Issue #395
Featured: Why are my live regions not working?
“Live regions have a reputation for being “flaky” and inconsistent. While this can be attributed in part to shortcomings in current implementations, the problem can also be caused by developers misunderstanding how live regions are intended to work.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Veterans Affairs tech compliance boss Chet Frith talks ‘Leading the world’ in accessibility in interview (blog post - forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino)
- Accessibility evolution of organizations (blog post - cerovac.com/a11y)
- Beyond Barriers with Seema (podcast - wallyax.com)
- Legal update: April 2024 (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- Web accessibility in the 2024 Presidential campaigns (blog post – webaim.org)
- Empowering accessibility: GitHub’s journey building an in-house Champions program (blog post) – github.blog
- Churches don’t have to be accessible. That’s bad news for voters. (article – motherjones.com)
- The accessibility tales: Stories from the before times (blog post – equalentry.com)
- Improving accessibility through leveraging large language models (LLMs) (event – a11ytalks.com)
- A to Z of assistive technology for reading digital text (blog post – veroniiiica.com)
- “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” by Taylor Swift resonates with me as a disabled person: Here’s why (blog post – thesqueakywheelchairblog.com)
New to A11y
I ran across this collection of links to stock photos and illustrations, featuring people from underrepresented groups, including people with disabilities. It’s challenging to find high-quality images like this, so bookmark this page for a future project.
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