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….
Required attribute requirements
Introduced in HTML5, the required attribute conveys that a particular form control or grouping of controls must have a…
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…
CES 2019
This was year four for me at the annual CES in Las Vegas — the last three I participated…
New JAWS Inspect Release
The newest version of JAWS Inspect is now more robust and versatile with new export options and automatic updates,…
Short note on scoping mechanisms
In 2 recent articles I have illustrated why the scope attribute is not needed on data tables with one…
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…
Describing aria-describedby
A well-designed user interface (UI) should clearly identify important content and controls. Often people correlate this to using prominent…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Short note on ARIA support
It is easy to get the idea that ARIA fixes everything for accessibility, but the reality is that ARIA…
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…
Making accessibility teachable: SICSA
One of the most important aspects of digital accessibility advocacy is helping the next generation of designers, developers and…
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…
Short note on progressive ARIA
When we talk about Progressive Enhancement (PE), we usually focus on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and often forget about…
