A Guide to Creating Accessible PDFs Using Free Tools, by @[email protected] (@piccalil.li): https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/ #guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing

Today I learned `header` and `footer` elements lose their ARIA roles when being included in sectioning content. www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

“Mind the WCAG automation gap” by Steve Faulkner digs into what’s possible (and what isn’t) with automated #accessibility tools. Machines help, but they can’t replace human judgment. html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0... #WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility

Most important #a11y read you will get today!

Accessibility question For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them: Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`? Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?

Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍 tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10... Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇 github.com/tinymce/tiny...

This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐 Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most. So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion. interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

Super useful! 👇

We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T #Wayback1T

👁️‍🗨️ WCAG’s Longevity by Eric Eggert "There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice" #WCAG #a11y #standards yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...

I am immensely grateful that we almost hit the 40% raised mark I was hoping for after the first week. There is more work to get this goal reached. I won't stop now so I once again ask for any and all shares and donations, no matter how small. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/24c249d90

New Shirt "for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist" #a11y #antifascist www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

Shitty prompt of today: Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library. Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5): cy.findByRole('video'); Don't! De rien...

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro. piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...

Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days. My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments. We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb Your help is greatly appreciated.

👉🏽 Screen reader HTML lookup app & support tables Updated 28 September 2025 - new test and notes added #HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...

Searching for an accessible third party npm library? Maybe have a first look via this 🧐: isitaccessible.dev It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎

If you have questions for any of the id24 speakers, post them with the #id24 hashtag and the moderators will throw them at the speaker(s) toward the end of their session.

@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is live! inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

I got tired of not finding an accessible cookie banner. So, I made one: www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...

Focus rings! Plural! I wrote for @piccalil.li about how to create a branded double ring focus effect that is dynamically generated based on the interactive element's text color. piccalil.li/blog/taking-...

To my HTML bubble: does anybody know the exact reason, why there is no readonly on an <input type="checkbox">? 🤔 I see some usecases that would require being able to see, what was selected, but not be able to change that selection at the same time.

"The State of Digital Accessibility in Europe" Spoiler: it's pretty shitty... 🫠 www.digitaltrustindex.eu

It's the eve of the European #Accessibility Act! Here's my article -- Dreams and Gratitutde for the #EAA #disability #EU www.lflegal.com/2025/06/euro...

ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...

If you get asked about a good introduction to web accessibility, where would you send people? 🤔 #a11y

Inclusive Design 24 is on 25 September 2025, and our Call For Presenters (CFP) is open until 31 May: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/ #id24 #a11y #accessibility #UX #inclusion #InclusiveDesign #code #gamedev

It looks like if I've missed #GAAD while fixing the scroll position of a single page app... Happy belated anyone!

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Here are my top tips for web #a11y: 1. Use your keyboard. Can you reach & operate interactive controls? 2. Run the Axe extension. Fix what you find! 3. Zoom your browser. Does it reflow on small screens? There’s more, but that will get you started! #GAAD

It’s so disappointing to see history repeat itself in 2025 with accessibility forgotten in this @figma.com “Sites” announcement. An MVP must include accessibility to be actually viable. Make accessibility part of your company DNA so it’s a core part of your product from the start!

For people who want to see a screen reader in action, it can be helpful to start with this demo from Hadi Rangin of the University of Washington's IT Accessibility Team. Among the things Rangin discusses are ARIA landmarks, headings, and text content. youtu.be/7Rs3YpsnfoI

Maybe now is the time for all American people to do, what you would have expected the German people do in 1933. ✊

I think we each need to read the actual words -every word- of the racist attack on truth, history, and progress that is the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order. Chilling. #Smithsonian www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A great article in times of automating everything. 🤖 All WCAG 2.2 success criteria you can test with automation tools and, more interestingly, NOT test with those. Must read for all #a11y and #webdev folks! 👇

“[…] WCAG 2.2 [SCs] that I think cannot be completely tested with automated tools […] because they involve meaning, usability, intent, or user experience […]” html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0... @stevefaulkner.bsky.social with the automation-to-WCAG-pipeline fatberg. #a11y #accessibility

🆕 article by @tink.uk Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA) #a11y #EU #disability #law tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03...

"Staying the accessibility course is resistance right now." ✊ @lflegal.bsky.social, CSUN 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQyW...

Aaaaaand I'm just about to send out the new Web Weekly. This week was jam-packed. 🥂 If you want to stay up to date with the web platform, you should check it out! 👇 www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...

the popover attribute is just one ingredient in making accessible popups. It does a lot, but not everything you might need. that's on purpose. Want to know more? Here you go: www.scottohara.me/blog/2025/03...

PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert

Folks please, by ridiculing and sharing, we contribute to the normalization of the Hitler salute and force the memeification of it. Just sayin... Greets from Germany

Through the darkness of future past 
 The magician longs to see One chants out between two worlds Fire walk with me.

Author Haben Girma and librarian Mychal Threets invite you to the Berkeley Public Library, West Branch, for a conversation on disability stories, mental health, and accessibility. Join us in person or on Zoom. ASL interpretation, captioning, and wheelchair access. habengirma.com/2025/01/07/j...

Wenn du auch in 2025 Hemmungen hast, das Wort “behindert” zu benutzen, dann darfst du dich sehr gerne darüber informieren, was Ableismus ist.

I guess it is time to introduce Bluesky to my latest work, HTML for People. Anyone can make a website with HTML. No previous coding experience required. I cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way. And it’s free for all. 🚀 htmlforpeople.com

A little reminder about a tool I created a few years back that I still use frequently: The HTML De-Crapulator https://buff.ly/4gqxeUq Its purpose is simple: remove all the 'noise' that modern web dev tools add to markup so that you can understand the underlying structure.

The range of skill, focus area, and availability for new work varies, but a11y-webring.club exists to help with this!