"When you design for cognitive accessibility, you reduce friction for everyone. Interfaces become clearer, faster to use, and more intuitive, which directly improves conversion, satisfaction, and retention." makeitfable.com/tutorial/cog... #a11y #accessibility

Yes it's an ad for Big Tech, but it's really beautifully done and artful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmFP... #a11y #accessibility

A presentation by Alastair Campbell (@alastairc.uk) on AI and accessibility. Very well presented and in depth. Slides and (text-)commentary, with a supplimentary video at the top. alastairc.uk/presentation...

Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos: www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend... Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.

Many comforts of modern life started out as accessibility features. www.irishtimes.com/health/your-... #a11y #accessibility

If the whole universe of accessibility topics to consider when creating a dashboard would be reduced to just one – it would be contrast and readability. chartplanet.net/accessibilit... #a11y #accessibility

First issue of Inclusive Android Apps is live! 🚀 This one's about how Row layouts break when users increase text size - and why FlowRow is a good fix. Read it: buttondown.com/inclusive-an... #AndroidDev #AndroidAccessibility #a11y #InclusiveAndroidApps

"CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too." www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/acce... #a11y #accessibility

The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) has updated their terminology: Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAECs) are now simply called Education Credits. All info for our students is collected on this page: www.a11y-collective.com/iaap-educati...

How long must an alt-text be? Is there a character limit? Chris Yoong dispels some of the myths around alternative texts. chrisyoong.com/blog/the-100...

A common strategy for one-time-password fields is to use six separate inputs. This makes for a subpar user experience. Read this article by @tylersticka.com for a simpler approach, complete with working code examples. cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.

Date inputs are not trivial, even though there's a dedicated input type for them. David Bushell (@dbushell.com) collects different approaches on one beautiful page: pikaday.dbushell.com

The good people at @deque.com have put my #axe-con 2025 presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and ASL.) This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL7...

Sure, you can disable heavy animations by listening to a site visitors' prefers-reduce-motion preference. But maybe you don't need animations in the first place? This is a thoughtful interface design deep-dive: emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...

A main navigation alone is not enough: "Not everyone uses the stairs. Not everyone remembers the room. We use physical signage to direct users and we provide ramps and elevators. Sitemaps and search are our digital equivalents." tarnoff.info/2025/10/27/a...

A useful article about accessible forms. Many code examples. Thorough explanations. Good stuff! blog.pope.tech/2025/09/30/a... #accessibility #a11y

"In terms of increasing accessibility at scale, teaching LLMs to improve accessibility is akin to killing a fly with a bazooka." hidde.blog/teaching-llm...

Daniela Kubesch wrote her Master's Thesis on "The Impact of Web Accessibility Overlays on the Usability and User Experience for People with Permanent Visual Impairments". Now we can say "Scientific research has shown that accessibility overlays are ineffective." overlays.dnikub.dev

Oh, look a cute mini axe-con. "An axe-con Mini is all the excitement, insight, and expertise of axe-con, contained in a single, compact event." The first edition on Oct 30 has the topic "Removing friction from accessible development" and boasts some great speakers. www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...

"Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic." tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...

"Every developer knows <input>. It’s the workhorse of the web. But <output>? Most have never touched it. Some don’t even know it exists." Den Odell enlightens us about this underused gem of an element: denodell.com/blog/html-be...

If you "work in a large and chaotic system where code you write is copied, consumed, customized, and maintained away from your control by many other people, then it is a matter of when and not if a forced-color-adjust: none style will cause high contrast mode bugs." sarahmhigley.com/writing/forc...

This is great! www.atomica11y.com "With atomic criteria, designers and developers produce accessible deliverables from the start." There are lists of acceptance criteria you can copy into your project management system.

A long read, but well worth it. Accessibility is "[...]a hugely complex problem space, existing at the intersection of user experience, specialised technical knowledge, and understanding of [how] users are able to interact with software interfaces." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

WP Accessibility Day approaches! Register now -> 2025.wpaccessibility.day

"You look at your budget and it's limited. You look at your roadmap. It's packed already, you have no time to waste. You look at the audit and accessibility requirements and feel overwhelmed." How can you approach this conundrum? bogdanlazar.com/daily/should...

How well do top WordPress ‘Showcase’ sites handle keyboard navigation? The Accessibility Show #8 (video / audio / transcript available). wpbuilds.com/accessibilit... #a11y #accessibility

Many people use colour to communicate information without realising the some users cannot see or distinguish between the colours, making their content and designs inaccessible. Check these three testing methods to prevent that: www.digitalaccesstraining.com/pages/articl... #a11y #accessibility

SVGs offer infinite scalability without losing sharpness. That’s a huge win for users who rely on zooming the content of a web page.. www.a11y-collective.com/blog/svg-acc... #a11y #accessibility

Discover how keyboard traps affect accessibility and learn practical solutions to create barrier-free web navigation. www.a11y-collective.com/blog/keyboar... #a11y #accessibility

"In this article, you’ll learn how to create home page heading structures that balance marketing copy/headlines with an accessible heading structure." blog.pope.tech/2024/07/29/a... #a11y #accessibility

Sometimes you have to announce stuff that happens on your site to your users. How do you do it without annoying people? @rightsaidjames.bsky.social wrote a post about this: rightsaidjames.com/2025/08/aria... #a11y #accessibility

Kilian Valkhof, Miriam Suzanne, and James Stuckey Weber talk about developer tools including the Polypane browser and other accessibility tools. www.oddbird.net/2025/07/17/w... #accessibility #a11y

Countdowns need to be implemented with care to make sure they work well for all users. cerovac.com/a11y/2025/07... #accessibility #a11y

A great post about ARIA. What do you get "for free" when you use the correct elements? @nattarnoff explains: tarnoff.info/2025/08/18/t...

You might think "blindness" is only about vision loss, but for many neurodivergent people, it's a term for challenges with how their brain processes information. This 'Blindness' has nothing to do with eyesight and more to do with differences that affect how a person perceives time or social cues.

Nic Chan passionately advocates for the adoption of the ARIA Notify API, highlighting the significant shortcomings and inconsistencies of current ARIA live regions for screen reader announcements. They argue that a new method for real-time updates is needed building truly accessible applications.

Learn from Equalize Digital's comprehensive workflow for ensuring digital accessibility, a process that goes beyond automated checks to include thorough manual and real-user testing with assistive technologies. equalizedigital.com/making-7-mil...

Rethink how your company approaches accessibility: embedding specialized accessibility experts directly into product teams can overcome common hurdles like time zone differences and a lack of practical guidance.

You don’t need a VP title or a budget to improve accessibility. In fact, some of the most successful accessibility initiatives begin as side projects. buttondown.com/access-abili...

Is the European Accessibility Act still an arcane riddle wrapped in an engima to you? This guide from the fine folks at Equalize Digital shines lights and clears away cobwebs! equalizedigital.com/european-acc... #EAA #Accessibility #A11Y

This is a bit of web accessibility "inside baseball": some #a11y practitioners have spoken out against the complicated process of remaining certified by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals. This article by Nic Chan sums it up nicely: www.nicchan.me/blog/was-my-...

This is a bit of web accessibility "inside baseball": some #a11y practitioners have spoken out against the complicated process of remaining certified by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals. This article by Nic Chan sums it up nicely: www.nicchan.me/blog/was-my-i...

even by HN standards this is an all-timer

If you don't use emojis correctly, you are shutting out millions of #blind and #VisuallyImpaired followers from accessing your posts. This is due to #emojis having descriptions which are read out by screen readers. On #WorldEmojiDay, we share 4 things to avoid using. #A11y #Accessibility #Disabled

Most pdf authoring tools do not create accessible pdfs by default. Here's a good guide to the basics in Microsoft Word: design.scotentblog.co.uk/how... #a11y #accessibility

Web accessibility means giving everybody a comparable treatment. heydonworks.com/article/acce... #a11y #accessibility

With this article Eric Bailey wants to provide a mindset for how to approach ARIA as a concept, debunk some common misconceptions, and provide some guiding thoughts to help you better understand and work with it. www.smashingmagazine.com/202... #a11y #accessibility

When moral arguments can't sway you to put #accessibility on the roadmap, how about selfish reasons? Nolan Lawson explains the concept: nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/s...