August 19, 2024 • Issue #410

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Featured: Things to do before asking “Is this accessible?”

"It is not uncommon for someone to message, call, email, or carrier pigeon me to ask if something is accessible. They almost invariably want a “yes” or “no.” However, I need to understand what the heck they mean and what the other-heck prompted them to ask."

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Sponsored: Digital accessibility is more than just good business

At its core, digital accessibility strives to level the playing field. It ensures that everyone, regardless of their individual ability, has equal access to information, ideas, products, and services online. In doing so, digital accessibility upholds principles of equity and justice.

Mangrove explores the connection between digital accessibility and DEI.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Widgets vs. direct remediation: A cost analysis for small and medium sized businesses (blog post - afixt.com)
• When it comes to digital accessibility lawsuits, the best defense is a good offense (blog post - deque.com)
• Navigating the European Accessibility Act (EAA) (blog post - thoughtbot.com)
• The anchor element (blog post – heydonworks.com)
• The importance of communication in accessibility testing (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
• WCAG 2.2 map by theme (resource – andrewhick.com)
• Assessing components and patterns for WCAG 2.2 (blog post – scribe.rip/design-ibm)
• Context is king: Long live the king! (blog post – tpgi.com)
• Should we think about accessibility differently? Privacy and security comparisons (blog post – equalentry.com)
• Accessibility by design: Building interfaces for everyone at Stack Overflow (blog post – stackoverflow.blog)
• Reckoning: Part 1 — The Landscape (blog post – infrequently.org)
• Captions vs. subtitles: Leave no viewer behind (blog post – meryl.net)
• Is CSS Grid really slower than Flexbox? (blog post – benfrain.com)
• A visionary approach: How an Argonne team developed accessible maps for colorblind scientists (blog post – anl.gov)

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Danielle Mee, marketing manager for Insytful, shares how easy writing accessible content can be following her top five tips.

New to A11y

Sheri Byrne-Haber has a good guide in a recent newsletter around what people should know before writing articles or creating products about accessibility. While writing about accessibility or creating products with an accessibility angle may be beyond someone new to accessibility, you can use this post as a list to learn from if you don't have the knowledge already.