Issue #336
Featured: Microsoft inclusive design for cognition guidebook
“This guidebook is an introduction to Inclusive Design for Cognition. Learn how you can build products that account for the amazing diversity of human cognition.”
Read more of Microsoft inclusive design for cognition guidebook (PDF).
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Many, many thanks to all the speakers and attendees who joined us live at axe-con this week! We’re humbled and honored by all the great content, participation, and support that came from the accessibility community.
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- I no longer understand prefers-contrast (blog post - kilianvalkhof.com)
- When JavaScript fails (blog post - medium.com/@jason.godesky)
- Interview with Kate Kalcevich (blog post - inklusiv.ca)
- Accessible but never boring (blog post – wise.design)
- The h1 conundrum: Understanding the challenges of heading level one (blog post – digitala11y.com)
- My retirement from college basketball (blog post – terrillthompson.com)
- Foundations: Pointer gestures (blog post - tetralogical.com)
- How screen readers read special characters: An update (blog post - elevenways.be)
- Inclusive employee experience in the finance and insurance sector with Lloyds Banking Group and GAIN (event – abilitynet-org-uk.zoom.us)
New to A11y
Whitney Lewis put together a beginner’s guide to manual accessibility testing that talks about the benefits of manual testing and more. I like the section on preparing for manual testing because many teams haven’t completed accessibility testing on their products so seeing how to scope testing can be helpful.
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