WebAIM October 2022 Newsletter

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Feature

How Traits of Successful Communities Can Inform Our Accessibility Initiatives

There is a lot that we can learn from successful communities that helps us frame our approach to making accessibility effective at scale within organizations.

Upcoming WebAIM Events

Accessibility in Technology Procurement and Use

This new virtual training session to be held November 1 will provide insight into tools and processes that will help any organization, large or small, better account for accessibility when making decisions about purchasing or using third-party technology.

Web Accessibility Virtual Training

Registration is now open for WebAIM's virtual web accessibility training to be held January 11-12.

Resources

Accessibility beyond the 'obvious'

It's true that designing and building with accessibility at the front of our minds helps prevent placing barriers in these people’s way, but accessibility goes much further.

Why we need CSS Speech

In these times when almost every device and platform is capable of talking to you, you may be surprised to learn that there is no way for authors to design the aural presentation of web content.

Representation in alt text

By including information about people’s physical attributes in the alt text we author, we can both normalize and embrace our differences. We can celebrate diversity and promote representation.

A beginner’s complete guide to form accessibility: the 5 things accessible forms needs and how to fix common errors

This guide breaks down each component of accessible forms and validation with detailed instructions on how to create accessible forms, example forms, common mistakes, and how to test forms for accessibility.

Proposed web and software accessibility legislation introduced in United States Congress

The Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act would require regulations to make websites and software accessible to disabled people.

Foundations: HTML semantics

HTML semantics provide accessibility information about page structure and an element's role, name, and state, helping to convey the nature and purpose of content on web pages.

Yes, accessibility is also a backend concern

There is a prevailing notion in web development that the frontend—the discipline of creating what someone can see and do on a website or web app—is the only place you need to consider accessibility.

Quick Tip: Efficient Error Recovery

If either client-side or server-side validation detects errors in the form, then there is a 3-step process to ensure usable and accessible error recovery. 1) Alert the user to the presence of the error in an apparent and accessible manner. 2) Allow the user to easily access the form controls that need to be modified. 3) Allow resubmission and revalidation of the form.

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