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What Does Digital Accessibility Success Look Like?

How do you know when you’ve successfully adopted the best practices of accessibility?
Jan 30, 2023

What Factors Affect Your Chances of a Web Accessibility Lawsuit?

If your website isn’t accessible for users with disabilities, you’re taking a major risk.
Jan 18, 2023

4 Questions to Ask Before Fixing a Web Accessibility Issue

Fixing web accessibility issues is important — but it’s equally important to fix problems the right way.
Jan 5, 2023

Images That Don’t Need Alternative Text Still Need ALT Attributes

Image alternative text (also referred to as alt text or alt tags) plays an essential role in website...
Jan 4, 2023

Should Web Developers Perform Screen Reader Testing?

As a web developer, you want your work to be accessible for people with vision disabilities. You follow the Web...
Dec 29, 2022

4 Examples of Accessible Websites..

One of the most common myths of web design is that accessible websites are ugly, plain, or restricted in...
Dec 28, 2022

Should You Include Alt Text for Pictures with Captions?

You’ve written detailed captions for the images on your website. Do you also need to write HTML alternative text...
Dec 23, 2022

Does WCAG Require Live Captions?

If your organization publishes live video, you’ll need to provide live captions.
Dec 21, 2022

Tips for Meeting WCAG's Requirement for "Error Suggestion"

Web forms frequently have barriers that impact people with disabilities. Those barriers include keyboard traps...
Dec 15, 2022

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Why Justified (or Centered) Text is Bad for Accessibility

Justified text is text that is spaced so that the right and left sides of the paragraph have the same edge. In...
May 9, 2023

All-Caps Headings: Are They Bad for Accessibility?

Web designers have a responsibility to think about users with disabilities when building content. That extends to...
May 1, 2024

Accessibility Tips: Let Users Control Font Size

Oct 26, 2023

Accessibility Tips: Using the DIV and SPAN Elements

Usually, you want use HTML to convey meaning about the structure of your website. However, two HTML elements are...
Oct 21, 2022

How to Fix: "Buttons Do Not Have Accessible Names"

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) require interactive elements to have both a “label" and a “name.”...
May 26, 2022

Does Comic Sans Benefit People with Dyslexia?

Comic Sans is controversial. Since its release in 1994, the playful, Batman-inspired font has been panned as...
May 16, 2023

Dark Mode Can Improve Text Readability — But Not for Everyone

Dark modes and themes are extremely popular and they’re frequently touted as an accessibility solution. While the...
Jul 7, 2021

Web Accessibility Tips: Don't Disable Zooming (Yes, Even On Mobile)

If your users can’t zoom in on your content, you’re probably making a mistake. Zooming (or scaling) is common,...
Oct 14, 2022

Are QR Codes Accessible for People with Disabilities?

QR (Quick Response) codes are a common tool for driving customer engagement. By scanning a square, black-and-white...
May 17, 2023

The Robles v. Domino’s Settlement (And Why It Matters)

One of the most important web accessibility lawsuits has finally reached its conclusion.
Jul 12, 2022

What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
Sep 13, 2019

Interactive Maps and Accessibility: 4 Tips

Inclusive design means making all of your content accessible for as many users as possible. That’s still true when...
Sep 8, 2022

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