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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If your entire accessibility strategy relies on developers seeking out and reading documentation… … yeah, good luck with that.

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Why does my brain try to sabotage me? Had a panic dream at 4am that I missed my web accessibility specialist exam tomorrow because I got hyperfocused on a task and lost track of time 🤦🏻‍♀️ This is why I get stuck in waiting mode instead 🙄

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Ooh exciting! I loved the first season so happy to hear there’ll be more!

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I literally just got back from returning some library books on my lunch break and the library messages me to say my reservation is ready. I was just there 15 minutes ago 😭

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

5 day working weeks are overrated. Can I please have some more bank holidays and long weekends?

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I’m trying to book at a center. I understand that bottles should be clear so people don’t smuggle in things to cheat but it seems a bit much to need to request it. And I need to know bathroom breaks are allowed as otherwise I will get major anxiety. But I don’t know why they must phone me to book

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Same although I’m not convinced I can last that long without water or a toilet break 😬 and I’d quite like to pass the exam. I don’t know why they have to make the whole process so stressful 😥

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Trying to book an exam: if you need accommodations we will ring you to schedule your exam (even having a water bottle is an accommodation) Me: 😭😭😭 weighs life choices and which is worse - 3 hours without water/toilet break or having to make a phone call 😭😭😭

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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 06/05/2025

[New blog post] Are CSS Carousels accessible sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-car... In this post, I share some important insights from examining the accessibility of CSS-only carousels that use new features introduced in the #CSS Overflow Module Level 5 spec. #a11y

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Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?

– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Very true! I wish I had more say in that but I’m auditing a site that’s already built. I can always make the recommendation though

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

It’s amazing how differently different browsers and screen reader combinations can behave. I was testing some custom checkboxes in a form and they behaved wildly differently with Chrome + VO, safari + VO and Firefox + NVDA. Remember to check as many browsers as possible, not everyone uses Chrome

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Passed the Web Accessibility Specialist screening from IAAP so now I can book my exam in May. Time to study shortcut keys for 5 different screen readers 🥲

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Storybook @storybook.js.org · 21/04/2025

Join us for a live session with @marcysutton.com from @khanacademy.org to talk about accessibility testing! We'll share testing strategies, demo what's coming in Storybook 9 next month, and answer your accessibility questions. Happening in 24 hrs. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Live session. Pragmatic accessibility testing for developers. April 22, 2025, 10:00–11:00am PDT, 19:00–20:00 CET. Storybook, Khan Academy, Chromatic. Marcy Sutton Todd. Senior Engineer, Frontend Infrastructure, Khan Academy. Kyle Gach, DX Engineer, Storybook.

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The web accessibility specialist courses from Deque are really thorough but all the “must, should, may” language is super confusing. Just tell me the WCAG level instead 😬

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Enjoy your rest and good luck with finding your next adventure 😊

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My biggest takeaway from JSDay conference last week came from a 5 minute lightning talk. You are not your user. Be a user advocate. I like the term user advocate. I feel like it describes perfectly what I try to do.

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Just be a fair weather gardener 👨‍🌾 I stay inside with a good book when the weather is bad

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

True! Back, thighs, arms usually all end up hurting after a few hours in the garden 😅

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Having a garden is a fun side project. I find weeding is quite therapeutic 🌱

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s not a keyboard trap if you can tab past it but something like a skip link at the beginning of it could be helpful

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I put something somewhere safe but it was obviously so safe even I can’t remember where I put it 😬

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I think this is half the problem. Every time I install something the instructions include some sort of add $PATH to zrhrc or bashrc and all the different repos conflict with each other and cause me a headache. Plus that I don’t really know what all the setup commands do, it’s just chaos

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Yeah, that’s terrible. People shouldn’t have to pay extra for something to be accessible. That’s like adding a disability tax

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

It’s very odd! Today after trying to install a react native project it couldn’t find a path for any emulator even though I had one running and then my terminal decided that even node -v was no longer a command it recognised 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

MacOS. I’ve never had problems before and several people in my team run into similar issues so I think it’s something weird with how our customer has things set up

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I’m so tired of my computer claiming paths don’t exist every time I need to clone a new repo at work 😬 I spend most of my time debugging my setup instead of actually coding. Why is it so complicated? 😓

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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Mark your calendars: The 2025 edition of Inclusive Design 24 ( #id24 ) will take place on the 25 September 2025! We've just opened our call for presentations (closing date 31 May 2025) - looking forward to your exciting submissions! inclusivedesign24.org/2025/ #a11y #accessibility

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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

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

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I think I’d just like to see more libraries where it doesn’t seem like an afterthought. Either it’s included on every page or it has its own section on what to include and where accessibility issues might arise if not careful

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Good point! I think any docs is better than no docs but definitely agree that the quality can leave a lot to be desired. One library I’m currently looking at does have some reference to aria roles but it was hidden several links deep so that doesn’t make me feel like it’s a priority

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

When you are looking at new libraries or frameworks to use in your code, check their accessibility documentation before you decide. It may be great for performance but if it's not accessible it's not a good choice. And just because a FAANG company wrote it doesn't make it good either

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

They’re such a good resource but often underappreciated. I went to a library in Stockholm the other day and they even have a guitar you can borrow 😀

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Libraries are great! I put in a request for a book 2 days ago which they didn’t have. Just got an email saying they’ll buy a copy and have reserved it for me so I’ll get a notification as soon as it arrives and they add it to the system 😃

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Today is Dyscalculia Awareness Day so to make yourself more aware you should definitely check out this great website accessiblenumbers.com and I can 100% recommend the podcast of the same name

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Designing services for people who need help with numbers

Low numeracy affects half of adults in the UK. Many live with the limitations of not understanding numbers and the impact that has on everyday life.

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

No problem 😀 I guess playing around with Lego braille bricks has its advantages 😄

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s just the first two lines of the text Paul "Nutty" Young 1953 - 2009 Balliol Porter 1983 - 2009

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

There will be a t12t meetup at Spotify for GAAD on May 15th but tickets are not released yet

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Definitely, are you planning on coming up for GAAD? I’m also going to look into travel/accommodation for accessibility summit in Germany

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Great day at an Axe Con watch party but I networked too hard and now I’m exhausted #introvertHangover

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Toast sandwiches and not toastED sandwiches? 😂 Sounds like someone misheard 😂

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Deque Systems @deque.com · 25/02/2025

Happy #axecon day everyone!

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Haha, there’s definitely a lot to learn and you don’t annoy me 😀

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Thank you so much! This was really making my brain hurt

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Emma Dawson @emmadawsondev.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My email app on my phone updated and added a random meaningless (to me) icon beside each email and I now don’t understand my inbox anymore. Talk about cognitive overload 😬 how do I get rid of them?

Icons next to unread emails, one looks like a house, one looks like a street of buildings, one’s a star, one has the initials LR

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