How Blind People Navigate the World, On- and Offline, by @laura-a11y.bsky.social: https://a11ynews.substack.com/p/how-blind-people-navigate-the-on-92d #accessibility #navigation #screenreaders #nvda #jaws

With just about 1 day to go, we've now scheduled the videos for all #id24 sessions. You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign

A curious #caturday afternoon

"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

NEW STUDY: Types of science🧪 articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eight ideas your company could implement today to improve your website's accessibility: buttondown.com/access-abili... #accessibility #a11y

“In a mind-blowing first for the animal kingdom, they discovered the eyespots on the fowl's fabulous feathers have unique properties that align light waves by bouncing them back and forth, effectively turning them into yellow-green lasers.” #scicomm www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing... 🧪 🦚 🐤

Hey Chicago, pull up a seat for CATVIDEOFEST😽 Playing this Saturday & Sunday at 11:30am, with an Encore Screening next Tuesday at 7pm. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to cats in need😻 Get Tickets Meow: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Somebunny was enjoying the planter garden cherry tomatoes this weekend. #bunny #rabbit 🐰

Time to bookmark and create a reminder. Inclusive Design 24 is just 58 days away. 24 hours of absolutely free presentations on all things digital accessibility. inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #InclusiveDesign #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y

The Game Accessibility Guidelines have been put together by game studios, specialists and academics. While they are not an official set of standards or documents, they are a collection of tips and techniques to help developers make games more inclusive. gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

Posting this fun dinosaur 🦕 find located at Lakenenland Sculpture Park near Marquette, MI. #dinosaur #art

It's not too late to join the GitHub 4-week accessibility challenge leading up to Global Accessibility Day 💖 Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗 Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕 github.com/orgs/communi...

From April 11-May 22, you can virtually join the “Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition” LIVE with NOAA and partners as they explore never-before-surveyed Pacific waters. Details: noaa.gov/news/virtually-dive-live-into-pacific-waters-with-noaas-okeanos-explorer

Happy Pi Day 🥧🍰🎉 But while π gets attention, mathematician and novelist Manil Suri says we should also celebrate φ, 𝑒 and the Feigenbaum constant δ #PiDay

The Shedd’s newest beluga calf needs a name. Here’s how to vote:

🏙️ Chicago friends! I will be in your city soon, talking about the end of the universe! Come join me and take your mind off your troubles by contemplating ultimate cosmic destruction instead! 🌌💥 astrophysics.uchicago.edu/events/event...

…I broke down all 12 ways to do audience research. • What audience research is • Why it's critical for modern marketing • Audience research vs. market research • 5 big myths of audiences • 12 ways to do audience research • How to future proof your approach sparktoro.com/blog/audienc...

The Bluesky Accessibility Network A starter pack to follow accounts with a focus on web accessibility. go.bsky.app/4ZwqnGg

😍 All WAI Translations This page lists translations of current accessibility standards and other resources from the Web Accessibility Initiative #a11y #WebStandards #Internationalisation www.w3.org/WAI/translat...

Our next match is happening in a few hours! Get matched with a scientist for a Q&A with your classroom at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html Tell your colleagues! Our program is free and we have LOTS of scientist volunteers this semester 🧪 #EduSky #ScienceEducation #SciTeach #ITeachScience

Join us at Eagle Watch Weekend! 🦅 Stop by and chat with our environmental education staff to learn how aquatic macroinvertebrates—water organisms—serve as biological indicators to help determine the health of surface water. For more visit: starvedrocklodge.com/event/eagle-...

Join us for the first CSS Café meetup of the year! 🎉 @rachelandrew.bsky.social will show us a new solution for the visual vs. source order disconnect in CSS: the upcoming reading-flow property! 🌐✨ www.meetup.com/css-cafe/eve...

Alt Text Tips: Improve your descriptions on art and photography images with these tips from @nicolas-steenhout.com nicolas-steenhout.com/alt-text-soc... #a11y #accessibility

Help name a Chicago snowplow in the city’s 3rd annual contest:

Looking for local #engineering and tech organizations in Chicago? This resource list is for you. Includes info on hackerspaces, nonprofits, startups, tech-specific interests and more: github.com/driscoll42/c... #Chicago #STEM

How a screen reader reads a special or unique character will depend on the character as well as the screen reader. There's been a lot of improvement over the last decade, but there are some characters aren't correctly read by certain screen readers. elevenways.be/en/articles/...

This Design Tokens Workflow series by @sturobson.com walks you through how to convert your style guide for use across multiple platforms. Great read! #ux #webDev www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/a-d...

Some excellent links in this list. 👍 (Also follow @tetralogical.com for more #a11y content in your timeline)

Happy Thanksgiving from Chicago

Design tips and layout ideas for cards: uxplanet.org/best-practic...

When the US Consumer Product Safety Commission noticed a lack of stock photos of Americans with disabilities using common home safety products, they created a collection for us all to use. Access it for free petapixel.com/2023/05/23/u... #Inclusion #Allyship #RepresentationMatters

Airport Design Challenge - Design virtual airports in Minecraft 🧱⛏️ Grades K-12 Guidance from FAA aerospace and engineering experts #STEM www.faa.gov/adc

It is so nice reading blog/news link posts here and not seeing bot or troll comments. I'm sure they'll arrive, but I'm enjoying it right now.

Need some #color inspiration? Check out Nectar — upload your own picture or see random images with hex codes nectar.color.pizza

I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me. go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ

As more people join Bluesky, let’s make sure accessibility is part of the conversation. Share to help us spread the word on World Kindness Day 🫶

Interested in #citybirds 🐦 and #civictech? @chihacknight.bsky.social is hosting an in-person and online event tomorrow: 11/12 at 5pm CST (streaming starts around 6:30pm) Wings Over the Windy City and the Chicago Bird Migration Monitoring Network chihacknight.org/events/2024/...

Level up your #accessibility with this great resource: Web Accessibility Cookbook by @matuzo.at Code snippets and tips to improve html structure, screen reader knowledge and more. www.oreilly.com/library/view...

What a pair 🍐#Caturday

🔴🟢 25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years by Jared Smith at WebAIM @webaim #accessibility webaim.org/blog/25-tips/

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Today on #SciFri 📻 With guest host @sophiebushwick.bsky.social.

Hyperlink text should make sense when read out of context. Screen reader users can navigate from link to link, and can listen to links in a list. When navigating this way, only the link is read. So "click here" or "read more" won't make sense.

Microsoft’s #Accessibility Fundamentals learning path is now free for everyone blogs.microsoft.com/accessibilit...

Where, when, how, and whaaat?! Next Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will plunge parts of North America into darkness. Dr. Padi Boyd and Mark Breen from Vermont Public Radio join us to answer your questions about eclipses. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/apr...

Struggling to wrap your mind around what is new in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2? This explanation of the new success criteria has examples that can help you better understand. www.w3.org/WAI/standard...

Every semester, we try to match at least 1 classroom or library per state with a scientist. We're missing 9 states this semester: WY VT SD DE RI HI OK UT WV Do you know a teacher in any of these states? Encourage them to sign up using this link! skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

🟢 The Top Accessibility Errors Found in 2023 by Sarah Lavery at @TPGinteractive #Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y www.tpgi.com/the-top-acce...

Digital Accessibility Toolkit from the 🇨🇦 Government of Canada. “ … a variety of learning materials and resources to help you learn and implement #Accessibility in your digital projects.” a11y.canada.ca/en/