Issue #491
Featured: Finding an accessibility-first culture in npmx
“It’s hard to put into words how lonely it is when you’re the only person ensuring that there aren’t click handlers on generic elements. I’ve come to accept that the bar for ‘accessibility advocate” is just “still cares about accessibility in spite of it all.’ I’m used to being the only one giving accessibility feedback when joining a new project. It’s exhausting having to explain the same small issues over — the same issues that are easily caught by automated accessibility testing tools. Sometimes, it’s tempting to just delete the repository and start over.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Your browser can already speak a page (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- Legal update: February 2026 (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- Fast by default (blog post - denodell.com)
- Testing methods: Target size (enhanced) (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- More about screen reader speech queues (blog post – maxdesign.com.au)
- Underlining links with CSS (blog post – alwaystwisted.com)
- You’re getting sued. What happens now? (blog post – afixt.com)
- A few rambling observations on care (blog post – blog.jim-nielsen.com)
- A considered approach to generative AI in front-end development (blog post - clearleft.com)
- Accessibility Assistant for Figma v52 (blog post - aaron-gustafson.com)
- A11y 101: 2.5.1 pointer gestures (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- aria-haspopup might not do what you think it does (blog post - matuzo.at)
- Knowbility announces executive leadership change as co-founder Sharron Rush retires (blog post - knowbility.org)
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