Issue #392
Featured: Socks, lies, and accessibility
“Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they’re likely to be repeated.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- WCAG Bypass Blocks (Skip to content) – improve user interaction speed and even prevent pain (blog post – cerovac.com/a11y
- Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids (article) - ft.com)
- How to test 2.4.11: Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (blog post - tpgi.com)
- Drive-by accessibility tweaks (blog post - brucelawson.co.uk)
- Testing HTML with modern CSS (blog post – heydonworks.com)
- This one’s for the white guys (blog post – buttondown.email/practicaltips)
- DOJ issues final Title II web accessibility rule (blog post) – convergeaccessibility.com
- The ADA now has regulations for accessibility of web content and mobile apps (blog post – tpgi.com)
- Deja vu all over again? DOJ’s current efforts to adopt web accessibility regulations for state and local governments (updates) (blog post – lflegal.com
- Justice Department to publish final rule to strengthen web and mobile app access for people with disabilities (press release – justice.gov)
- Don’t get scammed by fake performance experts and apps (blog post – performance.shopify.com
- Update your testing plan based on the latest WebAIM survey (blog post – accessarmada.com)
- Ableism and related terms you need to know (blog post – meryl.net
- Observations on Squarespace accessibility (blog post – theamycarney.com)
- How to create accessible Canvas courses (blog post – blog.pope.tech
- Access Denied: The (in)accessibility of European Political Party websites (report – edf-feph.org
New to A11y
Eric Eggert reminds you that accessibility doesn’t just happen and you need to be anti-ableist. Eric ends this piece in strong fashion, noting that there isn’t a neutral position here. Do the work every day.
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