Issue #382
Featured: It’s the hope that kills you
“The truth is that I’m still burned out from this experience. And I think it’s common among accessibility professionals. We believe in a better world, we believe in a world that is accessible by default.”
Read more of It’s the hope that kills you.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- This is WCAG (resource - thisiswcag.com)
- Creating accessible and inclusive presentations (video/talk - youtube.com)
- What can a website do? (blog post - daverupert.com)
- The largest webshops in the Netherlands remain inaccessible for people with visual and/or motor impairments (research – level-level.com)
- In loving memory of square checkbox (blog post – tonsky.me)
- A call for consensus on HTML semantics (blog post) – thinkdobecreate.com
- Government Communication Service tips to deliver better British Sign Language content (blog post – accessibility.blog.gov.uk
- Legal update: January 2024 (blog post – convergeaccessibility.com)
- Designing accessible color palettes in Figma: A guide for web accessibility (blog post – knowbility.org
- Continuous accessibility: What, why, how (blog post – assistivlabs.com)
- Accessible by design: How CERN Science Gateway exhibitions are tailored to people with visual impairments (blog post – home.cern
- A look at the new WAI-ARIA 1.3 draft (blog post – craigabbott.co.uk)
- AudioEye taps accessibility industry veteran Mike Paciello as Chief Accessibility Officer (press release – prnewswire.com
- What’s on the horizon in the legal space with digital accessibility and WCAG 2.2? (event – meetup.com/a11ynyc
New to A11y
Whitney Lewis has a tutorial on how to create accessible navigations and sub-menus. This type of pattern has come up on every site I’ve worked on with deep content. Whitney’s post can start you off on a good path, especially the advice around keeping the approach simple.
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