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Limited scope testing of 15 largest web shops in The Netherlands, from start to finish, and IKEA surged to the lead over Apple from last year (though Apple regressed, too). EAA may be helping overall. “Onderzoek toegankelijkheid webwinkels 2026” (Dutch) level-level.com/onderzoek-to...

"WordPress Accessibility Day is open to anybody who wants to share information about how WordPress and Accessibility intersect. Never spoken before? That’s fine! Don’t hesitate to submit your first talk today!" wpaccessibility.day/2026/speakin... #a11y #accessibility

What can web developers do to (stealthily) battle entrenched ableism? piccalil.li/blog/applyin... #a11y #accessibility

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. nomouse.org #a11y #accessibility

Some considerations from @ericwbailey.website before you feed the entirety of the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide to your AI agent that helps you with coding. ericwbailey.website/published/he... #accessibility #a11y

Traveling with the train as a blind person. "You very much take a gamble on every journey you take, and actually, that's scary." www.bbc.com/news/article... #a11y #accessibility

"A year-long journey exploring iOS accessibility, one day at a time. Each post shares practical insights, tips, and techniques to make your iOS apps more accessible." accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios... #a11y #accessibility

So cool! “As someone with no usable sight, I am all about feeling the energy in the room and hearing people ‘umming’ and ‘ahhing’ as a model walks by. I can [...] create a picture of each look in my mind.” www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026... #a11y #accessibility

Adrian Roselli dives into the seedy world of accessibility overlays once more. adrianroselli.com/2025/07/acce...

"There’s a subtle thing at play here, and it mostly revolves around the notion that adding something demonstrates effort and value. For focus order, you’ll actually want to suppress that urge and just let things be." ericwbailey.website/published/yo...

"Accessibility is really similar to recycling [...]. Most people agree that they are both net positives for the world, so many folks want to try their best at it, even if it requires them to take on a bunch of work they might not necessarily be prepared for." www.nicchan.me/blog/wishces...

Full-day workshop, Monday, April 13, 2026, Amsterdam (NL). In this workshop, you will learn how to build common UI patterns with accessibility baked right into them from the start. smashingconf.com/amsterdam-20... Sara Soueidan is a great, extremely knowledgable teacher. #a11y #accessibility

"What America by Design reveals about how public platforms fail when maintenance, governance, and accountability are treated as optional" Great post by Anna E. Cook (@annaecook.com). annaecook.com/writing/2026... #a11y #accessibility

"To provide accessibility professionals with an easy-to-access defense, I have identified common accessibility tasks and tagged them with one of four statuses." www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-eli... Good, helpful article. The generated illustration makes me sad tho.

We at the A11Y Collective are all for simple solutions that make use of semantic HTML elements. These are often accessible out of the box. Loved this article about the madness of rewriting basic HTML elements from scratch for a React UI library: paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shad...

Book tip: Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A practical guide to digital accessibility, UX, and inclusive web and app design. "This book is for digital designers, developers, UX professionals, product managers, and business leaders committed to inclusive design." www.packtpub.com/en-us/produc...

Sharing a meme on social media? Don't forget to include alt text! This resource from Veronica With Four Eyes (Veronica Lewis) will help you. veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...

"Components don’t just improve your design and development workflows; they can actually have a massive impact on product accessibility. Let’s examine five key aspects we can test and document during development." zeroheight.com/blog/5-acces...

Sometimes you just need to let it all out: "I’m frustrated, and I’m angry at the state of accessibility on the web. I’m usually not much one for profanity, but I’m f*****g pissed off." vale.rocks/posts/access... #a11y #accessibility

Vox media have published their acc essibility guidelines. Good stuff! "Making work accessible creates a better experience across the board. Use this checklist to help build accessibility into your process no matter your role or stage in a project." accessibility.voxmedia.com #a11y #accessibility

An interview with Sharron Rush, Executive Director of Knowbility, about her 25+ years of work in the digital accessibility space. accessibilitycraft.com/148-from-adv... #a11y #accessibility

"A video player is the heart of any TV experience. It’s where content, business goals, and human needs collide — and where accessibility failures are most visible." medium.com/design-bootc... #a11y #accessibility

"Screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen. This article explores that gap - through the medium of burritos." htmhell.dev/adventcalend... #a11y #accessibility

"When you design for cognitive accessibility, you reduce friction for everyone. Interfaces become clearer, faster to use, and more intuitive, which directly improves conversion, satisfaction, and retention." makeitfable.com/tutorial/cog... #a11y #accessibility

Yes it's an ad for Big Tech, but it's really beautifully done and artful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmFP... #a11y #accessibility

A presentation by Alastair Campbell (@alastairc.uk) on AI and accessibility. Very well presented and in depth. Slides and (text-)commentary, with a supplimentary video at the top. alastairc.uk/presentation...

Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos: www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend... Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.

Many comforts of modern life started out as accessibility features. www.irishtimes.com/health/your-... #a11y #accessibility

If the whole universe of accessibility topics to consider when creating a dashboard would be reduced to just one – it would be contrast and readability. chartplanet.net/accessibilit... #a11y #accessibility

First issue of Inclusive Android Apps is live! 🚀 This one's about how Row layouts break when users increase text size - and why FlowRow is a good fix. Read it: buttondown.com/inclusive-an... #AndroidDev #AndroidAccessibility #a11y #InclusiveAndroidApps

"CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too." www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/acce... #a11y #accessibility

The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) has updated their terminology: Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAECs) are now simply called Education Credits. All info for our students is collected on this page: www.a11y-collective.com/iaap-educati...

How long must an alt-text be? Is there a character limit? Chris Yoong dispels some of the myths around alternative texts. chrisyoong.com/blog/the-100...

A common strategy for one-time-password fields is to use six separate inputs. This makes for a subpar user experience. Read this article by @tylersticka.com for a simpler approach, complete with working code examples. cloudfour.com/thinks/simpl...

You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.

Date inputs are not trivial, even though there's a dedicated input type for them. David Bushell (@dbushell.com) collects different approaches on one beautiful page: pikaday.dbushell.com

The good people at @deque.com have put my #axe-con 2025 presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and ASL.) This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL7...

Sure, you can disable heavy animations by listening to a site visitors' prefers-reduce-motion preference. But maybe you don't need animations in the first place? This is a thoughtful interface design deep-dive: emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...

A main navigation alone is not enough: "Not everyone uses the stairs. Not everyone remembers the room. We use physical signage to direct users and we provide ramps and elevators. Sitemaps and search are our digital equivalents." tarnoff.info/2025/10/27/a...

A useful article about accessible forms. Many code examples. Thorough explanations. Good stuff! blog.pope.tech/2025/09/30/a... #accessibility #a11y

"In terms of increasing accessibility at scale, teaching LLMs to improve accessibility is akin to killing a fly with a bazooka." hidde.blog/teaching-llm...

Daniela Kubesch wrote her Master's Thesis on "The Impact of Web Accessibility Overlays on the Usability and User Experience for People with Permanent Visual Impairments". Now we can say "Scientific research has shown that accessibility overlays are ineffective." overlays.dnikub.dev

Oh, look a cute mini axe-con. "An axe-con Mini is all the excitement, insight, and expertise of axe-con, contained in a single, compact event." The first edition on Oct 30 has the topic "Removing friction from accessible development" and boasts some great speakers. www.deque.com/axe-con/mini...

"Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic." tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...

"Every developer knows <input>. It’s the workhorse of the web. But <output>? Most have never touched it. Some don’t even know it exists." Den Odell enlightens us about this underused gem of an element: denodell.com/blog/html-be...

If you "work in a large and chaotic system where code you write is copied, consumed, customized, and maintained away from your control by many other people, then it is a matter of when and not if a forced-color-adjust: none style will cause high contrast mode bugs." sarahmhigley.com/writing/forc...

This is great! www.atomica11y.com "With atomic criteria, designers and developers produce accessible deliverables from the start." There are lists of acceptance criteria you can copy into your project management system.

A long read, but well worth it. Accessibility is "[...]a hugely complex problem space, existing at the intersection of user experience, specialised technical knowledge, and understanding of [how] users are able to interact with software interfaces." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...