Issue #235
Featured: Modern CSS upgrades to improve accessibility
Stephanie Eckles says “For front-end tasks, modern CSS provides capabilities we can leverage to make layouts more accessibly inclusive for users of all abilities across any device.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Accessible UI frameworks: A word of caution (blog post – dev.to/steady5063)
- Space Jam (blog post – mxb.dev)
- Canadian COVID vaccination landing pages — How accessible are they to people with disabilities? (blog post - linkedin.com)
- Web languages as compile targets (blog post - blog.jim-nielsen.com)
- Sortable table columns (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- Websites not bound by ADA accessibility rules, 11th Circuit finds (blog post - courthousenews.com)
- 11TH Circuit reverses Winn-Dixie, what it means to you (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- Living with a disability is very expensive – even with government assistance (blog post - theconversation.com)
- Checking Windows High Contrast Mode on a Mac for free (blog post - marcus.io)
- How do I measure accessibility maturity and compliance? (blog post - abilitynet.org.uk)
- The incredible weight of being a trans woman in tech (blog post - dev.to/penelope_zone)
- Introducing Editoria11y: Accessibility autocorrect (blog post/tool - accessibility.princeton.edu)
New to A11y?
Suzanne Aitchison lists the five things I’m thinking about when I check a pull request for accessibility. I love how the tips start with asking “What even is this feature?” You can’t do the right thing if you don’t know what you’re aiming for in the first place.
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