Accessibility

This series highlights how we test websites and apps for the accessibility impacts people with different disability types may encounter. Check out what we look for when we test for barriers to people with speech disabilities, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.

Screen readers are diverse and complex: front-end developer Melanie Richards breaks down how they access our content step-by-step.

Apple has become the target of a new lawsuit, one that claims the iPhone producer's website is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not being fully accessible to blind or visually-impaired consumers, due to the way the website itself is coded.

Her technical expertise launched a billion phone calls, yet now she is routinely thwarted by one of the most accessible UIs on the planet.

In this Smashing TV webinar, join us with Léonie Watson as she explores the web alongside some unexpected properties of HTML elements that have a huge impact on accessibility and performance.

To truly achieve inclusiveness, we need to first look at who we’re excluding.

I have a condition called aphantasia where I can’t visualise things. When I try to picture my daughter when she’s not there, I see nothing

Designer Eric Bailey makes a case for leaving key accessibility features to the browser to ensure the most accessible experience.

Website and mobile apps accessibility ruling suggests you may be liable under ADA if you fail to ensure it. Valet explains why in this must-read post.

The Website of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative.

Updating alt tags and creating friendly URLs and file names are just a few ways to maximize the accessibility of your organic search presence.

There’s no good design that isn’t accessible. In partnership with Dribbble, we’ve put together a series of Q&As with designers on the forefront of accessibility and inclusivity—this time, Cat Noone—for their thoughts, stories, and helpful hints.

You may think of layouts has being a primarily visual concern. Let's rethink that.

Rachel goes over what semantics are and how to use the button element versus using a link instead. Code examples and samples included.

A California father set up a company where his sons could work - and now employs more than 150 people.

HoverSeat Website & Online Store. We created the patent pending HoverSeat to solve the problems of hoverboards. We know that hoverboards are unsafe, so HoverSeat created a new, fun & safe mode of transportation that virtually anyone can drive. The HoverSeat is comfortable, versatile and has many practical uses.

I'm diving into React a lot more, and I'm specifically focused on making rock-solid, dumb presentational components that can be ingested by other applications. Part of making these components rock-solid is providing some definition and guardrails for the props associated with each component. E

I'm glad to see that WCAG 2.1 is being adopted so quickly. It was released on June 5, 2018, WCAG 2.0 took a while to be adopted as the standard. 2.1 does

How does a colorblind designer work with color? Not with his eyes! Instead David relies on reading color hex codes. He shares his process into understanding those six-digit codes and related insights into human vision, computer history, and digital color.

Laws can change attitudes, and changed attitudes can change how we act.

Quickly check and adjust contrast in realtime in your browser to meet the standards of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) requirements.

Brandon Gregory considers how to design accessibly for cognitive differences like anxiety disorders, inattention, and depression.

Web content is filthy rich and often inaccessilbe. How a technology of the future could look like to keep the web accessible?

When websites are not accessbile, it can be a frustrating experience. But it's even more frustrating when it's dismissed by an influential figure.

On Monday October 8, I gave a talk at edUI Conf about accessibility, as one is wont to do. (I had a fantastic time and I strongly recommend this conference to anyone who’s working on the web for a…

Style guide and pattern library promoting accessible components and WCAG compliance criteria