Issue #451
Featured: More on what makes a good accessibility designer
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- A11y 101: 1.4.12 Text Spacing (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- Testing methods: Prerecorded media alternative (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- The col element (blog post - heydonworks.com)
- Up and coming ARIA (blog post – webaim.org)
- A striking moment in American activism (article / paywall – theatlantic.com)
- I am disabled but educated and ready to work — only Medicaid won’t let me (blog post – thehill.com)
- This future must include us all, even Figma (blog post – terminal.ahumanfuture.co)
- Robust accessibility and artificial intelligence (AI) (blog post – gerardkcohen.me)
- Deploying accessibility at scale: Strategy, tactics, and battle stories (video/webinar - youtube.com)
- Give users’ brains a break: UX tips for cognitive accessibility (blog post - coforma.io)
- Inventing Japanese braille (blog post - historyworkshop.org)
- Colour alone can be used to convey meaning, and I don’t like it! (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- New attempt to roll back accessibility requirements – Comments needed (blog post - lflegal.com)
- Is the DOJ web accessibility rule in danger? (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- Legal update: May 2025 (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- Comparing local LLMs for alt-text generation, round 2 (blog post - dri.es)
- Championing accessibility: Technical and non-technical tips (blog post - equalentry.com)
- Inclusive development practices in Next.js projects (blog post - deque.com)
- Translating accessibility (blog post - tpgi.com)
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New to A11y
I cover writing alternative text well a lot in this space because its often overlooked or harder than people think. Michael Beck writes about how to write alt text for complex images. I always struggle with diagrams or annotated screenshots.
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