standard.”
#accessibility #a11y
August 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We need a new term for “best practice”. It feels optional. Like “what you’ve done is fine, but here’s how others do it.”
In reality, when we say best practice, we mean “this is a definite accessibility barrier, we just can’t log it as a failure in the scope of this standard.”
#accessibility #a11y
In reality, when we say best practice, we mean “this is a definite accessibility barrier, we just can’t log it as a failure in the scope of this standard.”
#accessibility #a11y
Quite a shame that the devs left out this key part of having accessible game!
Do better! Accessibility impacts us all, it doesn’t take much to implement, and you’ll find that you’ll most likely sell more copies with it being accessible!
#accessibility
Do better! Accessibility impacts us all, it doesn’t take much to implement, and you’ll find that you’ll most likely sell more copies with it being accessible!
#accessibility
Battlefield6 feels and plays great, but it's a game to avoid if you're low vision. Impossible to tell the difference from allies and enemies, and tbh I never saw an enemy player. That's what happens when devs focus only on realism and leave visibility behind #accessibility
August 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Quite a shame that the devs left out this key part of having accessible game!
Do better! Accessibility impacts us all, it doesn’t take much to implement, and you’ll find that you’ll most likely sell more copies with it being accessible!
#accessibility
Do better! Accessibility impacts us all, it doesn’t take much to implement, and you’ll find that you’ll most likely sell more copies with it being accessible!
#accessibility
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does anyone else have a cat that nags them to go to sleep? like buddy im working to pay YOUR BILLS
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
does anyone else have a cat that nags them to go to sleep? like buddy im working to pay YOUR BILLS
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When considering rainbow text, don't forget to consider readability and legibility. Text filled with rainbows can be difficult to read. Same with complex rainbow backgrounds. Putting each word or letter in a different color of the rainbow could force readers to work harder.
August 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When considering rainbow text, don't forget to consider readability and legibility. Text filled with rainbows can be difficult to read. Same with complex rainbow backgrounds. Putting each word or letter in a different color of the rainbow could force readers to work harder.
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People often have difficulty reading content when there isn’t sufficient contrast, so it's important to have high color contrast. TPGi’s free color contrast checker tool allows you to determine the contrast ratio of two colors by using an eye-drop tool.
developer.paciellogroup.com/color-contra...
developer.paciellogroup.com/color-contra...
Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA) - TPGi
TPGi's ADA Color Contrast Checker helps determine the accessibility of the contrast ratio of two colors for WCAG AA and AAA.
developer.paciellogroup.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
People often have difficulty reading content when there isn’t sufficient contrast, so it's important to have high color contrast. TPGi’s free color contrast checker tool allows you to determine the contrast ratio of two colors by using an eye-drop tool.
developer.paciellogroup.com/color-contra...
developer.paciellogroup.com/color-contra...
Watching YouTube, noticed some countries have their restaurants put tables and chairs on the footpath.
Immediately I’m thinking of people with mobility, sight and other disabilities who would struggle to navigate it. Including children in prams.
How can this not be obvious?
#accessibility
Immediately I’m thinking of people with mobility, sight and other disabilities who would struggle to navigate it. Including children in prams.
How can this not be obvious?
#accessibility
a cartoon character says i don t understand
Alt: A red bodied and grey cartoon character, with a blue nose, says ‘i don’t understand’. While scratching their head.
media.tenor.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Watching YouTube, noticed some countries have their restaurants put tables and chairs on the footpath.
Immediately I’m thinking of people with mobility, sight and other disabilities who would struggle to navigate it. Including children in prams.
How can this not be obvious?
#accessibility
Immediately I’m thinking of people with mobility, sight and other disabilities who would struggle to navigate it. Including children in prams.
How can this not be obvious?
#accessibility
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🚨 #TimmsReview is, at best, a pause. At worst, it’s a strategic delay designed to give the illusion of listening while buying time to repackage and reintroduce the same cuts with a veneer of consultation.@VoxPolitical ⬇️
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
Why the Timms Review Won’t Stop the Planned PIP Cuts
The Timms Review is not a win — it’s a delay tactic. PIP cuts are still on the table. Here’s what’s really going on and why it’s not over yet.
voxpoliticalonline.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🚨 #TimmsReview is, at best, a pause. At worst, it’s a strategic delay designed to give the illusion of listening while buying time to repackage and reintroduce the same cuts with a veneer of consultation.@VoxPolitical ⬇️
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
I've never tried Steam in Big Picture Mode, but I think I just might try it if it has a screen reader, text sizing, and all these other accessibility features that I did not know about! Anyone ever try the steam deck? Any accessibility thoughts?
www.theverge.com/games/689922...
#A11y
www.theverge.com/games/689922...
#A11y
Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools
They’re available in the latest beta.
www.theverge.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When you fail your assignment, not because of the content, but because the school changed how you should reference, but never told you! Rules when changed need to be communicated 🤦♀️
My rant for the day, as I now have to go over some bits to change the references!
#communicationfail
My rant for the day, as I now have to go over some bits to change the references!
#communicationfail
July 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When you fail your assignment, not because of the content, but because the school changed how you should reference, but never told you! Rules when changed need to be communicated 🤦♀️
My rant for the day, as I now have to go over some bits to change the references!
#communicationfail
My rant for the day, as I now have to go over some bits to change the references!
#communicationfail
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Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
July 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sighted users often use bold or large fonts to create the appearance of headings in documents. People using screen readers have no way of understanding these visual cues. Use heading styles from the styles menu to correctly format headings.
I wasn’t always disabled, I played football, learnt mechanics, responder for the ambulance service etc! Then it changed, but the most hardest part is others NOT accepting my disability or society making it harder.
We do adapt to a point! But having help would be beneficial to all!
#accessability
We do adapt to a point! But having help would be beneficial to all!
#accessability
Disability is not a moral failing
It’s not something a person chooses, nor can they “try harder” out of it
Most of us will experience disability at some point in our lives
You can be born disabled, it can happen suddenly due to accident or illness or be the result of aging
It’s a part of life
It’s not something a person chooses, nor can they “try harder” out of it
Most of us will experience disability at some point in our lives
You can be born disabled, it can happen suddenly due to accident or illness or be the result of aging
It’s a part of life
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I wasn’t always disabled, I played football, learnt mechanics, responder for the ambulance service etc! Then it changed, but the most hardest part is others NOT accepting my disability or society making it harder.
We do adapt to a point! But having help would be beneficial to all!
#accessability
We do adapt to a point! But having help would be beneficial to all!
#accessability
Absolutely awesome! raspberry pi is actually great too very versatile!
Accessibility is for everyone! Love this!
#accessibility
Accessibility is for everyone! Love this!
#accessibility
My son's #disability means he struggles to press the spacebar twice quickly enought to fly in #Minecraft. No problem, made a £10 MacroPad with the @raspberrypi.com Pico. Fully designed with @lightburn.bsky.social He's back in the game! #accessibility #accessibletech #rpi #pico #lasercut
July 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Absolutely awesome! raspberry pi is actually great too very versatile!
Accessibility is for everyone! Love this!
#accessibility
Accessibility is for everyone! Love this!
#accessibility
Yes, assistive tech is advancing BUT some of it also comes with a hefty price tag that most cannot afford.
#accessibility #disability
#accessibility #disability
#Disabled folks, particular people who use assistive technology for web browsing, how do you feel #accessibility has been improving or not over the last few years?
This is for a talk I want to write about the actual impact of accessibility regulations and compliance. Boosts and thoughts welcome!
This is for a talk I want to write about the actual impact of accessibility regulations and compliance. Boosts and thoughts welcome!
July 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yes, assistive tech is advancing BUT some of it also comes with a hefty price tag that most cannot afford.
#accessibility #disability
#accessibility #disability
Why would someone create a user interface where half the text is 26pt and the other half is 8pt?
July 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design" is a course offered by The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through Coursera. This course introduces some fundamental principles, including assistive technology and adaptive strategies.
www.coursera.org/learn/access...
www.coursera.org/learn/access...
An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This course introduces some of the fundamental principles of accessibility and prepares ... Enroll for free.
www.coursera.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design" is a course offered by The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through Coursera. This course introduces some fundamental principles, including assistive technology and adaptive strategies.
www.coursera.org/learn/access...
www.coursera.org/learn/access...
The European #Accessibility Act now in force, making life easier for millions of people living with a disability or reduced mobility. Smartphones, computers, e-books, banking, transport, and online shopping must now follow common accessibility rules across the EU commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
July 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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As of June 28, 2025, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is officially in force across the EU, setting a new standard for digital and product accessibility.
Follow the EAA Linkedin page to stay informed!
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/emclnfikus
#Accessibility #Inclusion #EAA
Follow the EAA Linkedin page to stay informed!
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/emclnfikus
#Accessibility #Inclusion #EAA
European Accessibility Act: June 2025 deadline has arrived
On 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act (“EAA”)—a 2019 directive—will begin applying to covered products and services. The EAA imposes
f.mtr.cool
July 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
As of June 28, 2025, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is officially in force across the EU, setting a new standard for digital and product accessibility.
Follow the EAA Linkedin page to stay informed!
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/emclnfikus
#Accessibility #Inclusion #EAA
Follow the EAA Linkedin page to stay informed!
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/emclnfikus
#Accessibility #Inclusion #EAA
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Don't use headings to arbitrarily style text. If you apply “Heading 4” style, you add a <h4> heading tag to the item. When screen reader users navigate from heading to heading, the item will be treated as a heading. This will be confusing. Only treat actual headings as headings.
July 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Don't use headings to arbitrarily style text. If you apply “Heading 4” style, you add a <h4> heading tag to the item. When screen reader users navigate from heading to heading, the item will be treated as a heading. This will be confusing. Only treat actual headings as headings.