June 20, 2022 • Issue #297

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Featured: Robles v. Domino’s settles after six years of litigation

“One of the most famous accessibility lawsuits of all time finally settles before trial under terms that may never be known.”

Read more of Robles v. Domino’s settles after six years of litigation.

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Deque is filled with incredibly smart, talented, and interesting people. But what makes working at Deque special is how deeply everyone here cares about digital equality and helping persons with disabilities use the web.

To learn more, see our current list of openings at deque.com/company/careers/.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Measuring the performance Of typefaces for users (part 1) (blog post – smashingmagazine.com
• Measuring the performance Of typefaces for users (part 2) (blog post – smashingmagazine.com
• Speed needs design, or: You can’t delight users you’ve annoyed (blog post - dev.to/tigt)
• Why this electronic health records accessibility lawsuit matters (blog post - equalentry.com)
• Change management for accessibility: Part 1 (blog post - deque.com)
• The guide to Windows High Contrast Mode (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
• Aspects of accessibility (a11y) - Semantics, contrast and… anxiety? (blog post - sarajw.hashnode.dev)
• Three steps to start practicing inclusive product development (blog post - forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil)
• The flaw of averages (blog post - inklusiv.ca)
• Communication accessibility: It’s time to change how we communicate (blog post - meryl.net)

New to A11y

The folks at UsableNet put together a informative, short intro on how to use headings for website accessibility. It doesn’t cover everything, but there’s a linked guide with more in case you need it. It my auditing experience, headings get overlooked even though they’re important for every person using your site.