If you champion digital accessibility, you’re bound to encounter some resistance. Regardless of your...
Nov 18, 2024
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Beyond Alt Text: Image Accessibility for Complex Graphics
Imagine trying to understand the trends in a line graph or the flow of a process diagram based solely on a few...
Oct 1, 2024
How Long Does a VPAT Accessibility Report Take?
If you market information and communications technology (ICT) to government agencies — or to businesses that work...
Aug 13, 2024
WCAG Conformance and Third-Party Web Content
If you operate a website, you have a legal and ethical responsibility to provide accessible content for users with...
Jun 6, 2024
What Is Closed Captioning for Web Accessibility?
If your website includes multimedia, you must provide captions. That’s not just our opinion — the Department of...
Apr 18, 2024
WordPress Accessibility Plugins and ADA Compliance
When you build a website with WordPress, you can find a plugin for virtually anything you want to do. The platform...
Mar 15, 2024
Mobile App Developers: Don’t Forget About Screen Readers
The first step of mobile app development is to identify your target audience. You want to provide actual value to...
Jun 14, 2023
California Acupuncturists Stuck with Digital Accessibility Lawsuits
For healthcare providers, digital accessibility isn’t optional — and that includes complementary and alternative...
May 18, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Will Determine Whether ADA Testers Can Sue
The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether people with disabilities can file lawsuits under the Americans with...
Apr 26, 2023
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The iOS "Increase Contrast" Feature and Accessibility: What to Know
Apple’s iOS offers a number of accessibility features that enable users to tailor their mobile experiences. One of...
Sep 26, 2022
Text Spacing and Accessibility: Tips for Web Designers
As a web designer, part of your job is making written text look good. That’s not always easy — in addition to...
Jan 13, 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
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...
Apr 3, 2019
