Issue #242
Featured: A practical guide to inclusive research
Dig in and discover the why and how to make your UX research practice more inclusive.
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- What does an “accessibility flywheel” look like? (blog post – sheribyrnehaber.com)
- We need to rethink the penalties and rewards of identifying as “disabled” (blog post – forbes.com)
- The Ember JS framework takes the GAAD pledge (blog post - blog.emberjs.com)
- Introducing: an Eleventy starter project for WCAG reports (blog post - hiddedevries.nl)
- Rethink the screen (podcast - bemyeyes.com)
- The perfect link (blog post - a11y-collective.com)
- Don’t bury the headline: Plain language tips and tricks for technical writing (blog post - mn.gov)
- Why we’ve created an accessibility manual – and how you can help shape it (blog post - accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
- Hello, world. Introducing Stark for Chrome (tool - getstark.co)
- Measuring the accessibility of our frameworks (blog post - tech.fb.com)
- Covid-19: How accessible is online health and social care information? (research - blogs.bath.ac.uk/casp)
- Show up to disrupt (blog post - webaim.org)
- Disabling a link (blog post - scottohara.me)
- Cutting the curb: The power of accessibility research (blog post - medium.com/facebook-research)
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