- Vispero Accounts: An Explanation, an Apology, and a Path Forward
Rhonda Bassett-Spiers: We want to begin by acknowledging something important: we should have communicated these changes earlier, more clearly, and with greater transparency. - Podcast: Discovering an unfamiliar territory with Page Explorer, and a chat with Andrés felipe Pulgarín from Colombia
Freedom Scientific: FSCast #264. - Employee Spotlight: Ricky Onsman’s Story
Freedom Scientific: This month we are shining the spotlight on Ricky Onsman, Principal Technical Writer. - Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules and Issue Papers
W3C: Editor’s Draft 30 November 2025. Looks at different Web technologies and provides a detailed analysis of accessibility issues for people with disabilities that may require cognitive accessibility supports; user needs; areas for further research, and directions for solutions. - Group Note Draft: Web User Agents
W3C: Feedback and comments on this document are welcome. - First Public Working Draft: CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4
W3C: contains the features of CSS relating to the backgrounds of boxes on the page. - Creating a more accessible web with ARIA Notify
Aaron Gustafson: an ergonomic and predictable way to tell assistive technologies (ATs), such as screen readers, exactly what to announce to users and when. - Can toast messages be accessible?
Adam Silver: If you mean you can make toast messages work well for everyone then the answer is obviously no. - Video: AI for good accessibility
Alastair Campbell: This is a post for the presentation I gave at Virta11y 2025. - Tools won’t solve it entirely for you
Anselm Hannemann: I’ve tested Lighthouse, Claude, ARCToolkit, axe DevTools and did a quick manual check myself. - 5 reasons why WCAG AA compliance does not mean your website is accessible
Craig Abbott: There’s a common misconception that if you meet the WCAG 2.2 to level AA, then your website is accessible. - Black Friday and Cyber Monday: why accessibility could be your biggest sales advantage
Dave Davies: shoppers using assistive technology abandon websites that don’t work for them. - Testing Methods: Pointer Gestures
Dennis Deacon: ensures that all users, regardless of dexterity, motor ability, or input method, can fully engage with a website or application. - Testing Methods: Focus Appearance
Dennis Deacon: ensures that users can clearly perceive which element currently holds keyboard focus. - Testing Methods: Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced)
Dennis Deacon: ensures that when an element receives keyboard focus, it remains entirely visible within the viewport. - Testing Methods: Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)
Dennis Deacon: users must always be able to see where they are on the screen. - Testing Methods: Section Headings
Dennis Deacon: Content must be organized with descriptive section headings that clearly communicate structure, relationships, and hierarchy. - Testing Methods: Link Purpose (Link Only)
Dennis Deacon: Every link should communicate its purpose through its text alone - Testing Methods: Location
Dennis Deacon: every user can orient themselves within a website or application through clear navigational context. - First french lawsuits: when grocery e-commerce meets accessibility law
Diana Khalipina: first major collective legal case targeting several large private e-commerce retailers for digital inaccessibility in France. - Why web accessibility is a women’s rights issue?
Diana Khalipina: Web accessibility isn’t a niche issue, mostly it is a women’s rights issue. - Accessibility ≠ Usability ≠ Universal Design
Diana Khalipina: the difference between being able to access something and being able to actually use it with dignity. - wc-pagination
Dominic Myers: This web component creates a mostly accessible (please see note) pagination element (GitHub). - The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA
Eleanor Hecks: CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. - From Jokes to Jabs: Everyday Ableism
Grace Dow: ableist framing that uses disability or health as a political tool. - Who wins when we filter the open web through an opaque system?
Hidde de Vries: One of the busiest breakout sessions I attended at this year’s TPAC was the one about the open web and what threats to consider. - Blue Beanie Day 2025: Standards, Accessibility, Action
Laura Wissiak: The web was designed with accessibility in mind. - My Favorite Accessibility Wins This Year
Natalie MacLees: I’ll be honest – accessibility work can feel like shouting into the void sometimes. - Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days
Nic Chan: I got into an argument with my own brain while trying to create a meaningful distinction between newsletters and blogs. - “Self-advocacy is hard work”
Peter Torres Fremlin: I bring together my favourite quotes from recent reading. - WP A11y Docs update November 2025
Rian Rietveld: new design and a better search option; feedback on WordCamp Netherlands; new and updated documentation; accessibility audit. - Accessibility and Usability: Inline Field Validation vs. Constantly Active Submit Button
Sheri Byrne-Haber: Opinions on this topic often depend on the specific context of use and user experience goals. - Happy Thanksgiving: A Reflection on Gratitude
Taylor Arndt: Accessibility still has a long way to go, but progress is being made - Introducing Perspective Intelligence
Taylor Arndt: As a blind developer, accessibility is a core part of the design process. - EAA monitoring: the story so far
AbilityNet: we outline the experiences so far of how the Act is being monitored. - Bridging the Digital Divide
AbilityNet: KeyRing’s Journey with BT and AbilityNet. - WCAG2.1 Addition – Success Criterion 4.1.3: Status Messages (Level AA)
AccessibilityOz: Status messages should be programmatically determinable through appropriate roles or properties. - WCAG2.1 Addition – Success Criterion 1.4.13: Content on Hover and Focus (Level AA)
AccessibilityOz: When additional content becomes visible upon receiving pointer hover or keyboard focus it should be dismissible - WCAG2.1 Addition – Success Criterion 1.4.12: Text Spacing (Level AA)
AccessibilityOz: allow users to adjust text spacing to improve readability. - WCAG2.1 Addition – Success Criterion 1.4.11: Non-Text Contrast (Level AA)
AccessibilityOz: user interface components are required to meet colour contrast requirements. - Accessibility Should Be Free: Why HoverSpeak is the “Anti-Subscription” Tool We’ve Been Waiting For
AT Blog: It isn’t trying to sell you an audiobook experience; it is trying to solve a usability problem, for free. - EAA deadlines, why you probably can’t wait another 5 years
Axess Lab: Deadlines for companies can be hard to grasp because … it depends! - Mastering ARIA
Be Accessible: Writing Clearer Code for Enhanced Web Accessibility - ADA Requirements for Retail Stores
Be My Eyes: How to Offer More for Blind and Low Vision Customers. - Digital Accessibility in 2025: A Year in Review
Centre for Accessibility Australia: Digital accessibility is evolving rapidly, and 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year. - Podcast: Accessible and Amazing! An Author’s Journey
Chax Chat: Chad and Dax talk to Matisse Hamel-Nelis about her new book, Accessible Communications: Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust. - Video: Beyond Automation
GrackleDocs: Dr. Ann Knettler on AI-Enhanced Workflows for PDF/UA Remediation. - Video: What you need to know about the links between AI and Accessibility for 2026
Hassell: This webinar recording will tell you what you need to know in advance of 2026 - Podcast: Accessibility in Practice
IAAP: Teaching, Testing, and Leadership with Radek Pavlíček, CPWA. - Video: WCAG 3 Status and Review
Knowbility: Rachael Bradley-Montgomery, Ph.D, Co-chair of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group. - In-Process 27th November 2025
NVDA: We have another new release! But that’s not all. - Video: Accessibility ‘not a checkbox’
Shaw Trust: our collaboration spotlights inclusive design - Meet the team: Grace
TetraLogical: an Accessibility Specialist with a love of inclusive design, a passion for mentoring, and two extremely fluffy cats. - Retail Homepage Accessibility and the European Accessibility Act
UsableNet: Modern retail websites have many parts and sections that contribute to the overall experience. One of the most important is the homepage. - Animation and Carousels
WebAIM: For people with cognitive and learning disabilities, animation can make task completion difficult or even impossible. - The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026
Alex Russell: Have we finally rounded the corner? A look at the device and network landscape. - Use overscroll-behavior: contain to prevent a page from scrolling while a
Bramus van Damme: fixes an issue developers have been dealing with for ages. - Responsive Letter Spacing
CloudFour: What we really wanted was a gradual transition. - The only frontend stack we should talk about
Jan Deppisch: we engineers very often neglect real-world constraints — accessibility, slow connections, older devices. - Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid
Josh Comeau: a newer addition to CSS Grid which allows us to extend the grid layout down through the DOM tree. - Cross-Browser Anchor Positioning
Miriam Suzanne: With the release of Firefox 145, CSS anchor positioning is available in all browsers.
Weekly Reading List December 1 2025
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