Issue #500
Featured: Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture
“Inaccessible output by default is a case of implicit and unwitting control, in that it shapes who can—and cannot—use the web. The companies that provide these models could hypothetically be compelled to address that.”
Read more of Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Learning to develop more accessible iOS games (blog post - accessibilityupto11.com)
- A11y 101: 2.5.8 target size (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- The major technical reasons why accessibility overlays don’t work (blog post - afixt.com)
- Presence vs participation (blog post - myblurredworld.com)
- Colour, contrast, and creativity (blog post - intopia.digital)
- Introducing @accesslint/jest: progressive accessibility testing for Jest (blog post - dev.to)
- Green components: How your design system can aid sustainability goals (blog post - zeroheight.com)
- The HHS Section 504 rule is in danger (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- HHS Section 504 deadline extended: What did and didn’t change, and what your organization needs to do (blog post - deque.com)
- You can’t audit your way into accessibility culture change (blog post - buttondown.com)
- “Use links, don’t talk about them.” (blog post - unsung.aresluna.org)
New to A11y
Robyn Hunt has a confession. “Many years ago, before I knew any better, I single handedly conducted a disability simulation exercise in my workplace. It did not go well.” In Confessions of a reformed disability simulation enthusiast, Robyn shares the learnings and why simulations aren’t the right approach. You can’t simulate how society impacts a disability.
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