Issue #482
Featured: Designing accessibility for real use, not dashboards
“Accessibility isn’t proven by a score, it’s proven when people with disabilities can actually use the product.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Dark mode - Essential not a preference (blog post - seemeplease.com)
- What continuous improvement model is best for accessibility? (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Testing methods: Link purpose (Link only) (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- What is an AXEvent? (blog post – maxdesign.com.au)
- Why accessible video is still not possible on Instagram (blog post – a11yblog.com)
- The Anatomy of an accessible text field (blog post – inklusivo.nl)
- Your post is cool, but is it accessible and inclusive? (video/talk – youtube.com)
- How To design for (and with) Deaf people (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
- Building the brain of your accessibility AI (blog post - last-child.com)
- Eric Bailey’s predictions for the future of accessibility (blog post - mantisandco.com)
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