WebAIM May 2022 Newsletter

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Features

Flexbox and the Screen Reader Experience

Flexbox is a CSS technique for positioning content in rows and columns in a way that adapts well to responsive layouts, but what about the screen reader experience?

Web Accessibility in Mind Conference

We're excited to announce this FREE online conference to be held September 7-8. The conference will feature practical and helpful web accessibility presentations from top leaders in the field.

Upcoming WebAIM Trainings

WebAIM Virtual Training

Registration is open for WebAIM's next virtual web accessibility training to be held June 29–30.

Zoom Accessibility Workshop

Register for WebAIM's new hands-on training on creating and hosting accessible Zoom meetings to be held July 12.

StrategicA11y - Virtual Strategic Web Accessibility Workshop

There's more to accessibility than HTML. Join us July 26–28 to learn how to foster an internal culture of accessible design and development holistically, at all levels of your organization.

Resources

OCR Video Series

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is proud to announce a video series covering a variety of topics on digital access in education, including how people with disabilities use technology, applicable Federal regulations, and identifying and remediating barriers to access.

How to write user stories for accessibility

A user story usually focuses on the value a software feature will deliver to an end-user, and an accessibility user story is no different.

Accessibility from different perspectives

Understanding both the developer experience and the user experience can result in more accessible experiences.

How not to do accessible design

Eliminating color to "accommodate" color blindness helps no one.

WCAG 2.2. and WCAG 3 Status Updates

A co-chair of the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) provides an update on new guidelines and the process for creating them.

Keyboard Testing: The A11y Enhancement to Your Definition of Done

Adding keyboard testing is a simple and effective way to go above and beyond the norm.

ARIA Authoring Practices Guide

The W3C has published an updated and significantly redesigned version of this valuable guide, along with useful design patterns for ARIA implementation.

Quick Tip: Embracing Screen Reader Differences

When testing for accessibility issues in screen readers, testers can sometimes get hung up on how different screen reader software can read, present, or navigate the same content in different ways. Just as users are diverse, the software and browsers they use are also diverse. Instead of worrying about creating an identical experience in different assistive technologies, we should strive to create an accessible experience that can be adapted by the end user.

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