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A useful overview of the new success criteria coming in WCAG 2.2 (though the author is quick to note that changes are still at least a little …

A complete overview of the most recent WCAG 2.2 spec as it enters RC status, including quick overviews on the most common solutions to meet each new success …

A thorough overview of the new success criteria added (and removed) in WCAG 2.2, including clear guidance on how to test and pass each …

Kasey mentioned this blog post in her talk yesterday. I wish I'd checked it out sooner, as it pretty much covers my notes from her (excellent) presentation but with greater clarity 👍 The perfect …

A first-hand account of how marking individual words or short, inline phrases as a different language (even when accurate) can be a jarring and inaccessible experience for many screen reader …

A useful tool for quickly analysing the various combinations of a colour palette and determining which are safe to use from a contrast ratio perspective. I find it particularly useful when used in …

Clever tool for performing a11y audits on the web. Has an automated (though manually triggered) fast run that highlights WCAG breaches on any page, as well as a more detailed full audit suite that …

A neat little npm package that runs accessibility (a11y) tests on web pages to whatever WCAG or other standard you need. The fact it can be automated at build time should be very useful. There's also …

Coolors are generally my first stop for palette design anyway, but now that I've discovered this quick WCAG contrast checker they've become invaluable. There are a few similar tools out there, but …

Another excellent tool for checking colour accessibility, but with the added bonus of creating viable palettes for you. These can then be filtered based on various criteria such as minimum WCAG …

How should a Rick Roll link (obviously hidden from sighted users) be marked up for assistive technology? That's the question Eric is answering, and the result can be summed up as: preserve the …

A tool for generating colour palettes which are perceptually consistent in terms of lightness, contrast, and saturation. Usefully, it automatically calculates WCAG 2 contrast ratios; it also attempts …

Are there any concerns with using superscript and subscript when crafting content for the web?

Notes from my second fully remote conference, this time Sparkbox's UnConference. Being able to freely access talks from the US is a rare bonus of everything going on right now, and this did not disappoint. Musical cameos, great talks on UX, accessibility, design systems, and amazing speakers. Great event (despite the time difference).

A fascinating look at how modern front-end architecture and practices can help solve some of the communities issues; even the ones they initially created! Really neat to see how Brad has been using …

I read the entirety of the EAA – including all supporting documentation – so you don't have to.

I've been doing quite a bit of research into European accessibility legislation, so this write-up from Bogdan on the subtle differences in the WAD between Norway and the EU was very …

Easily the most comprehensive and impressive charting and data visualisation library I've come across. Graphs and charts are keyboard accessible, well-labelled, meaningfully marked up, with colour …

An official statement from the European Commission on accessibility "overlays" and EAA compliance. The outcome? Overlays are insufficient and potentially damaging to accessibility. Whilst they don't …