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- Webinar: Inclusive by Design: Using WCAG to Improve Usability For Everyone
Vispero: David Sloan and David Swallow explore how accessibility and usability work together to create better digital experiences for everyone. - W3C leadership transition
W3C: Seth Dobbs is stepping down as CEO. The Board has appointed Dominique Hazaël-Massieux as Interim CEO with immediate effect. - A New Website, A Redesigned Archive: 2008 to 2026
Aaron Di Blasi: 19 Years of Access Technology News Now At Your Fingertips. - Why the
acceptattribute degrades file upload UX
Adam Silver: Error hiding is not error prevention. Which is why theacceptattribute is so bad. - Maybe Don’t Rely on Google’s “Modern Web Guidance”
Adrian Roselli: Unfortunately, MWG accessibility doesn’t satisfy. - Should I design for humans or machines?
Allie Paschal: Rethinking UX as we start designing for agents and automation. - Your website is now an API for AI agents, and you’re NOT ready
Anne-Mieke Bovelett: it actually has a LOT to do with accessibility. - Things I enjoy about Dungeons & Dragons
Blake Watson: As a disabled player and DM, I’ve found D&D to be an accessible game to play. - Video: Why can’t all washers be accessible out of the box?
Carrie Morales: Touch button panels are inaccessible for people who are blind or visually impaired. - Accessibility question: is nesting interactive elements bad?
Christian Heilmann: I am mixing two interaction modes here, navigation and selection, one being link based and the other form based. I am wondering if that creates any issues for screenreader users. - How an impending digital accessibility compliance deadline impacts all levels of government
Christina Adams: Digital accessibility is not a static achievement, but an ongoing commitment to the public that must evolve alongside technology. - Americans with Disabilities Act Statistics and Trends
David Gevorkian: website accessibility litigation has grown every year since 2017 and shows no signs of slowing down. - 8 unexpected facts about web accessibility
Diana Khalipina: but here’s a twist: one of them isn’t entirely correct. Could you guess which one? - Decorative HTML ≠ Accessible HTML
Diana Khalipina: I still see many websites using HTML elements for visual styling instead of their actual semantic purpose. - Visually-hidden content ≠ harmless
Diana Khalipina: I often find “hidden” buttons, links, headings, labels and even entire navigation sections left in the DOM. - World Multiple Sclerosis Day and web accessibility
Diana Khalipina: I think most people never think about what it means to use the internet while living with multiple sclerosis. - A link is not a button and a button is not a link
Diana Khalipina: Visually, links and buttons can look exactly the same. But for assistive technology users, they behave very differently. - The (Printable) Page Still Matters
Duff Johnson: Digital transformation has not eliminated the need for the “OG hard copy” document. - Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With
contrast-color()
Durgesh Pawar: After years of design system tooling, accessibility linters, and JavaScript libraries, we needed better CSS.contrast-color()is that better CSS. - Accessible (I Think) Split-Cell Table Headers
Eric Meyer: does this solution fall down for you, or is it good enough? Please let me know! - Accessibility and AI
Erik Kroes: These are some thoughts on what goes wrong, and what could be improved. - MBraille Desktop app for Windows
Harri Pasanen: free app allows you to learn and practice Braille on your Windows PC using a regular keyboard. - Seeing colors differently: discovering ColorADD the Color Alphabet
Helena Ferry: I want to focus on something I discovered in a standard edition card game. - Hamm v. Smith Explained
Jackie Dilworth: Can IQ Scores Alone Determine Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases? - Not Every Form Field Needs to Be in a Fieldset
Jeana Clark: Teams learn that they have to use fieldsets, but not when to use them - Able Player: 1 year later
Joe Dolson: I feel like it’s time for an update on where things stand. - How to avoid bias and stay compliant with the new breed of laws and regulations on disability inclusion in AI
Jonathan Hassell: Covers EU AI Act, European Accessibility Act and much more. - A Practical Guide to Flutter Accessibility Part 2: Hiding Noise, Exposing Actions
Karol Wrótniak: this guide covers two of the most impactful accessibility patterns in Flutter. - Neurodiversity and Web Accessibility
Kazuhiko Tsuchiya: I’d like to briefly summarize what neurodiversity is and then consider its relationship to web accessibility. - Searching for Respect with Lucy Webster
Kelly Mack: Fighting Persistent Dehumanization. - Inclusion & Accessibility Events in June 2026
Laura Wissiak: a curated look at accessibility and disability‑inclusion events in June 2026. - Do it properly now
Martin Underhill: accessibility can’t be treated as something we’ll tidy up later. - Apple’s New AI-Powered Accessibility Features
Mark Miller: AI-powered accessibility features across VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, Reader, and other tools using on-device AI. - AI-generated accessibility, an update
Michael Fairchild: frontier models still fail, but skills change the game. - Why SaaS companies are facing growing accessibility legal risk
Mike Paciello: There’s a common assumption in SaaS that accessibility lawsuits are someone else’s problem. - Five Risks That Quietly Kill Accessibility Programs
Neil Osman: The honest version of what can go wrong, and what taking it seriously actually requires. - Accessibility-Supported: Does Your Audit Actually Check It?
Neil Osman: In practice, what it requires is unspecified: which combinations to test, what threshold counts as “supported,” who decides. - “An industry we cannot escape”
Peter Torres Fremlin: On the red carpet, education incentives, and a disability lens on news from 30+ countries. - WP A11y Docs update May 2026
Rian Rietveld: updated accessibility-ready requirements for themes, work on documentation, WordCamp Europe. - Where can
aria-labelandaria-labelledbybe used for naming elements?
Russ Weakley: ARIA attributes that allow authors to provide an accessible name to elements. - Framework-agnostic design systems: a practical approach to web components
Scott Riley: we get an inherently more progressive, accessible (or, at least, easier-to-make-accessible) and web-native component library. - AI-Generated Code is Inaccessible by Default
Simon Miner: AI coding tools can turn a prompt into a polished interface with unnerving speed. That’s exciting and useful. It’s also risky. - Disabled People Held a Federal Building for 25 Days So I Could Have a Life. Seven States Are Trying to Take It Back.
Steve Way (LinkedIn): To this day, it’s the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history. - Navigating the age-old problem of checkmarks in UI with progressive enhancement
Sunkanmi Fafowora: What about accessibility and users who want to navigate via keyboard? - The Piano-Playing Robot Changing the Future of Assistive Technology
Venkat Rao: machines can learn from brief, real-world experiences and adapt to unpredictable environments—opening the door to highly personalized assistive tech. - Design for all, part 1: WCAG isn’t enough
Wilco Fiers (LinkedIn): I think we’re reaching the end of what can be achieved with a standard like WCAG. - Design for all, part 2: Mind the gaps
Wilco Fiers (LinkedIn): But to understand why these gaps persist we need to understand WCAG a little better. - Making the Web More Accessible for People with Disabilities
Ability Central: new ADA web accessibility regulations are shaping the future of digital access for people with disabilities. - Video: How Sam Seavey Built ‘The Blind Life’ and Changed Accessibility Online
Ablr: Sam, the creator of the influential YouTube channel “The Blind Life,” discusses his 30-year journey to becoming a leading voice in assistive technology. - Video: The Clarity of Social Accessibility
Accessibility NYC: Peter Slatin on the ongoing resistance to the comprehensive adoption of accessibility in all forms, where it comes from and why it endures. - Video: Solving for the Edges
Accessibility Talks: Gerard K. Cohen challenges conventional thinking by exploring what happens when we move beyond the middle and include those often left out of research and decision-making. - Sharon Newhardt
ASXChat: Inclusion strategist at Morgan’s Wonderland, where “accessible” is not a single modified option, it is the whole experience. - Accessible PDFs Explained Simply
axes4: Accessible documents promote digital inclusion and enable equal access to digital content. - Video:Google I/O’s AI push had an accessibility lesson
CANAXESS: with the agentic theme came plenty of details about accessibility across Google’s ecosystem with updates for Angular, the web, and of course agents. - Accessible Canva: Progress over Perfection
Chax Chat: From real-time color contrast feedback to improved tagging and built-in accessibility checks, there are some genuinely meaningful steps forward. But it’s not perfect. - Multi-level navigation
Eleven Ways: How do we translate an “active parent” visual highlight into something a screen reader user actually understands? - Best WordPress Accessibility Plugins in 2026
Equalize Digital: Building an accessible WordPress site in 2026 is more achievable than ever, thanks to a growing ecosystem of accessibility-focused plugins. - What’s New in Digital Equity: Global Accessibility Awareness
GovTech: state and local governments commemorated GAAD by raising awareness for accessibility. - Reflections from GAAD
GrackleDocs: What Happens When We Go Beyond Checking Boxes? - Video: Making Digital Content Accessible
GrackleDocs: Transforming Nebraska Schools with Grackle Workspace. - How Government Agencies Can Simplify PDF/UA Compliance Without Complicating Their Tech Stack
GrackleDocs: many agencies struggle with fragmented remediation processes and growing software stacks. - How I Limit Overwhelm When Auditing
Intopia: Serene Mishteler, a junior accessibility consultant at Intopia, takes you inside her auditing process. - Keyboard Accessibility and Custom Components
Level Access: Why ARIA Widgets Aren’t Enough. - Web Accessibility Lawsuits
Level Access: Trends, Risks, and How to Protect your Business. - New Office of Accessibility Resource: WCAG 2.1 Role-based Materials
Minnesota IT: These resources are useful to everyone, even to those who may be new to digital accessibility. - Pope Tech partners with Grackle to introduce PDF scanning
Pope Tech: This partnership means a more comprehensive solution for your digital accessibility efforts. - Podcast: Interview with Dr. Alan Chase
Remarkable World Commentary: Donna Jodhan interviews the founder of the EYE Retreat, a one-week intensive summer program now in its 19th year. - What Is Talking Signage? A Complete Guide
RightHear: a form of audio wayfinding technology that uses smartphones to deliver accessible information about a person’s surroundings. - Screen Reader Users Can Tell When You Use AI for Alt Text
Silktide: Screen reader users can reliably identify AI-generated alt text, and they abandon navigation tasks more frequently compared to when human-written alt text is used. - What Meta and YouTube’s Addiction Verdict Could Mean for Social Media
Silktide: Depending on the final results after appeals, it’s possible our current understanding of how social media looks and feels will be outdated before too long. - Chain Restaurant Online Ordering
UsableNet: How Item Customization Fails Blind Customers. - An Extension is Not an Excuse
WebAIM: The extension should be treated not as a reprieve from accessibility, but as a reprieve from panic. - Video: Training Support Staff on Accessibility with Donata Stroink-Skillrud
WordPress Accessibility Meetup: President of Termageddon discusses drafting an internal Accessibility Support Policy - The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet
Jonas Dolezal et al: Notably, our findings diverge from public perception of AI’s impact on the internet. - CSS vs. JavaScript
Josh Comeau: Exploring the performance implications of different animation strategies. - How to write accessible dates
Josh Crawford: common date formats like numeric dates and abbreviations can create barriers for screen reader users. - What a Turkish Barber can teach you about great UX
Karl Koch: The skill isn’t doing more. It’s doing the right thing at the right moment. - The Human Skills AI Can’t Replace
Kelsey Hall (LinkedIn): The skills that AI cannot replace […] are the foundational cognitive and communicative capacities that sit underneath all complex human performance. - Writing about fonts
Marcin Wichary: This will extend to a lot of other writing about design, not even necessary even just about typography. - Jira is Turing-Complete
Nicolas Seriot: Engineering folklore holds that Jira (Atlassian’s project-tracking tool) is Turing-complete. This article supplies a proof. - Designing for AI means designing like it’s 1999
Patrick Neeman: That means looking back at the unfinished, handmade web to reinvent how we design. - More than 340 newspapers block the Wayback Machine
Straight Arrow News: What that means for the future of the internet.