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5 Tips for Browsing the Web without Traditional Keyboard Use

As they’ve been designed today, standard input devices such as keyboards and computer mice need a high degree of...
Mar 22, 2019

3 Tips for Easier Web Browsing with Hearing Disabilities

From breaking news videos to audiobooks, multimedia content is increasingly important to people’s activities...
Mar 21, 2019

3 Tips for Easier Web Browsing with Visual Disabilities

Laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require that website content be made accessible to people with...
Mar 15, 2019

4 Reasons Self-Paced Training Works for Web Accessibility

Why self-paced training is so effective During a self-paced training course, students can learn at the rate that...
Jan 25, 2019

New W3C Recommendation: Accessible Name and Description Computation

Last month, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released a new recommendation, "Accessible Name and Description...
Jan 23, 2019

Digital Accessibility in the Physical World: 5 Use Cases

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a full 25 percent of U.S. adults are living with...
Jan 17, 2019

2018 Web Accessibility Recap: What Happened This Year?

2018 is in our rear-view mirror, which means that now is the perfect opportunity to look back on some of the most...
Dec 31, 2019

Introduction to ARIA for Web Accessibility

What is ARIA? WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications), often referred to...
Dec 21, 2018

Accessibility and the Internet of Things

We live in an exciting age: technological development is advancing at a breakneck pace, and seems to be getting...
Dec 15, 2018

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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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