The countdown to EAA compliance is on!
From 28 June 2025, the EU’s Accessibility Act will reshape how businesses approach accessibility.
One-off audits aren’t enough - lasting success means making accessibility part of your daily workflow.
Read more from @TetraLogical Co-Founder @tink and Start Your Business magazine:
🔗 https://www.startyourbusinessmag.com/blog/2025/06/12/accessibility-is-not-an-option-what-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa-means-for-you/
Sustainable accessibility means embedding inclusion into everyday decisions - not relying on audits or individual champions. 💡
It's a long-term, strategic shift that works with existing systems, not against them.
Read more via @BetaNews: https://betanews.com/2025/05/29/why-now-is-time-to-build-sustainable-accessibility-into-organizational-culture/
Inclusive user research is about more than asking questions; it’s about listening with care.
In the latest post in our Inclusive user research series, Ela Gorla explores what it takes to build rapport with participants so they feel respected, heard, and comfortable sharing honest feedback.
The post offers practical advice that helps teams create inclusive and respectful research experiences.
Read it here: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/05/23/inclusive-user-research-building-rapport/
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Accessibility Unlocked is our free six day email series to help you take practical steps toward sustainable accessibility, no matter your role or experience.
Resources, tips, and a roadmap to support long-term change.
Sign up now and start your journey: https://tetralogical.com/newsletters/accessibility-unlocked/
The European Accessibility Act (EAA), introduced in 2019, sets EU-wide standards to make digital products and services more accessible for everyone.
With the compliance deadline fast approaching, read @tink's blog post to learn more about what it means, how it impacts you and crucially, what you need to do to comply.
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03/19/understanding-the-eaa/
@tink and @SteveFaulkner will be at CSUN from 9 to 14 March and would love to connect with you.
We can tell you about TetraLogical's services, our work at the W3C, or discuss your accessibility journey.
If you're an existing customer or would just like to talk, we would too!
Let us know if you’d like to arrange a time and we look forward to seeing you there.
https://web.cvent.com/event/2c5d8c51-6441-44c0-b361-131ff9544dd5/summary
Last year we held a photoshoot to showcase some incredible people with interesting jobs and hobbies who also had a disability.
Jonathan Bowcott was our photographer and captured so much vibrancy and individuality with each of our models.
Read his interview to find out more about barriers he has experienced on the web and the improvements he would like to see: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/02/07/meet-jonathan-a-photographer-with-adhd/
Here at TetraLogical we put people first. One of our founding principles is ensuring everything we do is ethical. We make decisions for the good of our customers and their customers, our team, and for the world at large.
The @w3c has just released their Ethical Web Principles in the belief that the web should empower an equitable, informed, and interconnected society.
Read them in full: https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/STMT-ethical-web-principles-20241212/
As part of HTMHell's festive web-themed advent calendar, @tink's thought-provoking article explores the risks of relying solely on AI-generated code for accessible web development.
This is a reminder that while AI tools can be helpful, they’re no substitute for expertise and critical thinking.
This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we’re excited to launch Accessibility Unlocked - a free six-day newsletter series designed to help you jumpstart your accessibility efforts.
This series provides valuable resources, practical tips, and guidance to help you build an effective accessibility roadmap
Sign up here: https://tetralogical.com/newsletters/accessibility-unlocked/
#AccessibilityUnlocked
#IDPD
#InclusionMatters
#SustainableAccessibility
Meet Andre Louis, a music producer and blind screen reader user who can be found playing jazz clubs in London, streaming his performance using Meta Glasses.
In our latest post in our series on disabled people’s experiences browsing the web, Andre tells us about his love of consistent design and dislike of accessibility overlays.
Read Andre’s story: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/26/meet-andre-a-music-producer-and-blind-screen-reader-user/
Photo: Jonathan Bowcott
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #ScreenReaders #WebAccessibility #SustainableAccessibility
TetraLogical Director @iheni speaks to Christopher Nasrawi about the importance of designing inclusive digital experiences for diverse audiences, sustainable approaches to accessibility and involving disabled people in the design process.
https://www.adlib-recruitment.co.uk/design-for-all-feat-henny-swan
@tink will be attending #DevFestNantes to share her talk: “The Land That Time to Interactive Forgot.” 🌐
She’ll explore how Time to Interactive (TTI) impacts web performance, accessibility, and user experience, offering insights into how we can all make the web faster and more inclusive.
Read more about her talk and find the full schedule at: https://devfest.gdgnantes.com/en/schedule/
#WebDevelopment #Accessibility #SustainableAccessibility #DevFest
Read about Accessible design systems: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/06/24/accessible-design-systems/
Get in touch at hello@tetralogical.com
#AccessibleDesign #Accessibility #SustainableAccessibility #InclusiveDesign
All this content is designed for everyone to use; no matter your role, background, or pre-existing accessibility knowledge.
This #GAAD, let's share these resources and all commit to making accessibility a part of everything we do!
Those who can make the in-person event will be lucky enough to meet @iheni, who will also be attending.
As always, we’re friendly, we love talking about accessibility (and can talk about other things too), so do come and say hello.
TetraLogical is proud to sponsor State of the Browser on Saturday 23 September 2023.
Brought to you by London Web Standards, this is both an in-person and online conference held at The Barbican Centre in London.
We’re doing a free giveaway of two in-person tickets and three online tickets.
If interested drop your name below and we will pull names out of our virtual hat on Friday 25 August
