December 19, 2022 • Issue #323

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Hey everyone! Thanks for reading Accessibility Weekly this year. I sppreciate you all. Since the last few weeks of the year can get quiet, I might not send any more issues until 2023. If I have some cool links, I’ll share, but if not, the newsletter will be back before you know it.

Featured: Five myths about digital accessibility

Crystal Preston-Watson created a fun video around some of the myths in digital accessibility. Who says accessibility can’t be entertaining?

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Sponsored: InDesign and PDF accessibility mistakes and how to fix them

In this presentation, Alicia St. Rose, developer and coach at WP with Heart, shows real-life examples of how to get started to make your website content accessibility-friendly.

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

• WCAG – Priority of constituencies (blog post - alastairc.uk)
• Interview with Samuel Proulx (blog post - inklusiv.ca)
• Chat GPT’s accessible dropdown (blog post - maxdesign.com.au)
• What’s new in WCAG 2.2? (blog post – knowbility.org)
• WCAG 3.0: Are we there yet? (blog post – tpgi.com)
• PX or REM in CSS? Just use REM (blog post - austingil.com)
• What does a blind person think about virtual reality? (blog post - equalentry.com)
• Seven website performance metrics to track for better UX (blog post - calibreapp.com)
• Accessible front-end patterns for responsive tables (part 2) (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
• W3C publishes WCAG testers consistency list (blog post - deque.com)
• Do no harm guide: Centering accessibility in data visualization (report - urban.org)
• Accessibility starts with an organisation’s culture (blog post - dwpdigital.blog.gov.uk)
• 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis is incredibly problematic (blog post - aaron-gustafson.com)
• Designing in a colour blind world (blog post - accessibility.blog.gov.uk)

New to A11y

Another six lessons of the Web.dev HTML course dropped recently. I’ve featured this resource before, and it’s one to dig into if you’re wanting to up your HTML skills. Why? It’s foundational to good accessibility.