The web/digital industry certainly moves fast, and arguably even more so in the accessibility field. Here are some good resources to help keep you updated. WebAIM monthly newsletter WebAIM Web Accessibility E-mail Discussion List Web Design Update newsletter by Laura Carlson/University of Minnesota a11yWeekly newsletter by David A. Kennedy Axess Lab Newsletter eAccess Bulletin by Headstar (Subscribe link […]
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The inaugural Accessibility Toronto Conference was a big success! The event was held September 28-29, 2017 in the TELUS building in downtown Toronto. (Toronto has been a leader in conducting accessibility “camps” but this was the first “conference”.) Major thanks to the event organizers and sponsors. Addendum Nov 6, 2017: AMI Inside: a11yTO Conference (YouTube) Presentation Resources […]
In web development, creating custom select dropdowns is difficult. It requires a lot of resources to sufficiently design (annotating the interaction, etc) and develop (the Javascript is fairly complex and the ARIA isn’t easy) and then test. Additional requirements such as option groups and auto-suggest make it even more challenging and time-consuming, and usually frustrating. […]
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Digital Accessibility Jobs, June 2017
Wow, many opportunities in digital accessibility opening! (U.S.) Associate Director of Digital Accessibility at Yale University, New Haven, CT Campus Accessibility Specialist at University of Illinois, Springfield, IL Head of Accessibility at Twitch in San Francisco, CA Accessibility Tester at Collabera in San Francisco, CA Web Accessibility Engineer at UBER in San Francisco, CA. Plus iOS Engineer and […]
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Landmark web accessibility ruling in U.S.
On June 12, a Miami federal judge ruled that Winn-Dixie violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to make its website accessible to blind and visually impaired users. The lawsuit was filed by blind Florida resident Juan Carlos Gil who uses screen reader software to access websites. Winn-Dixie operates nearly 500 grocery stores in the southeast United […]