Issue #459
Featured: On inclusive personas and inclusive user research
“I am not a big fan of personas. They’re oft-abused tools whose utility is far too frequently not interrogated, and consequently create more harm than good.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- How to create audio description VTT files for free: No fancy tools needed (blog post - meryl.net
- A11y 101: 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- Testing methods: Identify purpose (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- Introducing Accented (blog post - accented.dev)
- Inclusive Design 24 schedule (event – inclusivedesign24.org)
- Don’t change the company—reflect it (blog post – last-child.com)
- Five simple fixes that make digital spaces calmer—for neurodivergent and all users (blog post – knowaboutaccessibility.org)
- Designing for user font-size and zoom (blog post – oddbird.net)
- Foundations: Types of assistive technology and adaptive strategies (blog post - tetralogical.com)
- The many “blindnesses” of neurodivergence that have nothing to do with sight (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Font comparison and review: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono (blog post - anthes.is)
- Countdowns and timers – forgotten detail that can make your users really hate your product (blog post - cerovac.com/a11y)
- Horizontal scrolling containers are not a content strategy (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
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New to A11y
The Arc, a disability nonprofit, authored a blog post about the truth about the R-word, which highlights how people with disabilities feel about the use of that word. Don’t use it, and if someone does, let them know that better word choices exist.
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