Issue #372
Featured: Name/Role/Value – Whose role is it anyway?
“As I started to wade through this client’s assessment results, I noticed some key themes. In this case, more than half … HALF!!! … of the issues were related to Name/Role/Value. Like a lightning bolt, it came to me— “Let’s start here!” OK, maybe not a lightning bolt…but an obvious place to get significant progress, quickly.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Comparison of accessibility of e-government websites in Europe (blog post - cerovac.com/a11y)
- Creating Inclusive AI: A strengths-based approach to accessible design (blog post - uxpsychology.substack.com)
- Designing for accessibility beyond compliance (blog post - uxdesign.cc)
- Three common color accessibility issues one can easily avoid (blog post – deque.com)
- Using accessibility rules with SwiftLint (blog post – dev.to/steady5063)
- The true cost of not prioritizing accessibility: Avoid risk and maximize product ROI (blog post – tpgi.com)
- Justice Department finds Oklahoma mobile app inaccessible to people with vision disabilities (press release – justice.gov
- Braille vs. Boston Line Type: How design can truly be inclusive (blog post – printmag.com)
New to A11y
Andrew Kirkpatrick, from Adobe, wrote about why brands must make accessibility the cultural default that you should give a read. It’s an older post, but has some good, broad tips for taking on accessibility at the company level.
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