September 23, 2024 • Issue #415

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Featured: Accessibility preference settings, information architecture, and internalized ableism

"The talk deliberately avoids mentioning VoiceOver, or screen readers in general. There is a reason behind this omission, and that reason is internalized ableism. People don't think of themselves as disabled, so they don't think the accessibility preference area applies to them."

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Sponsored: Opinion - Accessible websites are a pathway to DEI

Digital accessibility amplifies diversity by first recognizing and then respecting the unique abilities and needs of a diverse range of users. By designing platforms and content for a wide range of visitors and their abilities, we develop wider site visitorship.

Explore other ways Mangrove thinks about the interconnectedness of DEI and accessibility.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Brief note on disclosures in fieldsets (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
• Apple’s AirPods Pro could soon disrupt the hearing aid industry (article - wired.com)
• Accessible colour palettes for Figma (resource - figma.com)
• Tools and techniques to create accessible accordion components (blog post – a11y-collective.com)
• I need an accessible hero (blog post - accessarmada.com)
• Omnichannel accessibility – another forgotten part of ecommerce (blog post – cerovac.com/a11y)
• The “other” C in CSS (video/talk – youtube.com)
• 2024: 0.5% of the global top 200 websites use valid HTML (blog post – meiert.com)
• Something went wrong (blog post – molily.de)
• How to make interactive charts accessible (blog post – deque.com)
• XR accessibility: For people with seeing disabilities (blog post – tetralogical.com)
• What a blind photographer saw at the Paralympics (essay – nytimes.com)
• Locking in best practices early: Building PACNYC.org (event – meetup.com/a11ynyc)

New to A11y

I remember when I first read about VPATs. It was a confusing world of acronyms that led to needing to learn WCAG more deeply. More acronyms! WebAIM has an article on making VPATs and ACRs more effective in procurement that may help you if you new to this like I once was. WebAIM offers solid, clear advice around how to approach a VPAT that I didn't have, but needed.