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Small Business Website Accessibility Tips
Many small business owners think of digital accessibility as a series of technical, complicated rules. If you have...
June 3, 2022
The U.S. Population Is Aging. Is Your Website Accessible for Older Adults?
It’s no secret that older Americans are a fast-growing demographic. By the year 2030, all Baby Boomers will be 65...
June 2, 2022
Why WCAG 2.2 Is Still a Working Draft (And When to Start Preparing)
Published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is the basis of...
June 1, 2022
4 Surprising Statistics About Employment for People with Disabilities
In the United States and many other countries, employers are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of...
May 31, 2022
Do YouTube's Automatic Captions Improve Accessibility?
In November 2009, Google introduced automatic captions to YouTube. The company quickly touted the feature as...
May 30, 2022
Can Accessibility Improve My Social Media Campaigns?
Most social marketers would jump at the opportunity to increase the reach of their campaigns by 26%. By following...
May 27, 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
Why Are iFrame Titles Important for Accessibility?
An inline frame (also called an iframe) loads another HTML page within a document. Commonly used for...
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What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
September 13, 2019
Best Fonts To Use for Website Accessibility
Font style is one of the most important considerations of accessible website design. Although screen readers can...
May 20, 2017
What is a11y?
You may have seen the term "a11y" floating around the Internet as a hashtag or popping up in tech discussions....
May 4, 2017
Is There a Legal Requirement to Implement WCAG?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are often referred to as the gold standard in accessibility and...
August 22, 2019
What Is an Example of Accessibility?
Sometimes, we're asked, "What is an example of accessibility?" An example of accessibility would be any content or...
November 24, 2020
5 Quick Ways to Self-check the Accessibility of a Website
Ensuring your website is accessible is imperative for business, legal, and practical reasons, but it can be hard...
April 3, 2019
Checklist for Creating Accessible Videos
Videos are everywhere and are being regularly-consumed by more people everyday. According to Statista, there are...
April 2, 2019
Why Is It Important for Accessibility to Use Actual Text Instead of Images of Text?
On the web, we use images everywhere! Images (such as maps, graphs, info graphics) can be an effective way to...
December 24, 2018
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...
July 7, 2021
Why Autoplay Is an Accessibility No-No
Web developers have plenty of tricks for keeping users engaged, and when properly implemented, most of those...
September 21, 2020
What is a VPAT and how is it used?
A VPAT, or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, is a document that allows your company or organization to...
August 21, 2017
8 Common Image Alt Text Mistakes to Stop Making
When alternative text, or using text to describe images and other non-text content, is done well, it improves both...
March 17, 2020
