An interview with Sharron Rush, Executive Director of Knowbility, about her 25+ years of work in the digital accessibility space.
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"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."
https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/the-anatomy-of-an-accessible-video-player-on-tv-54998fbbe240
"Screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen. This article explores that gap - through the medium of burritos." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/17/
@technocounselor I forgot to mention that it has audio description. Glad you were able to find it!
And I hope Audio Description becomes more common on YouTube and that you can have it as a default setting, like your preferred language setting. Shouldn't be hard for them to build something like that.
- Florian
"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." https://makeitfable.com/tutorial/cognitive-accessibility/
Yes it's an ad for Big Tech, but it's really beautifully done and artful.
There's even a track with audio description available as a setting in the YouTube player!
A presentation by Alastair Campbell (@alastc) on AI and accessibility. Very well presented and in depth. Slides and (text-)commentary, with a supplimentary video at the top.
https://alastairc.uk/presentations/ai-for-good-accessibility/
Many comforts of modern life started out as accessibility features.
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2025/12/09/many-mainstream-accessibility-tools-were-originally-designed-for-disabled-people/ #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.
"CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many “human checks” are anything but inclusive. There’s no universal solution, but understanding real user needs is where accessibility truly starts."
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/accessibility-problem-authentication-methods-captcha/
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:
Toasts are small, rectangular notifications that pop up on the screen, triggered either by a user or system behavior. Because they create accessibility and usability issues GitHub decided to stop using them and documented the reasons and alternatives.
How long must an alt-text be? Is there a character limit? Chris Yoong dispels some of the myths around alternative texts.
https://chrisyoong.com/blog/the-100-150-or-200-characters-alt-text-rule-is-a-myth
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 for a simpler approach, complete with working code examples.
https://cloudfour.com/thinks/simple-one-time-passcode-inputs/
Date inputs are not trivial, even though there's a dedicated input type for them. David Bushell (@db) collects different approaches on one beautiful page:
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The good people at @dequesystems have put my #AxeCon presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and American Sign Language.)
This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks.
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: https://emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-need-animations
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." https://tarnoff.info/2025/10/27/a11y-101-2-4-5-multiple-ways/
A useful article about accessible forms. Many code examples. Thorough explanations. Good stuff!
https://blog.pope.tech/2025/09/30/accessible-form-validation-with-examples-and-code/
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