Is your moving content hurting someone? Learn about how content with motion can literally make some people sick. And how small changes can help. buff.ly/RX2dz6K

On GAAD day, join @wpaccessibility.day's @bethannon.bsky.social, @joedolson.bsky.social, @amberhinds.bsky.social, and Isla Waite for a chat on WordPress accessibility—where it stands, where it’s headed, and what’s next for #WPA11yDay. May 15, 12 PM CST (5 PM UTC) #GAAD #A11y

Did you know each emoji has a coded description that gets read aloud by screen readers? This demo by Alexa Heinrich shows what happens when a screen reader encounters a post that uses an emoji to function as a bullet point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSMs...

How Idris Elba is acting on the need for assistive tech for dyslexia diginomica.com/how-idris-el... #a11y #accessibility #dyslexia

People with glasses and contacts have to realize that we have a disability that just happens to be highly accommodated for in modern society and that accommodation is the only reason why poor eyesight is not considered a disability.

And this number is from SIX years ago. We KNOW that online shopping has dramatically increased over that time. I wonder what the revenue lost would be today...? 🤔

Llevo cinco años aprendiendo español. Es buena para mi cerebro. Pero todavía tengo dificultades con conversaciones básicas.

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Wiesel (writer, activist, Holocaust survivor)

If your WCAG testing is only axe / ARC / WAVE / EAAC, not only are you only testing ~30% of WCAG, but my own 2023 testing shows they catch <15% of issues: adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comp... Manual testing is still a thing. Especially if bumping into `<canvas>`. #accessibility #a11y

It's new podcast day! Join Rob Twells and @bethannon.bsky.social from @accessicart.bsky.social as they talk about the importance of better web #accessibility – from legislation to the massive benefits to your business. Catch it on Spotify, YT and more here: thedigitalmaze.com/blog/room-30...

Make sure that interactive elements that can be accessed by using a mouse, pen, trackpad or touch are at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels. This helps people with low vision and/or limited motor control select the intended element without accidentally selecting nearby elements.

Esta semana conversei com a @klangensiepenmep.bsky.social, eurodeputada dos verdes no @europarl.europa.eu sobre os direitos das pessoas com deficiência na UE. Falámos sobre a Carteira Europeia da Deficiência, acessibilidade em Bruxelas e os desafios na política. #Acessibilidade #AXSChat

Please reshare: You may see a Super Bowl ad sponsored by Elon Musk that includes misinformation and conspiracy theories about USAID In addition to providing humanitarian aid to the world’s poorest people, USAID is… (con’t)

PDF tags provide a hidden, structured representation of PDF content that is presented to screen readers. Not all applications support good PDF tag structure, but InDesign, Word, and PowerPoint can. WebAIM has more information on preserving these tags. webaim.org/techniques/a...

I find this funny, but also instructive.

Interested in helping make WP Accessibility Day an awesome event? Check out whether volunteering as an organizer might be for you. I've been an organizer for 3 years, and it's a really fun group.

A few tips for making BlueSky a more accessible place. Please add alt text to images. Yes, this is the one everyone kind of knows about, but worth flagging. By all means add some extra context or jokes to it and be creative but please put the actual image description at the beginning. 1/3

You don't need permission to make things accessible. Leave files better than you found them #a11y

As a blind dude, your images mean nothing to me without an alt-text description. I know it’s a pain & I have zero expectations of you using this #Accessibility tool so thoughtfully provided by #BlueSky but I appreciate every effort. It doesn’t have to be The Great Gatsby but please include me 😎

You have to be f'ing kidding... Wix requires at least a $36/mo account to use a domain you have registered elsewhere -- even if you are using Wix nameservers? Migrated a client's domain in prep for a launch in a few weeks without knowing this weird requirement. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Minimizing cognitive load absolutely helps people with cognitive disabilities, but also many of the rest of us who are distracted and tired most of the time. Accessibility improvements almost always improve user experience FOR EVERYONE!

Don't use color alone to convey information. Marking required fields by only using colored labels won't help people who use screen readers or who can't distinguish colors. If using color, also add text like asterisks and/or "required." www.w3.org/WAI/tips/des...

Do I know anyone going to ShopTalk 2025 in March?

Public comments will be received until February 5, 2025. Have you commented yet?

Do you run an eCommerce store or help clients with eComm? Join me for a webinar on Jan 28 to chat about accessibility compliance -- especially for the EU Accessibility Act that starts enforcement in June 2025!

Oh, hello. Here's a 30 second tutorial to learn a ton about your audience using data from Bluesky, ChatGPT, and SparkToro.

Have revenue or profit goals for 2025? Have a think about how accessibility improvements can be a vector for growth. Anyone have examples of this to share? I'd love to hear your stories about how a11y improvements helped revenue!

Client: “Sure we used AccessiBe to make our site accessible, why do you ask?” 🤔 #a11y #webdev #Accessibility #memes

Some people have disabilities that are directly based on the way they understand and interpret numbers. In this post, Ricky Onsman explains some of these disabilities, who is affects and how, and what web creators can do about it. www.tpgi.com/making-numbe...

"for false advertising and compensating reviewers without disclosing that it sponsored the reviews" The class action lawsuit by users who were not supported by AccessiBe when they had their sites sued is still pending.

Have an ecommerce site or support clients who do? The clock is ticking on compliance with the EU Accessibility Act. If you have EU customers, you probably need to meet WCAG 2.1 AA by June 28, 2025. Here’s how to get started.

This will help not only users with low vision, but also users with aging eyes. As we age, the lens of the eye gradually yellows, changing color perception slowly over time. If your users are over 50 yo, you will want to pay attention to color contrast to improve their user experience.

OMG! Just created a new Amazon(.)com account for reasons. They had a "prove you are not a bot" challenge that involved sliding images that had been sliced horizontally to match up. I couldn't make that work at all! Def not intuitive in any way! I finally had to resort to an audio-based challenge.

“Any software developer worth their salt would want to make sure 100% of their audience has a smooth, and enjoyable experience when using their product. Right?” Why are we so bad at accessibility?

This happened to me too. Alt text required unset itself in bsky settings. Check yours!

Sidebar: I know everyone is jumping on the alt-text bandwagon and for good reasons. But did you know that some people (like me) struggle with visual tracking while reading? Separating sentences and using punctuation helps not only with tracking but also allows screenreaders access too. 💞

Watched Inception for the first time tonight with extended family members. My brain hurts now, and I’m a little anxious about dreaming… 🤔

looks like bluesky's trending tab uses alt text for keywords as well. so if you want to be more discoverable but dont want to write a paragraph over your artwork its probably a good idea to use alt text

Meryl Evans' "Why and How to Create Accessible Social Media and Website Content" introduces content creators to basic accessibility considerations for links, hashtags, emojis, alt text, transcripts, and more. meryl.net/digital-cont...

On #AccessibilityCraft this week: Chris, @stevejonesdev.bsky.social and I discuss the HTTP Archive study finding Wix to be the best CMS for building #accessible websites. What do you think? Are you ready to switch to Wix for #a11y? #podcast

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

If you can’t find events where your ICPs are, and will talk to you, you can make your own. Meetup[.]com even helps you reach out to people who might be interesting. One founder organized events at a local spa with pedicures and wine to interview moms. Get creative.

My 2 cents: if you want more of your connections to leave X and focus here, be sure you diminish your engagement & likes on X. Reduced engagement there will draw them to the better engagement (and tools for blocking yucky engagement) here.

What a fabulous response by Alex Stine to this Gutenberg Github discussion about button positioning and the use of icons over text. #accessibility #a11y #WordPress

I'm seeing a lot of posts lately that don't have ALT text on them. Folks, please add it and help with accessibility!!

@katiekeithbarn2.bsky.social Welcome! Glad to see you here!

Don't forget to add alt text on Instagram and Facebook, too. When you forget, the auto-generated alt text is not as helpful, complete, or accurate as human-written alt text. A.I. can't know the purpose of a photo. Always add your own alt text on Instagram and Facebook.

Because if you don’t make sure everyone does their part, it won’t be long until there are a lot of new barriers.

Day 15 of #MobileA11yAdventCalendar "Does WCAG actually apply to mobile? Where are the standards?" The answer, WCAG does apply to mobile apps. Yes, the word "web" is literally in the title. The principals that WCAG is built on are easily transferable to mobile apps. See thread of links: