WCAG 2.1 parsing error bookmarklet – updated 25th February 2019
In 2012 I wrote: While reading Jared Smith’s excellent article WCAG Next I was drawn to the following statement…
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Join Us at CSUN 2019!
It’s almost that time of year – the annual pilgrimage to sunny California for the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference….
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Required attribute requirements
Introduced in HTML5, the required attribute conveys that a particular form control or grouping of controls must have a…
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Accessibility testing tools – Updated May 2019
Here at TPGi we have a technical accessibility testing process which does not rely on the use of automated…
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CES 2019
This was year four for me at the annual CES in Las Vegas — the last three I participated…
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New JAWS Inspect Release
The newest version of JAWS Inspect is now more robust and versatile with new export options and automatic updates,…
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Short note on scoping mechanisms
In 2 recent articles I have illustrated why the scope attribute is not needed on data tables with one…
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A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders [Part 2]
“Unethical”, “misleading” and “exploitative” are the words used by the Norwegian Consumer Council to describe the use of dark…
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Describing aria-describedby
A well-designed user interface (UI) should clearly identify important content and controls. Often people correlate this to using prominent…
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5 free test tools: A11yTO meetup
#a11yTO (Accessibility Toronto) hosted a meetup at Hacker You where Bill Anstice and I gave a talk on how to…
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A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders [Part 1]
Anyone booking a vacation has likely encountered persuasive notifications urging them to “Hurry, only 2 tickets left!” or to…
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Short note on the accessibility of styled form controls
Sticking with a native form control will almost always give your users a more accessible experience than trying to…
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Shortish note on JAWS support for regions
The JAWS screen reader has fairly recently changed the way it supports the announcement of ARIA landmark roles and…
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Short note on ARIA support
It is easy to get the idea that ARIA fixes everything for accessibility, but the reality is that ARIA…
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Embracing Plain Language for Better Accessibility: TechAccessOK 2018
I just got back from the TechAccessOK conference, which is a two-day conference on accessibility that’s put on by…
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Making accessibility teachable: SICSA
One of the most important aspects of digital accessibility advocacy is helping the next generation of designers, developers and…
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The current state of modal dialog accessibility
Modal dialogs continue to be troublesome UI components all across the web. Putting aside the fact they are often…
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Short note on progressive ARIA
When we talk about Progressive Enhancement (PE), we usually focus on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and often forget about…
