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Published on March 14, 2023 by Jamie Vanderwall

This essay explores the use of ChatGPT as a cognitive accessibility assistive technology for traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors.

Published on September 22, 2022 by Johny Cassidy

As a blind journalist, I’m concerned that the increased use of visual data representation without careful and creative thought about accessibility is widening the inaccessibility gap.

Published on October 18, 2021 by Emily Ogle

In hesitating to use the word ‘disability,’ people are unwittingly reinforcing the stigma that having a disability is a bad thing.

Published on October 9, 2021 by Federico Monaco

What it means to be a colorblind designer and what the main problems are that someone with colorblindness can encounter if they decide to pursue a career as a designer.

Published on April 4, 2023 by David A. Kennedy

The Web Accessibility Initiative is W3C's effort to improve accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.

Published on February 14, 2023 by Martin Lexelius

Some UI components that have non-trivial considerations to use in an accessible way.

Published on July 18, 2022 by Ilknur Eren

The Web Accessibility Initiative is W3C's effort to improve accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.

Published on March 8, 2021 by The A11Y Project Team

There are two types of accessibility overlays: Temporary bandage solutions, and permanent plugins. The use of a permanent plugin is incredibly problematic.

Published on February 22, 2021 by Hamsa Harcourt

A quick overview of dyslexia fonts.

Published on October 14, 2020 by Hamsa Harcourt

A quick overview of WCAG 2.x documents.

Published on October 2, 2020 by Hamsa Harcourt

Key facts about web accessibility initiative, what it is, and why it exists.

Published on August 20, 2020 by Duncan Jimbo

ARIA roles are one half of the predefined categories of attributes used to describe elements that may not exist natively in browsers or may not be understood by screen readers and other assistive technologies.

Published on July 30, 2018 by Alex Brenon

A quick introduction to ARIA's states.

Published on July 30, 2018 by Alex Brenon

A quick introduction to ARIA's properties.

Published on October 18, 2017 by Matthew Higgins

What is color blindness, and how can we design with it in mind?

Published on January 5, 2015 by Rachel R. Vasquez

What is color contrast and why do we need it for web accessibility?

Published on May 15, 2014 by Monika Piotrowicz

Introduction to ARIA, describing Roles, States, and Properties and when to use ARIA in HTML.

Published on May 5, 2013 by Dennis Gaebel

Key facts, definitions, demographics and causes of vestibular disorders.

Published on January 22, 2013 by Nat Tarnoff

Key facts, definitions, demographics, causes, challenges and future of visual impairment.

Published on July 1, 2021 by Cooper Hollmaier

SEO and accessibility have a lot more in common than you would think. Many of the same practices that we use to further enable people to enjoy our digital experiences are also great for search engines.

Published on March 23, 2021 by Eric Bailey

Alternate (alt) text help people who use assistive technology understand images, and are a core part of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). They require a human’s input to be effective.

Published on May 13, 2020 by Eric Bailey

ARIA is a very useful tool for helping to enhance accessible web experiences, but it should only be used when no other options are available.

Published on April 21, 2013 by Dave Rupert

97.6% of all screen readers have JavaScript enabled.

Published on January 11, 2013 by Dave Rupert

A brief explanation of the four categories of accessibility.

Published on November 26, 2018 by Luis Garcia

How to test the Resize Text WCAG Success Criterion.

Published on November 21, 2018 by Eric Bailey

How to determine if your touch targets are large enough to be used.

Published on January 25, 2013 by Nat Tarnoff

you can check the reading level of your written content by using these tools.

Published on January 22, 2013 by Dave Rupert

Using an ordinary mobile device you can check your site's readability.

Published on January 11, 2013 by Dave Rupert

A quick accessibility test that you can run on your sites right now.

Published on August 25, 2021 by Steve Barnett

Three quick tips to help us design more accessibly.

Published on August 14, 2021 by Steve Barnett

Reviewing designs for accessibility is a great way to help designers think more accessibly and to help developers implement more accessibly. We can use short checklists to help us make sure we haven't missed any big things.

Published on June 15, 2021 by Michele A. Williams, PhD

Make your social media, digital document, and multimedia content more accessible with these quick and practical steps.

Published on February 15, 2019 by Emma Patricios

Links are used on almost every site on the web, however it is easy to create links that are not accessible to all.

Published on December 29, 2017 by Scott Vinkle

How to enable full keyboard support in browsers on macOS.

Published on August 26, 2017 by Scott O'Hara

The numeronym 'a11y' is shorthand for 'accessibility.'

Published on January 25, 2013 by Guilherme Simões

Removing CSS outlines without proper fallbacks can make it impossible to navigate your site with a keyboard.

Published on January 15, 2013 by Emma Patricios

Why you shouldn't auto-play anything that could distract the user from their main task.

Published on January 14, 2013 by Thomas Sjögren

Why you never ever should use maximum-scale='1.0' in your viewport meta tag.

Published on January 14, 2013 by Erik Runyon

Use ARIA Landmark Roles to help assistive devices navigate the markup.

Published on January 14, 2013 by Susan Robertson

A few tips on how and when to use the alt attribute. Make sure the text is helpful and most importantly meaningful.

Published on March 2, 2023 by Daniel Sage

When you ask them, most experts’ advice also boils down to: Describe what you see. And while it’s valid advice and may seem simple, it’s not.

Published on July 17, 2022 by Todd Libby

Firefox has become one of the best tools for accessibility audits. Let’s go over Firefox’s accessibility features that you can use today.

Published on January 3, 2022 by Rian Rietveld

Headings are the backbone of the content of a page. A visitor should be able to scan or navigate a webpage using headings to get a good impression of its content.

Published on January 28, 2021 by Eric Bailey

tabindex is a global attribute that allows an HTML element to receive focus. It needs a value of zero or a negative number in order to work in an accessible way.

Published on December 22, 2020 by Kelly Gillit

A general guide to designing more inclusive animation and what to avoid along the away.

Published on October 15, 2020 by Marcy Sutton

Tips on ditching your mouse and creating more accessible experiences.

Published on September 16, 2020 by Hamsa Harcourt

Practical tips on how to create accessible forms.

Published on March 5, 2016 by Franklyn Roth

What you need to create an accessible data table.

Published on January 7, 2016 by Rachel R. Vasquez

How-to use placeholders on input elements.

Published on July 17, 2013 by Nat Tarnoff

How to implement captions for HTML video element.

Published on May 11, 2013 by Cameron Cundiff

Use skip nav links to ease keyboard user fatigue and frustration.

Published on April 22, 2013 by Dave Rupert

Avoid using title attributes except in a few special circumstances.

Published on February 15, 2013 by Dave Rupert

How-to hide content but still make it accessible to screen readers.

Published on February 9, 2013 by Dennis Gaebel

Never use role='application' on a widely containing element body if your page consists mostly of traditional page elements.

Published on January 22, 2013 by Thomas Sjögren

Ways to help make your accessibility efforts are as future proof as possible.

Published on March 6, 2023 by Cooper Hollmaier

A brief overview of getting started with TalkBack version 13.1 on Android.

Published on September 3, 2021 by Joseph Mawa

A quick overview of getting started with Orca on Gnome desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Published on June 7, 2021 by Kilian Valkhof

Insufficient text contrast is the most common accessibility issue on websites today, even though by and large be automatically found and fixed. The Fix Contrast browser extension fixes contrast issues for end users.

Published on January 28, 2021 by Lucia Cerchie

Things to keep in mind for designing accessible mobile apps.

Published on November 23, 2020 by Anh Pham

How-to guide to the basics of navigating around on an iPhone using Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader, included in iOS.

Published on July 24, 2020 by Andrew Nevins

Keyboard shortcuts are hard to learn. Here are some other ways that can help that learning.

Published on January 23, 2020 by Eric Bailey

A quick overview of navigating a webpage using the NVDA screen reader.

Published on May 29, 2015 by Scott Vinkle

A quick overview of navigating a webpage using the NVDA screen reader.

Published on January 14, 2013 by Mat Marquis

How-to guide to the basics of navigating a webpage using Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader, included in macOS.