October 10, 2022 • Issue #313

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Featured: A first look at the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act Bill

“This week, Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Rep. John Sarbanes introduced a digital accessibility bill called the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (or the #A11yAct, if you’re on Twitter) to Congress. If passed, it would build on the Americans with Disabilities Act, and lead to clearer regulations for digital accessibility requirements in the US.”

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Sponsored: Accessibility Checker Pro 1.2 release – Major “Open Issues” page improvements and more

Check your dashboard – updates are available for both the paid and free versions of Accessibility Checker. We’ve been teasing this release for a while and are excited to announce that it’s finally ready to roll out on your sites!

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Accessibly (re)creating the past (event - meetup.com/a11yvr)
• Where are the accessibility statements? Digital accessibility shouldn’t be a surprise (blog post - deque.com)
• Website and Software Applications Accessibility Act introduced (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
• When going somewhere does a thing: On links and buttons (blog post – kilianvalkhof.com)
• Foundations: HTML semantics (blog post – tetralogical.com)
• Marcy Sutton photo journalist turned web dev and accessibility expert (podcast - devjourney.info)
• Web Almanac: Accessibility (resource - almanac.httparchive.org)

New to A11y

Content Design London has an excellent wiki about readability and content that you might find helpful. I especially like the plan language section. Plus, I admire the overall scope of the project, “a collaboratively developed, universal content style guide, based on usability evidence.”