Book: Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design
Dale Cruse & Denis Boudreau: pub August 2025 [ disclosue – Ricky Onsman is a technical editor ]
https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/inclusive-design-for-accessibility-9781835888230
Video: The NPS.gov Media Player: An Accessible Option for All Government
U.S. Access Board’s Section 508 webinar
Accessibility makes new cybersecurity requirements more robust
Funka has been tasked with helping ensure that the standards take accessibility into account.
Testing Methods: Prerecorded Media Alternative
Dennis Deacon: providing an alternative for prerecorded synchronized media and for all prerecorded video-only media.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/testing-methods-prerecorded-media-alternative/
Re: broken promises
Heather Buchel: AI tools are making less space for … the more creative and fulfilling parts of working in web accessibility.
https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2025/05/broken-promises/
Advertising? On my blog?
Heydon Pickering: I’m just trying to turn my own hard work, on my own, into a buck.
https://heydonworks.com/article/advertising-on-this-blog/
The col element
Heydon Pickering: So what is <col> for, then?
https://heydonworks.com/article/the-col-element/
Using Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
Léonie Watson: they’ve already become part of my daily routine, just like my phone and my watch.
https://tink.uk/using-ray-ban-meta-glasses/
Quick Tip: Context is Key
Nat Tarnoff: Testing with Auto Scanning Tools
https://tarnoff.info/2025/05/27/quick-tip-context-is-key/
Dialog is for modals, popover is for everything else
Mayank: So what’s the difference between them and which one should you use when?
https://mayank.co/notes/popover-vs-dialog/
Awareness
Jeremy Keith: An awareness of HTML is like a superpower when it comes to accessibility.
https://adactio.com/journal/21911
The landing zone
Jeremy Keith: Even before mobile devices showed up there was never a single fold.
https://adactio.com/journal/21923
What We Know (So Far) About CSS Reading Order
Daniel Schwarz: The reading-flow and reading-order proposed CSS properties are designed to specify … how accessibility tools deduce the order of elements.
https://css-tricks.com/what-we-know-so-far-about-css-reading-order/
Video: Deploying accessibility at scale: Strategy, tactics, and battle stories
Stewart Hay (Intopia MD), Mary Roemmélé (Workday Director of Accessibility) & Larene Le Gassick (Canva Team Engineering Lead – Accessibility)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqcxaUpGJb0
The Accessibility Advantage — Whiteboard Friday
Lyssa-Fêe Crump: Unlock the accessibility advantage and boost your SEO
https://moz.com/blog/the-accessibility-advantage-whiteboard-friday
What is a Conforming Alternate Version and when would we use it?
When inaccessible digital content may be unavoidable.
https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/accessibility/news/?id=38-683740
Video: What’s new in web
Rachel Andrew: a roundup of everything that was mentioned at Google I/O 2025.
https://web.dev/blog/whats-new-in-web-io2025
Just fucking use HTML
Kyrylo Silin: You know what loads faster than your bloated, overengineered mess? Plain, unadulterated HTML.
https://justfuckingusehtml.com/
Update on CSS Anchor Positioning
W3C CSS WG Blog: We are particularly interested in comments and suggestions on improving the accessibility guidance.
https://www.w3.org/blog/CSS/2025/05/12/update-on-css-anchor-positioning/
Privacy on the web: creating a more trustworthy web
Seth Dobbs: one of the key areas that we call “horizontals”.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/privacy-on-the-web-creating-a-more-trustworthy-web/
Figma Sites: when accessibility is an afterthought
Kristina Gushcheva-Keippilä: prioritises superficial qualities of web experiences.
Designing Calm: UX Principles for Reducing Users’ Anxiety
Yuri Shapochka: In an already stressful world, our digital products all too often amplify that stress.
HTML5 Elements You Didn’t Know You Need
Max Prilutskiy: dialog, details, summary, meter, output.
https://dev.to/maxprilutskiy/html5-elements-you-didnt-know-you-need-gan
the captcha paradox
We may be required to prove we are a bot—or at least represented by one.
https://talkingrobot.com/2025/05/the-captcha-paradox/
A modern, lightning-quick PoW captcha
Cap is a lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative.
HellCaptcha: Accessibility Theater at Its Worst
hCaptcha’s "Accessibility" Mode Is a Fucking Cookie.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hellcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst/
Alternative text in the wild: 5 alternative text examples
Whitney Lewis: why the example is right or could be better.
https://blog.pope.tech/2023/03/31/alternative-text-in-the-wild-5-alternative-text-examples/
UX and inclusive design: Help me understand!
Milen Donev: Embrace every unique perspective to build truly universal experiences.
https://uxplanet.org/ux-and-inclusive-design-help-me-understand-3eae8a1cf093
WordPress needs documentation about accessibility, help me work on it
Rian Rietveld: WordPress Accessibility Team doesn’t have enough time nor the resources to work on this.
https://rianrietveld.com/2025/05/19/wp-accessibility-docs/
An Open Letter to OpenAI and Jony Ive
Mike Calvo: Building an Accessible Future Together
Video: An Insider’s Look at InDesign’s Accessibility Improvements
DAISY Consortium webinar on accessibility improvements to Adobe InDesign.
https://inclusivepublishing.org/blog/an-insiders-look-at-indesigns-accessibility-improvements-w/
How to Write Alt Text for Complex Images
Michael Beck: A Guide to Clarity and Accessibility
https://afixt.com/how-to-write-alt-text-for-complex-images-a-guide-to-clarity-and-accessibility/
Accessibility reads: Thursday, May 29
Matthew Luken: video + featured articles
https://www.deque.com/blog/accessibility-reads-thursday-may-29/
The 2025 AHRC accessibility guidelines
Abin Choudhury: What’s new, and why it matters.
https://www.deque.com/blog/the-2025-ahrc-accessibility-guidelines-whats-new-and-why-it-matters/
Moving Forward with Mobile Technology
Apple, Android, Bridging the Gap Between People and Technology
https://www.eastersealstech.com/2025/05/28/moving-forward-with-mobile-technology/
EAA FAQ
Scope, Penalties, and Compliance Steps for Businesses by June 2025
https://blog.usablenet.com/eaa-faq-scope-penalties-and-compliance-steps
Growing Up With Accessibility Gaps
Michael Taylor: A Screen Reader User Reflects
https://blog.usablenet.com/growing-up-with-accessibility-gaps-a-screen-reader-user-reflects
Up and Coming ARIA Up and Coming ARIA
John Northup: tools to keep on your radar as browser and screen reader support continues to evolve.
https://webaim.org/blog/up-and-coming-aria/
How Compassion Fatigue is Crushing Disability Allyship
Sheri Byrne-Haber: people become emotionally exhausted and detached after repeated exposure to distressing stories.
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/how-compassion-fatigue-is-crushing-disability/
AI Audiobooks are not accessible
Robert Kingett: What makes me even more furious is that [ Audible is ] calling this an accessibility victory.