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David A. Kennedy

@davidakennedy.com
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Designer and accessibility advocate. Curator of the Accessibility Weekly newsletter (a11yweekly.com). Trust the process. davidakennedy.com

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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 03/06/2025
I wrote another post about what makes a good accessibility designer. This one packs in more detail about the big challenges. davidakennedy.com/blog/more-on...
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More on What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer
Buckle up, accessibility brings complexity.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 16/05/2025
Obligatory happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day post with an included subscribe to Accessibility Weekly callout. Level up on accessibility for the other 51 weeks in the year too. 😅 a11yweekly.com
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Welcome to Accessibility Weekly
A weekly newsletter that helps you bring accessibility into your everyday work.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 01/05/2025
I wrote about what makes a good link. davidakennedy.com/blog/be-a-go...
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Be a Good Link
Send the right message.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 21/01/2025
I wrote a bit about what makes a good designer and a good accessibility designer. Embrace those soft skills. davidakennedy.com/blog/what-ma...
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What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer?
Embrace those soft skills.
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 19/11/2024
"When we treat focus outlines as essential design elements rather than afterthoughts, we create interfaces that are both beautiful and inclusive." #a11y medienbaecker.com/articles/foc...
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Beautiful focus outlines · Medienbäcker Thomas Günther
Baker’s son turned web developer, kneading pixels and code for 15+ years. I help you bake your ideas into websites 🥨.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 29/04/2024
My secret to checking the accessibility maturity of a design system? Check its focus styles. Good styles can be an indication that the team understands the nuances of good, inclusive design. If focus styles have gaps, it usually a sign of more gaps elsewhere.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 28/01/2024
I wrote some thoughts down about how to make website creation easier. davidakennedy.com/blog/easy-we...
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Easy Websites
Someone, please ditch the heavy interfaces.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 16/01/2024
I wrote about winging it. Don’t be afraid to, we all do it. davidakennedy.com/blog/winging...
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Winging It
Cross those bridges.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 24/11/2023
New post: Accessibility is leadership - davidakennedy.com/blog/accessi... Where I talk about one of the reasons why accessibility work is so hard.
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Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com · 25/10/2023
Hiiiiiii, hows it going over here. Long time no skeet. Just popping in to post an article I wrote about the current state of web design and why it's kind of bad! heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10...
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It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
Exploring the reasons why we no longer have web designers.
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 18/10/2023
This disabled freelance web developer is looking for work! 👋🏻 linkedin.com/in/ashleemboyer Specialties: accessibility, design systems, React, TypeScript, Next, Node Also skilled at: design & code review, testing, technical writing, requirements gathering, estimation
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 21/09/2023
I'm thinking of redesigning my site and putting it in a CMS again instead of finishing the three draft blog posts I have going. Send help.
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