Accessibility Weekly #210: Accessibility developments during COVID-19

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November 16, 2020 • Issue #210

Featured: Global digital accessibility developments during COVID-19

Robin Christopherson summarizes advice from leading accessibility practitioners related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read From the experts: Global digital accessibility developments during COVID-19.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

The UX of Among Us: The importance of colorblind-friendly design (blog post – uxdesign.cc)
Back to basics and flaws in fundamentals (podcast – drunkenux.com)
JavaScript—still a ghost (blog post – paulkinchla.com)
Dropping support for IE11 is progressive enhancement (blog post – blog.carlmjohnson.net)
ProPublica experiments with ultra-accessible plain language in stories about people with disabilities (blog post – niemanlab.org)
How we made our accessibility empathy lab virtual (blog post – accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
Parent accessibility (blog post – axesslab.com)
The cognitive overload happening on your screen right now (blog post – uxdesign.cc)

New to A11y

Sheri Byrne-Haber reminds you that your first effort at accessibility is unlikely to be outstanding. That's okay! As Sheri says, "Commitment is the key. Just start."

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Yours in accessibility,
David A. Kennedy
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Accessibility Weekly #210: Accessibility developments during COVID-19

Featured: Global digital accessibility developments during COVID-19

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