June 21, 2021 • Issue #245

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Featured: When CSS isn’t enough: JavaScript requirements for accessible components

Stephanie Eckles covers several common components and why CSS isn’t sufficient for covering accessibility by detailing the JavaScript requirements.

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

• Better screenreader experiences with CSS (video – learnwithjason.dev)
• Multi-column sortable table experiment (blog post – adrianroselli.com)
• Every input needs a label (blog post - a11y-collective.com)
• How to define Open Graph / Twitter image alt text (and why it might not matter) (blog post - stefanjudis.com)
• I’m a disability activist because I have to be, but not always because I want to be (blog post - rootedinrights.org)
• Why WCAG itself is not enough (tweet - twitter.com/abbott567)
• A complete guide to accessibility tooling (blog post - smashingmagazine.com)
• Blind Winn-Dixie customer further appeals website access ruling (article - news.bloomberglaw.com)
• Accessibility in logos: Design with accessibility in mind (blog post - blogs.intuit.com)
• Tips & tricks for testing accessibility with assistive technologies (blog post - blog.tenon.io)
• A ‘Vue’ of accessibility: Tips and tricks to make your application accessible (blog post - deque.com)

New to A11y

Eric Bailey has some advice: Your image is probably not decorative. This is a good reminder that accessibility often relies on the context of the situation.