"No A11y No UX": Accessibility as the baseline of Usability open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #NoA11yNoUX #Dev #UXDesign #UIDesign #inclusiveDesign #WebAccessibility

We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.

Barrierefreiheit ist kein Trend, sondern Verantwortung. Schreibe deshalb deine Alttexte selbst. #SelbstVerfassteAltTexte #gemeinsamSindWirStark

"No Accessibility No UX" guest blog by Julia Undeutsch open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #NoA11yNoUX #UXDesign #UserExperience #WebDesign #Dev #A11yNews

############ MERKE:Hashtags immer am Ende eines Beitrages. Die Aussage des Beitrages immer zuerst so ist die Teilhabe Mit #ScreenReader Einfacher zu handhaben. Barrieren vermeiden Reader

From zoom magnifiers and screen reader output to white canes and guide dog training. This episode breaks down the essential tools blind users depend on, and shows how to test them effectively; open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews #Accessibility #UX #Dev #InclusiveDesign #Podcast

Save the Date: Emerging Technologies and Human Experience Livestream on #WUD Nov 13 at 6 PM GMT+1 Topics: AR, wearables, hardware & software Register to get reminded on GDG community: gdg.community.dev/events/detai... Or LinkedIn: linkedin.com/events/world... #UX #Dev #WorldUsabilityDay #a11y

Bookmarklets for simplified Accessibility Testing right from your browser by @dnikub.dev: tools.caat.report #WebAccessibility #a11y

Bookmarklets for simplified Accessibility Testing right from your browser: tools.caat.report #WebAccessibility #a11y

Donate $50 USD during registration and receive a WP Accessibility Day 2025 t-shirt. Show your support and spread the word! 2025.wpaccessibility.day/attendee-reg... #WPAD2025 #WPA11yDay #WordPress #Accessibility

"The problem isn't that we're in bubbles - it's that non-disabled people aren't making the effort to step outside their own." From Nothing about us without Us by Christiane Link open.substack.com/pub/accessib...

Preparing the screen reader recordings for our talk at @wagtail.org Space, and I urgently need to know: Which flying type pokémons should we include?

Accessibility Events in October 2025 open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews

Now on @Dev.to too: How Blind People Navigate the World, On and Offline, with Screen Readers and White Canes dev.to/laura-wissia... #DevCommunity #Dev #UX #WebAccessibility

Next up on #ID24 Julia Undeutsch with Designing for Deaf Space: Example of Japan’s Starbucks Signing Store www.youtube.com/live/GyEG4mV... #InclusiveDesign24 #WebAccessibility #a11y

Today all day: Inclusive Design 24 24 hours of live talks about anything and everything accessibility! inclusivedesign24.org/2025/ #ID24 #WebAccessibility #DigitalInclusion #a11y #WebDev #UX

Your regular reminder that if you use “assistive technology” to mean only screen readers, then you’re using the term incorrectly and maybe sowing confusion. adrianroselli.com/2024/08/at-i... #accessibility #a11y

Wagtail Space is going live in TWO weeks! We have a fantastic line up of 22 speakers showing us the awesome things they have done with Wagtail. Join us and get your free ticket today! events.zoom.us/ev/AtWesoZI_...

Excellent example of how something that's compliant isn't necessarily also usable.

Laura Wissiak brings us our next countdown recording with Invisible Stigma and its influence on UX Research for Accessibility. #id24 #accessibility #InclusiveDesign www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsZ-...

Inclusive Design 24 is this week! We go live on 25 September, with twenty four hours of live talks about accessibility and inclusive design. All streamed for free, no registration required. Here's our schedule for this year: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #id24 #accessibility #InclusiveDesign

Session Spotlight: Build for Everyone or Build for No One with Kevin Andrews & Elaine Shannon. Learn how accessibility impacts all users—not just those with disabilities—and discover practical solutions to improve markup, navigation, and contrast in WordPress sites.

ORF startet automatische Live-Untertitelung – mit Hilfe künstlicher Intelligenz www.bizeps.or.at/orf-startet-...

New #A11yYap episode: Where to start learning about Accessibility (web auditing resources for dev and design, courses, books, regulations, certifications) open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #accessibility #A11yNews

Free, Virtual, and Open to All WordPress Accessibility Day takes place on October 15–16. Register today and mark your calendar. #WPAD2025 #WPA11yDay #Accessibility 2025.wpaccessibility.day/attendee-reg...

My curated weekly newsletter is out: - Invisible Stigma In UX Research - Common Accessibility Mistakes - “Your” Vs “My” In Interfaces - Design Trends Through Sport Posters - UI Inspiration - OKLCH Color Tool - Ethical Reasons To Leave Substack 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...

Running on 4 hours of sleep and an agenda today. May the coffee be plentiful and the lines short today 🙏🏻

How Blind People Navigate the World, On and Offline: Explaining a mix of most commonly used tools for the web and the streets. open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews #accessibility

Accessibility Measures and Supports, an input article by Dott. Mag. Arjun Pfaffstaller: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews...

“What is Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act? And How Can We Defend it?” dredf.org/what-is-sect... “Comments Needed to Stop Republican Attack on Section 503” www.lflegal.com/2025/08/comm... Where you can comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... Due TODAY. I’ve left mine. #accessibility

A new working draft of WCAG 3.0 is online: www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/... To comment, file an issue in the WCAG3 GitHub repository: github.com/w3c/wcag3/is... If filing issues in GitHub is not feasible, email [email protected] #WCAG3 #a11y

I think I have to update my intro to web a11y because every beginner needs to read this too: 10 Life Lessons on Accessibility accessiblelink.substack.com/p/10-life-le...

Another case of "feature hallucination". This time, it's Gemini. I was looking for a card sorting tool, that lets users add their own card (in case we missed some content, this is to test specific enterprise content), so, I launched a Google search.

I am now on DevTo as well: dev.to/laura-wissiak

I am now on DevTo as well: dev.to/laura-wissiak

Zum Thema Barrierefreiheitsgesetz in der Praxis, ein empfehlenswerter Kommentar von Martin Ladstätter: www.bizeps.or.at/nix-genaues-...

Exclusion by Design: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews

📢 Die IAAP DACH Knowledge Badge "Barrierefrei lehren" ist zurück! ✅ Kostenlos – auch für Nicht-Mitglieder! Anmeldung zur Knowledge Badge: iaap-dach.org/knowledge-ba... #Barrierefreiheit #Accessibility #Bildung

Many think an accessibility audit is just running a scan. Scans only catch part of the picture. They can’t tell you if your form labels make sense, if your links have meaning, or if your images are described well enough to be useful. 🧵

We're happy to finally unveil the full schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 24 hour online event on the 25 September 2025 inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign

`aria-label` still does not (consistently) translate. adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria... Unless you only translate never-hidden content, your `aria-label`s never change, your content is an arbitrary subset of maybe only a dozen languages, and it never has a `<code>` element. #accessibility #a11y

#A11yNews August: Upcoming Accessibility Events in August 2025 open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews...

Do you use assistive products, or support someone who does? Luke Thompson, Pete Barr, and Ryan McClure are doing research to improve those products, and offering up to £120 for your time! Take the survey: form.typeform.com/to/eYmD6QP5 Questions or alternative access: [email protected]

WCAG in Plain English All 87 success criteria from WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2, including Levels A, AA, and AAA in plain English: aaardvarkaccessibility.com/wcag-plain-e... Perfect as a beginner-friendly guide, but not a replacement for the official WCAG.

One of Austria’s few #Deaf entrepreneurs is headed to Gallaudet University. He shared his motivation and barriers in entrepreneurship in #A11y News: a11ynews.substack.com/p/a-deaf-ent...

Finishing up my presentation on inclusive product design for my talk at the IKT Forum in Linz tomorrow. The talk will provide an overview of accessibility considerations across user research, online communication, hardware design, marketing, print media, and packaging. A lil bit of everything!

Fun bug: Screen readers stick paragraphs together when display: block is present in ::before and :after issues.chromium.org/issues/42807... Have confirmed for myself. Who doesn't like CSS display property bugs that blow up accessibility? Oh right. Me. #CSS #accessibility #a11y

📌 28 June marks a milestone: the EU accessibility act will apply as of today. A major step toward a more inclusive Europe, ensuring equal access to key products & services for people with #disabilities and older people. 🔗 europa.eu/!rfmmRk #Accessibility #EAA #Inclusion

Happy European Accessibility Act Drop Day 🥳

Upcoming Accessibility Events in July 2025: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews...