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How Do Refreshable Braille Displays Work?

Many people with vision-related disabilities use screen readers to browse the web. Screen readers typically...
May 5, 2022

What Is Ableism? Fighting Assumptions About People with Disabilities

Ableism is discrimination against people with disabilities. It assumes that people with “typical" abilities do...
May 4, 2022

Do Emails Need to Be ADA Compliant?

If your brand communicates with customers via email, you should take steps to make sure your emails are accessible...
May 3, 2022

Dragon Speech Recognition: How Voice Controls Improve Accessibility

Assistive technologies provide people with a wider variety of ways to interact with digital content. In many...
May 2, 2022

Will Digital Accessibility Make My Website Ugly?

What does an accessible website look like? That’s completely up to you — but adopting the best practices of web...
Apr 29, 2022

Choosing Benchmarking Metrics for Website Accessibility

To create accessible digital content, you’ll need to track your progress — and in many cases, that’s easier said...
Apr 28, 2022

Web Accessibility Remediation: A Quick Guide for Getting Started

Accessibility remediation refers to the process of removing barriers that affect people with disabilities. In...
Apr 27, 2022

Plain Old Semantic HTML: A Perfect Basis for Accessibility

To create web content that works for as many users as possible, websites need structure. Not every user can...
Apr 26, 2022

8 Ways to Make Website Accessibility Easier (and Less Expensive)

In a 2021 Forrester study, 84% of companies said that they are working towards digital accessibility, and for good...
Apr 25, 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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