Web Accessibility from a Personal Perspective
Since I am a web accessibility analyst, I have the good fortune of being mobility impaired. Of course, I only can say this regarding my work. It is like being…
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Boy Makes Others Laugh at His Disability
When other people laugh at Jack Carroll’s disability, he does not become angry or embarrassed. In fact, he instigates the laughter. Jack, a fourteen-year-old school boy who has cerebral palsy,…
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Windows Accessibility Features for Persons with Dexterity Disabilities
Persons with dexterity disabilities may have little or no motor control in their hands to perform daily tasks. Many of them (including yours truly) still can operate the computer using…
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Interactive Accessibility @ CSUN
Are you attending the 28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) 2013 in San Diego, CA? Interactive Accessibility’s CEO, Kathy Wahlbin, will be presenting at two sessions and cordially…
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2013 Accessibility Trends
What is in store for accessibility in 2013? Section 508 Refresh Continued improvements with HTML5 and ARIA More mobile applications and websites New interaction models Accessibility enhancements within browsers More…
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Making Images Visible to Blind Users
The web is a visual medium, which is a great way to convey information…unless you’re blind. An image, or other visual content, is only informative if users can see it….
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Why focus indicators are key to web accessibility
It’s no accident that both Section 508, 1194.21(c), and WCAG 2.0 Success Criterion 2.4.7 both call for visible focus indication. Users with mobility/dexterity disabilities often rely on keyboard accessibility, perhaps using assistive technologies…
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How to Write User Stories for Web Accessibility
In agile development, user stories capture what a user does or needs to do with the website or application. These “stories” are the basis for defining the functions that the…
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5 Tips to Improve the Web for Mobility/Dexterity Disabilities
Imagine … you are right-handed and you just broke your right wrist. You’re a programmer: how in the world will you get any work done? Mobility impairment is a broad…
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Netflix Lawsuit Moves Forward…
In June, a Massachusetts judge ruled that a lawsuit can go forward against Netflix to provide captions for its Watch Instantly streaming content. Netflix hoped to get the suit, brought…
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Top 5 Tests for Web Accessibility
How do I test for accessibility? In short, there are two ways to test the website’s user accessibility: human evaluation or digital evaluation tools. But the most successful approach is…
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7 Tips to Improve the Web for Vision Disabilities
Pull up your favorite website, close your eyes, and imagine trying to use it. Yes, that is extreme, but users with disabilities face serious challenges trying to use inaccessible websites. …
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Gaming to the Rescue for PDF Tagging
Have you been told that you must make a PDF document accessible? Assuming that you are either an old hand at this process or have now learned what it means…
