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Accessibility Specialists Need to Look Beyond Conformance

January 20, 2021 By Julie Romanowski

Too many accessibility specialists understand Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) but don’t understand how conformance issues may or may not impact people with disabilities (PwD).

I’ve reviewed many complaints of WCAG violations that either don’t impact PwD or only cause minor inconveniences.

Automated accessibility tools are great resources but too often results are misunderstood and/or not verified for accuracy. Continue reading Accessibility Specialists Need to Look Beyond Conformance

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: conformance, people with disabilities, wcag, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Search Whether Your Code Element is Supported in Browsers and Assistive Technologies

March 9, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Thanks to Heydon Pickering’s tweet this morning, I discovered a new online tool.

Was it this one?https://t.co/HRkYxQacs6

(Might be wrong, this was the one I could find that has a search. My bookmarks are messy 😅)

— Fotis Papadogeorgopoulos (@isfotis) March 9, 2020

The Accessibility Support website allows you to check whether the code element or attribute you wrote is supported in browsers and assistive technology.

It’s a community-run effort to help you make informed decisions about the elements and attributes you use in your HTML code. Continue reading Search Whether Your Code Element is Supported in Browsers and Assistive Technologies

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: Accessibility Support, accessibility testing, html, testing, testing tools, WAI-ARIA, wcag, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Accessibility vs. Inclusive Design: My Point of View

February 14, 2018 By Dennis Deacon

shadowed adult, children, and person in wheelchair holding hands

Note: This is one point of view (POV), at a particular point of time in my professional career. My POV sways and shifts over time. The intent of this article is to generate discussion and spark different POVs.

Many times, the terms “accessibility” and “inclusive design” appear to be used interchangeably to refer to accessible design and development.

As my journey in digital accessibility continues and matures, my thoughts on these two topics continue to evolve, typically based on real-world work in corporate and client-based interaction. Continue reading Accessibility vs. Inclusive Design: My Point of View

Filed Under: Accessibility, Web design Tagged With: inclusive design, wcag, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

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