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The Americans with Disabilities Act Is 35 Years Old — And More Relevant Than Ever

On July 26th, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law.
Jul 22, 2025

Missouri’s Web Accessibility Standard: What Businesses Should Know

Read the official website of the state of Missouri, and you’ll find a fairly standard web accessibility policy —...
Jul 15, 2025

Building Accessible Websites with a University Page Builder

Colleges and universities are frequent targets for web accessibility lawsuits, and for good reason: If students...
Jul 7, 2025

Ethics of AI in Accessibility: Avoiding Bias when Using Generative AI Text

Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a critical role in the future of digital accessibility (and as we’ve...
Jun 18, 2025

This Basic Web Accessibility Issue Could Cost You 4% of Your Audience

Imagine that your website has a special, terrible filter that makes all of the content unreadable to around 4% of...
Jun 13, 2025

AI Captions Are a Great Starting Point — But They’re Not a Perfect Fix

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize digital accessibility, and automatically generated...
Jun 3, 2025

Don't Wait for AI to Fix Web Accessibility

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a role to play in the future of digital accessibility. In fact, it has a...
May 23, 2025

Navigating WCAG “Grey Areas" During Development: A Road Map

If you’re an accessibility lead on a relatively complex digital project (for example, a mobile app, eCommerce...
May 15, 2025

Why Web Accessibility Isn’t Just About Screen Readers

For many internet users, screen readers are indispensable technologies. People with vision disabilities may use...
May 8, 2025

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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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