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W3C seeks community input for Board of Directors appointments
Chris Wilson: We are seeking the community’s help in order to identify candidates who might fill those gaps.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/w3c-seeks-community-input-for-board-of-directors-appointments/
Historic Declaration: United Nations Proclaims June 27 as International Day of Deafblindness
To promote the empowerment and inclusion of deafblind individuals in all aspects of society.
Accessibility 100
Forbes’ first-ever Accessibility 100 highlights the biggest innovators and impact-makers in the field of accessibility for people with disabilities.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/accessibility-100/
Applications Open for the 2025 IAAP Impact Award
The Impact Award is given to a select few nominees that have made outstanding and impactful contributions to accessibility inclusion.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025ImpactAward_NominationForm
Book: Accessible UX Research
Michele A. Williams: Make your UX research inclusive. Learn how to recruit, plan, and design with disabled participants in mind. Published August 2025.
Vitaly Friedman: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/accessible-ux-research-pre-release/
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books/accessible-ux-research/
#a11y folks: Quick poll.
Karl Groves: I have an idea for an accessibility conference that solely consists of half-day workshops.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karlgroves_a11y-activity-7341093586232373248-Ir5T/
Podcast: AXSChat with Susanna Laurin
Neil Milliken and Antonio Santos of ATOS interview one of the most knowledgeable accessibility people in Europe on the eve of the EAA coming into force.
https://www.axschat.com/axschat-with-susanna-laurin/
You’re not an accessibility specialist until you’ve…
Bogdan Cerovac: a reaction to last week’s "You’re not a front-end developer until you’ve…" [ it’s a long list ].
https://cerovac.com/a11y/2025/06/youre-not-an-accessibility-specialist-until-youve/
Testing Methods: Meaningful Sequence
Dennis Deacon: content should be understandable regardless of whether it’s read visually or by a screen reader.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/testing-methods-meaningful-sequence/
Applications that Create PDFs & Accessibility Output
Dennis Deacon: Some source applications do a better job at generating accessible PDF files.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/applications-that-create-pdfs-accessibility-output/
PDF Strategy in Improving Accessibility
Dennis Deacon: PDFs [ can ] completely block access for people who rely on assistive technology like screen
readers.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/pdf-strategy-in-improving-accessibility/
Testing Methods: Sensory Characteristics
Dennis Deacon: understanding and using content [ must ] not rely solely on sensory attributes like shape, color, size, visual position, orientation, or sound.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/testing-methods-sensory-characteristics/
Erring on the side of caution
Martin Underhill: WCAG conformance can be open to interpretation.
https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/erring-on-the-side-of-caution
A11y 101: 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap
Nat Tarnoff: Make sure that a user doesn’t get trapped with no where to go.
https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/16/a11y-101-2-1-2-no-keyboard-trap/
Usability Testing in the Wild
Niq Bernadowitsch: User insights in exchange for user refreshments. [ how about paying them? ]
https://niqwithq.com/posts/usability-testing-in-the-wild
What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA
Eric Bailey: it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point.
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what-i-wish-someone-told-me-aria/
Pseudomotion, Motion Sensitivity, and Accessibility
Sheri Byrne-Haber: both real and simulated motion can trigger symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, vertigo, migraines, or even seizures.
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/pseudomotion-motion-sensitivity-and-accessibility/
Don’t use that accessibility overlay
Lucy Greco: These overlays have never really done what they claim.
https://accessaces.com/dont-use-that-accessibility-overlay/
Can accessibility be whimsical?
Sara Joy: Here’s where the idea for whimsica11y comes back – many people want their personal sites to be accessible.
https://goodinternetmagazine.com/can-accessibility-be-whimsical/
Whimsica11y: https://whimsica11y.net/
Navigating the Intersection of Accessibility and Measurement Integrity in eCOA
Paul O’Donohoe, Florence Mowlem: Clinical research evolves to prioritize patient-centered outcomes, integrating accessibility standards in electronic data capture for inclusive clinical trials.
Practical Tips for Mobile App Accessibility Implementation
Florian Schroiff: Improve your development skills to build apps for everyone.
https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/mobile-app-accessibility/
10 Harsh Realities Every Digital Accessibility Consultant Needs to Hear
Monika Prasad: Digital accessibility consulting isn’t just a technical job—it’s a people job.
https://www.digitala11y.com/10-harsh-realities-every-digital-accessibility-consultant-needs-to-hear/
From Curiosity to Creation: The Story Behind Accessibility Nerd
Thomas Logan and Ken Nakata welcome Cameron Cundiff, the creator of A11y Agent (includes video demo).
https://equalentry.com/ai-accessibility/
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know
Josh Crawford: This practical glossary breaks down essential accessibility terms.
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
Nolan Lawson: No finger-wagging here: just good old hardheaded self-interest!
https://nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/selfish-reasons-for-building-accessible-uis/
Accessibility in Design Systems
Sjoerd Beentjes: Design systems help with accessibility, but they’re not the full solution.
https://www.voorhoede.nl/en/blog/accessibility-in-design-systems/
Design Systems of the Future
Ben Callahan: responses to "tell us what you think tomorrow’s design system will or should look like."
https://bencallahan.com/design-system-of-the-future
The Role of Captions and Transcripts in Accessibility
Michael Beck: why captions and transcripts are critical for accessibility.
https://afixt.com/the-role-of-captions-and-transcripts-in-accessibility/
How to create an accessible color palette
Chris Ferdinandi: a sneak peak of the color palette generator I’m building.
https://gomakethings.com/how-to-create-an-accessible-color-palette/
Creating a semantic color palette
Chris Ferdinandi: create semantic color variables that we can use throughout our design system.
https://gomakethings.com/creating-a-semantic-color-palette/
TIL: Smart glasses aren’t just for pricks, they are an accessibility aid
Chris Heilmann: smart glasses aren’t just a gimmick for influencers or a privacy concern.
Font size dimensions
Donnie D’Amato: The use of font size was highly misunderstood across our practice for years.
https://blog.damato.design/posts/font-size-dimensions/
Bluesky Likes Web Components
Lea Verou: the pain of building accessible, localizable web components in 2025.
https://lea.verou.me/blog/2025/bluesky-likes/
How Technology is Transforming Worship for Individuals with Disabilities
Technology is expanding access to faith and community.
https://www.respectability.org/2025/06/technology-transforming-worship/
Accessibility in Media
Grace Dow: Disability advocates are suing after the Trump administration abruptly stopped providing sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events.
https://gracedowwrites.com/2025/06/18/accessibility-in-media/
A Beginner’s Guide to Samsung TalkBack and How It Differs from Google’s Version
Kareen Kiwan: aims to highlight what’s available and what’s not in Samsung’s version of TalkBack.
Harker. Type Faster with Your Voice
A minimal and stylish speech-to-text widget for your [ Mac ] desktop. The fastest way from thought to text.
Amazon improves Kindle accessibility with new text spacing adjustments
Andrew Liszewski: The latest software update for 11th and 12th generation Kindles greatly expands their text formatting options.
Google’s June Pixel Drop
Steven Aquino: Includes Android 16 for Pixel Devices, Accessibility Improvements, More.
NVDA 2025.1.2rc1 available for testing
This release includes a fix for a minor bug.
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1-2rc1/
Accessibility Checker Now Available in 32 Languages
Amber Hinds: Equalize Digital’s powerful WordPress plugin for automated accessibility testing and fixes.
https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker-now-available-in-32-languages/
Online workshop: The New CSS Toolkit
Kevin Powell: We’ll be exploring powerful layout techniques and advanced CSS features (5 x 2.5h from 12/03/25, $350)
https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/css-toolkit-kevin-powell
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is it Recognizable?
Kate Kaplan: the same old best practices for hidden navigation still apply.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menu-icon-recognizability/
Just a designer now: Shopify dropped UX as a title
Ian Batterbee: but at what cost to user-centred design?
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