WebAIM December 2021 Newsletter

Read this newsletter online at https://webaim.org/newsletter/2021/december

Happy Holidays

From all of us here at WebAIM we wish you a very merry Christmas and happy holidays!

News

WebAIM Virtual Training

Registration is open for WebAIM's next virtual web accessibility training to be held February 2–3.

Resources

Making Accessibility More Accessible

Austin Gil shares accessibility tools for design, development, QA, and CI/CD.

Thoughts on skin tone and text descriptions

When it comes to skin tone and ethnicity, much of this depends on the ability to see; so how do we make sure that people who cannot see are experiencing the same normalisation?

WCAG 3 is not ready yet

And it won't be for quite some time.

How many people with disabilities use our site?

When I talk to teams about web accessibility, often someone will ask how many people with disabilities use their site(s), or some variation of that question. It's complicated, and other questions can be more helpful.

'Inclusive design' has become so widely used that it's meaningless. That has to change.

Despite its good intentions, inclusive design often fails to treat disabled people as equals.

ADA Digital Accessibility Lawsuits - 2021 Year End Report

App and web accessibility lawsuit numbers break records.

Quick Tip: ARIA Overuse

ARIA should only be used where native HTML falls short. If it can be built without ARIA, it should be. Using ARIA only when it's needed is the best way to keep a site easily maintainable and optimally accessible.

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