WebAIM March 2022 Newsletter

Read this newsletter online at https://webaim.org/newsletter/2022/march

Feature

The 2022 WebAIM Million Report

The results of WebAIM's annual analysis of the home pages for the top one million web sites are now available. A summary of the research highlights is available on the WebAIM blog.

News

StrategicA11y - Virtual Strategic Web Accessibility Workshop

There's more to accessibility than HTML. Join us April 12-14 to learn how to foster an internal culture of accessible design and development holistically, at all levels of your organization.

Zoom Accessibility Workshop

Register for WebAIM's new hands-on training on creating and hosting accessible Zoom meetings to be held April 19.

WebAIM Virtual Training

Registration is open for WebAIM's next virtual web accessibility training to be held May 4–5.

Justice Department Issues Web Accessibility Guidance Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

This guidance describes how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make sure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Resources

Windows High Contrast Mode, Forced Colors Mode And CSS Custom Properties

Eric Bailey explains how modern CSS is a powerful piece of assistive technology that can thread into it to create flexible, maintainable and adaptive digital experiences.

A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions

Great documentation helps teams implement accessibility requirements the right way.

An inclusive design workflow for product teams

How and why the Flagship Themes team at Shopify made accessibility a priority in the design process

Overlay Position and Recommendations

The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) has issued a statement regarding accessibility overlays.

Foundations: session timeouts

Session timeouts are designed to protect privacy and security, but if they're implemented incorrectly, they can prevent people from completing tasks on a website.

(not so) short note on being owned

aria-owns is surprisingly strong magic, but only if implemented properly.

Quick Tip: Document Language

Identifying a web page's language is important for accessibility. It helps ensure that multi-lingual screen reader users hear the page content in the correct language audio. Neglecting this basic language identification or identifying the document with an incorrect language can result in the content being very difficult or impossible to understand.

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