Technical

Weekly Reading List October 20 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

October 20, 2025Technical
What State ARIA In?

Aditya Jainapur explains how to use ARIA to indicate the difference between selected, pressed, current, and checked states of elements.

October 20, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List October 13 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

October 13, 2025Technical
Tables: Beyond Rows and Columns

Akash Shukla explains the best way to use semantic table markup to present web content in accessible rows and columns.

October 13, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List October 6 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

October 6, 2025Technical
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2

Aditya Jainapur explains what SC 4.1.1 covered, why it was removed, how it affects accessibility in practice, and which criteria now address issues once covered by parsing.

October 1, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List September 29 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

September 29, 2025Technical
Creating a truly accessible Flip Card

There are many existing scripts that implement this effect, but none I’ve found have good enough accessibility, and not for want of trying.

September 24, 2025KnowledgeBase Content, Technical, User Experience (UX)
Weekly Reading List September 22 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

September 22, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List September 15 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

September 15, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List September 8 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

September 8, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List September 1 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

September 1, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List August 25 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

August 25, 2025Technical
Universal Design vs Inclusive Design

Universal Design or Inclusive Design – which is better for Digital Accessibility? That’s the wrong question, according to Ricky Onsman.

August 19, 2025Technical, User Experience (UX)
Weekly Reading List August 18 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

August 18, 2025Technical
On Dashes, A.I., and Screen Readers

Ricky Onsman looks at the em dash, en dash, hyphen, and minus symbol – what do they have to do with A.I. and how do screen readers treat them?

August 13, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List August 11 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

August 11, 2025Technical
Weekly Reading List August 4 2025

A weekly roundup of links to digital accessibility industry news, posted every Monday. Compiled by Ricky Onsman.

August 4, 2025Technical

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