Issue #327
Featured: A beginner’s guide to link and text accessibility
“Needless to say, since links and text are everywhere and serve such an important purpose, inaccessible links and text can cause a lot of problems for someone with a disability.”
Read more of A beginner’s guide to link and text accessibility.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Stock photos of people with disabilities (blog post - webaxe.org)
- ‘Disability is not a tragedy’: The remarkable life of activist and rebel Hale Zukas (article - theguardian.com)
- Useful accessibility and usability examples to help improve your designs (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
- Hello PDF, goodbye accessibility (blog post – uxdesign.cc)
- Hidden accessibility gems (blog post – convergeaccessibility.com)
- Updates to DOJ announces intent to adopt web accessibility regulations for state and local governments (blog post - lflegal.com)
- Invisible Strengths (resource – invisiblestrengths.com)
- User needs for people with learning and cognitive disabilities (video - youtube.com)
- Closed captions and subtitles UX (blog post – smashingmagazine.com)
New to A11y
Joe Lamyman helps you understand visible focus styles in another “Foundations” post from Tetralogical. The three tips at the end of the post will improve your designs in a big way.
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