Imagine buying a car. You sign a contract. Then you discover the dealership changed the interest rate after you clicked “Accept.” Or you transfer money to a bank account. You confirm th…

A real accessibility mistake taught this meetup organizer a powerful lesson on inclusive design, and led to a lasting leadership gift.

This newsletter is a bit different than previous ones. Rather than my usual collection of shorter articles and updates, it’s devoted to one longer piece. The...

People with limited or no mobility use a wide range of assistive technology, alternative input devices, and accessibility settings to interact with digital content. As you design your websites and mobile apps, how can you ensure they work well for them? This post explores important considerations for designing for people with moving disabilities.

The promises of Silicon Valley, to innovate for a better future have failed. Let’s discuss the state of current tech and design best practices and take a look at more inclusive and pluriveral viewpoints, inspired by practitioners outside of the dominant western paradigm. About the speaker Christop

Manuel skips the "Alt Text" lectures and dives straight into the deep end, exploring the hidden mechanics of the Popover API, keyboard navigation, and ARIA. About the speaker Manuel is a freelance frontend developer, accessibility auditor, teacher, author, and consultant who’s passionate about the

Principles for voice based and conversational UX design are lacking. Fluency disorders such as stuttering mean a users speech can sometimes be different or disjointed and unless this is understood and supported, UX interfaces where speech is the primary method of interaction will become an additiona

Accessibility doesn’t stop at code. You can meet every technical standard and still leave people confused. This session explores why unclear language is one of the most overlooked accessibility barriers. Through practical examples and real-world insights, we’ll show how plain language improves under

Intopia's Assistive Technology Survey 2025 captured a snapshot of assistive tech use across Australia and New Zealand. Join Jacinta Gregory as she walks through the research process and explores the results. About the speaker Jacinta Gregory is an Inclusive Research Consultant at Intopia, speciali

This session will introduce the Digital Accessibility Ethics Framework and show how it is applied to several aspects of tech and accessibility. These include procurement, development, leadership, speech to text, and more. The Framework is a 3-part actionable strategy made up of values, actions, and

Annotating designs is a common practice for designers and developers to make experiences accessible for people with disabilities. But these libraries and plugins aren't one size fits all tools. In this session, two of the creators of the CVS Annotation Kits take you on a tour of how teams around the

Design systems help teams make more accessible products and services. How do we ensure the components in our design system are as accessible as possible? We'll use an example to show what "Accessibility Ready" means for components in a design system. * What makes a good "Accessibility Ready" guida

In the Sherlock Holmes story “Silver Blaze,” the key clue is that a dog did nothing. The dog didn’t bark when an intruder entered. That silence was the evidence. Your website has …

Easily access my 3-part LinkedIn series on ARC Toolkit. This post brings all articles together for quick reference and easier discovery.

Article series offering 24 days of digital accessibility gifts of wisdom and insight from a wide array of knowledge experts throughout the world.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now used by many teams, in many organisations. With its promise of improved efficiency and speed, it's easy to see why. But what does the widespread adoption of AI mean for accessibility?

Ecommerce Accessibility Foundations: WCAG principles, user tasks, reusable components, and release ownership. Covers decisions, risks, evidence, and acceptance checks.

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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to explain complicated things in writing, and how to help people actually understand them. Two people have inspired that reflection: Ylva Bjelle and Randall Munroe. They come from very different backgrounds, but both emphasize that writing too often relies on overly technical or specialized vocabulary. I first...

Yes, the underlying model must have three states, but one is always irrelevant to the actual user goal. Users do not seek out solutions to problems they don’t currently have. A lot of the hate towards two-state toggles is based on poor implementations.

Following my previous post about color contrast, here’s the practical question that comes next: so how do we check color contrast properly?

Most screen readers never look at the rendered screen. Instead, they get information from the browser in two ways.

One of the simplest accessibility checks when landing on a website is to Tab through and see if the website works with keyboard. Let’s look at some major brands and see which ones pass this simple test just for their main menu. Why does it need to work with keyboard? Not all people navigate with mouse,...

Why your confidence in accessibility could be a sign of how little you know

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

The Teach Access Alumni Network hosted a moderated panel discussion on Accessibility, Ethics, & AI on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. The panel featured Ariana Aboulafia, Disability Rights in Technology Policy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology; Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive

Accessibilty and user-experience thoughts.

Maybe not, but I’ll break these down into three categories because it depends on context and intent. Pretend this post also applies for pressing Esc. Action Required If the user must complete a task that is presented by the dialog, then they should not be able to close it without…

Léonie Watson's personal website. Writing about the web, accessibility, and other things.

aria-describedby isn't always enough.

Learn how the University of Minnesota scaled accessibility.

Learn more about disability and accessibility in the business and educational settings from the expert in the field - Sheri Byrne Haber.

Maybe not, but I’ll break these down into three categories because it depends on context and intent. Pretend this post also applies for pressing Esc. Action Required If the user must complete a task that is presented by the dialog, then they should not be able to close it without…

Accessibility widgets don't fix your site, they flag broken code to plaintiffs' lawyers. See why overlays raise legal risk, and what to do instead.

Learn how WCAG 2.2 supports Deaf, Hard of Hearing & DeafBlind users this Deaf Awareness Month, from captions to emergency alerts and true inclusion.

Mark Miller of Inclusion Impact interviews Steve

The most thorough and practical guide for testing 3-flash compliance on websites. Learn how to run step-by-step visual audits, compare desktop vs mobile layouts, and use our free analysis tool.

A few years ago, I gave a presentation titled So You Want an Accessibility Score? about the problems associated with attempts to quantify accessibility into a single numerical score. The topic was not particularly new then, and it certainly isn’t new now. Organizations want accessibility scores for essentially the same reasons they want scores for […]

Topic: Your Accessibility Policy Is Collecting Dust. We Reviewed 5,000. Here’s What We Found.

AI generated image of tree that has grown sideways because of the wind A passing audit measures a system on its best day, in a stable environment, with the...