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Accessibility Jobs, September 2013

Wow, great opportunities! Web and Accessibility Specialist at University of California, Berkeley. Several Accessibility jobs at Apple, in Silicon Valley. Accessibility Program Manager, Senior – Trustworthy Computing Microsoft – Redmond, WA. Accessibility Specialist wanted at Interactive Accessibility near Boston, MA. ADA IT Specialist, Massachusetts Office on Disability, Boston, MA.

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A11Y Roundup, Summer 2013

Here are some great links from this past summer. Enjoy! Designing with Empathy  – slideshare by Aaron Gustafson. Accessible Mega Menu – by Adobe. Accessible Dropdown Menus, a WordPress plugin – by Graham Armfield and Amy Hendrix. Accessibility tutorial – by Matt Long. Introduction to ARIA Widgets – by Jason Kiss. Top signs that your new web project won’t be accessible – by […]

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Fixing Alt – How much caffeine?

It’s been a while since we’ve added to our “Fixing Alt” series which provides alternative text missing from infographics. So I thought a recently published infographic, How much caffeine is actually in your coffee, would be perfect. The image tells how many milligrams are in a cup of coffee from a variety of brands/stores. The alternative […]

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Accessibility Jobs, Aug 2013

Some great opportunities lately: Accessibility Expert – E-Business Consultant 3, Wells Fargo, St. Louis, MO. Accessibility & Usability Consultant at @AbilityNet in London or Warwick, UK. Web developer for e-Accessibility project at Tingtun in Lillesund, Norway (open to some remote work). Accessibility QA Specialist at Facebook (still!) in Menlo Park, CA. 5 New Accessibility Positions at Microsoft Several positions open at Benetech in Palo […]

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About Carousels and ARIA Tabs

Jared Smith (@jared_w_smith) of WebAIM recently launched a clever web page on why carousels are not good practice called Should I Use A Carousel? (which totally went viral on its launch day!) There is a slide deck Keyboard and Interaction Accessibility Techniques (on Slideshare) for which this website was made. I was fortunate enough to see Jared present this at […]