September 9, 2024 • Issue #413

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Featured: Accessibility is expensive

"As someone who has cerebral palsy, accessibility is important to me. However, I also receive SSI. Paying out of pocket for accessible furniture that costs thousands of dollars isn’t an option for me."

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Sponsored: Opinion - Inclusivity in digital products is ethically imperative

By designing and writing with accessibility in mind, we actively include individuals who might otherwise be excluded due to disabilities. Accessible design fosters belonging and participation in the digital landscape, offering more people better usability and content access.

Read on to see how Mangrove connects DEI and accessibility.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Understanding AccName: Part one (blog post - melsumner.github.io)
• A logo on a prosthesis is like a tattoo you didn’t ask for (article - theatlantic.com)
• Reckoning: Part 4 — The way out (blog post - infrequently.org)
• Improving the screen reader experience for Learn WCs (blog post – component-odyssey.com)
• Headings (new) (resource - webaim.org)
• Dear 3rd party vendor: How to check 3rd party vendors for accessibility plus an email template (blog post – blog.pope.tech)
• Inclusive marketing: Strategies for success (webinar – intopia.digital)
• What is React.js? (video – briefs.video)
• There be a11y dragons (podcast – changelog.com)
• Harnessing Copilot and other gen-AI tools to increase digital accessibility efficiency (blog post – matthewdeeprose.github.io)
• Announcing our 2024 schedule! (event – 2024.wpaccessibility.day)
• Should form labels be wrapped or separate? (blog post – tpgi.com)
• Legal update: August 2024 (blog post – convergeaccessibility.com)
• Tackling a system's accessibility without testing (blog post – accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
• My under-engineered way to avoid a Flash of inAccurate coloR Theme (FART) (blog post – piccalil.li)
• The ultimate guide to font performance optimization (blog post – debugbear.com)
• An enhancement to accessible responsive tables (blog post – tempertemper.net)

New to A11y

Adrian Roselli reminds you to learn and hire for web standards. As an accessibility specialist, most of what I help people with can be traced back to fundamentals. Level up the right way.