Accessibility Weekly #216: Starting a New Accessibility Remediation Project

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December 28, 2020 • Issue #216

Featured: Starting a new accessibility remediation project?

Sheri Byrne-Haber says that "Marie Kondo’ing the project first will get you to your goal faster."

Read Starting a new accessibility remediation project?.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

Document and content language (resource – webaim.org)
Be careful with dynamic accessible names (blog post – adrianroselli.com)
Accessible overlay tools: Realities and myths (blog post – microassist.com)
Semantics in web development (blog post – 24days.in
(The return of) Tables, tequila and beer (blog post – html5accessibility.com)
Recognizing constraints (blog post – css-tricks.com)
Giving users and developers more control over focus (blog post – blog.chromium.org)
Camera Obscura: Beyond the lens of user-centered design (blog post – alexis.medium.com)
Stock photo sites for inclusion (blog post – lflegal.com)

New to A11y

Ezgi Hendrickx shares a handful of golden rules for accessibility. My favorite? "Don't forget to test keyboard navigation." It's often overlooked and the foundation for all other accessibility work.

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David A. Kennedy
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Accessibility Weekly #216: Starting a New Accessibility Remediation Project

Featured: Starting a new accessibility remediation project?

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

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