Translating Accessibility
Doug Abrams: what information should and should not be translated?
https://www.tpgi.com/translating-accessibility/
Are Your Self-Service Kiosk Devices and Websites EAA-Compliant?
Melissa Morse: Web Accessibility Testing Tools Aren’t Enough.
https://www.tpgi.com/are-your-self-service-kiosk-devices-and-websites-eaa-compliant/
Podcast: The State of Accessibility – Episode 10
Mark Miller and David Sloan explore how AI is reshaping design and development workflows: June 18, 2025, at 10:30 AM EST.
https://www.tpgi.com/the-state-of-accessibility-episode-10/
FS June 2025 Training Events
Elizabeth Whitaker: Six Essential Tips for Enhancing Your OneDrive Experience with JAWS, Insert J Club Live Training Q&A, FSOpenLine
https://blog.freedomscientific.com/join-us-for-our-june-2025-training-events/
Is the DOJ Web Accessibility Rule in Danger?
Ken Nakata: This post is about protecting something we all strive hard to achieve.
https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/doj-web-accessibility-rule-in-danger/
Legal Update: May 2025
Ken Nakata: BloomsyBox v UserWay; Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025; Pennsylvania; Colorado; Bill tracker.
https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/06/02/legal-update-may-2025/
New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements – Comments Needed
Lainey Feingold: U.S. Department of Energy proposes drastic change to decades-old regulations
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/06/energy-department-rollback/
Japan Celebrates Digital Accessibility All Year Long
Lainey Feingold: Guest article by Makoto Ueki.
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/06/japan-gaad-makoto-ueki/
New law to ensure accessibility of services, devices for people with disabilities
Croatian Parliament: create a more inclusive society and enable greater independence for people with disabilities.
https://www.sabor.hr/en/press/news/new-law-ensure-accessibility-services-devices-people-disabilities
Understanding Italy’s Digital Accessibility Laws
Summarizes the key laws governing digital accessibility in Italy.
https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/italian-accessibility-requirements/
The EAA and B2B Tech: What Vendors Need to Know
Best practices for future-proofing your B2B products in the changing EU regulatory landscape.
https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/eaa-and-b2b-product-vendors/
ADA Demand Letters: What They Are and How to Respond
These letters mandate that the company take action to fix any accessibility barriers claimed.
https://accessibleweb.com/tips-tools-tutorials/ada-demand-letters-what-they-are-and-how-to-respond/
Guide to ADA Website Compliance Lawsuits
David Gevorkian: Failure to comply with web accessibility laws could lead to costly legal consequences.
https://beaccessible.com/post/ada-website-lawsuits/
EAA Complaint Rules: France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain
The most reliable complaint-handling information available for June 2025.
https://blog.usablenet.com/eaa-complaints-guide-france-germany-ireland-italy-spain
Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog
Adrian Roselli: blanket statements about where to put focus when opening a modal dialog are wrong, including this one.
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html
ARIA/HTML relationship Severance
Steve Faulkner: On ARIA and HTML relationships referencing elements outside the shadow DOM, and vice versa.
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/06/07/aria-html-relationship-severence/
It’s not too late for European Accessibility Act activities
Bogdan Cerovac: Stay calm, but make sure you are preparing.
https://cerovac.com/a11y/2025/05/its-not-too-late-for-european-accessibility-act-activities/
The hero of my own story
Brian DeConnick: Last week, I ended three and a half years … as the accessibility specialist on the VA.gov Platform Governance team.
https://www.briandeconinck.com/the-hero-of-my-own-story/
More on What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer
David A. Kennedy: you’re diving into one of the most complex, challenging spaces for a designer.
https://davidakennedy.com/blog/more-on-what-makes-a-good-accessibility-designer/
Testing Methods: Live Audio-only
Dennis Deacon: make live audio-only content, such as web-based audio conferencing, live speeches, and radio webcasts, accessible through a text alternative.
https://www.dennisdeacon.com/web/accessibility/testing-methods-live-audio-only/
So, you screwed up your EAA compliance. What now?
Eric Eggert: you just realized that your website or apps will not meet the requirements.
https://yatil.net/blog/so-you-screwed-up-your-eaa-compliance-what-now
The trash pile is on fire
Heather Buchel: Twitter, junior developers, developer advocates, remote work, NFTs/web3.
https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2025/06/on-fire/
Colour alone can be used to convey meaning, and I don’t like it!
Martin Underhill: the exception for if the contrast ratio of the colour is high enough.
https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/colour-alone-can-be-used-to-convey-meaning-and-i-dont-like-it
DailyHTML bot on Mastodon
Moritz Glantz: posts one random HTML element per day with a short explanation and a link to the spec.
https://moritzglantz.de/blog/posts/accessibility-link-tester/daily-html-mastodon-bot/
Quick Tip: WCAG doesn’t round
Nat Tarnoff: That’s it. That’s the tip. WCAG doesn’t round.
https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/05/quick-tip-wcag-doesnt-round/
A11y 101: 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
Nat Tarnoff: I’ll be honest, I often question if I’m evaluating this one right.
https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/02/a11y-101-1-4-13-content-on-hover-or-focus/
Designing Through Uncertainty
Elizabeth Alli: User experience design is, by nature, a practice of listening in the dark.
https://designerup.co/blog/designing-through-uncertainty/
What’s new in axe Developer Hub
Ben Allen: Updates for more flexibility, security, and control.
Inclusive development practices in Next.js projects
Jeremy Rivera: demonstrate how tools like axe DevTools can help you validate real-world usability.
https://www.deque.com/blog/inclusive-development-practices-in-next-js-projects/
Championing Accessibility: Technical and Non-Technical Tips
Based on a talk given by Kai Wong and Asha Sachdeva at A11yNYC.
https://equalentry.com/championing-accessibility/
Build Native Apps for Everyone
A Roadmap to Mobile Accessibility.
https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/five-tips-to-create-accessible-native-mobile-apps/
Securing Budget for Your Institution’s Accessibility Program
Build a clear, confident case for dedicated accessibility funding.
https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/securing-budget-for-your-institutions-accessibility-program/
3 free tools to caption videos
Whitney Lewis: TurboScribe, Slack, oTranscribe (+ Premiere Pro).
https://blog.pope.tech/2025/06/03/3-free-tools-to-caption-videos/
Adapt or Design
A twelve-part project of 99% Invisible in three acts: articles and podcast about assistive design.
https://99percentinvisible.org/adapt/
Podcast: ShopTalk
Jen Simmons on Declarative Web Push, Form Control Styling, & More.
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog
Andy Clarke: In the past, ialogues relied on a mix of divisions, ARIA, and JavaScript.
https://css-tricks.com/getting-creative-with-html-dialog/
HTML-native accordions
Chris Ferdinandi: create accessible, HTML-native accordions (sort of), without any JavaScript.
https://gomakethings.com/html-native-accordions/
Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach To Creativity
Eric Olive: challenges the value of exercises like brainstorming and explores more effective methods for sparking creativity to improve design.
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/05/fewer-ideas-unconventional-approach-creativity/
Video: CSS if() functions & reading-flow (in Chrome 137)
Una Kravets: illustrates with codepens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apn8ucs7AL0
CSS Only Contrast
Donnie D’Amato: many of us who work with CSS and accessibility have been looking for a solution that helps provide the right amount of contrast for a given color.
https://blog.damato.design/posts/css-only-contrast/
Make the Web a More a Colorful Place!
Miriam Suzanne: A guide to using new color spaces & formats with OddContrast
https://www.oddbird.net/2025/06/06/oddcontrast-guide/
How to Make Accessibility "Stick"
Sheri Byrne-Haber: Accessibility teams need to move from "no" to "yes, but".
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/how-to-make-accessibility-stick/
Keyboard Navigation: Ensuring Usability Without a Mouse
Michael Beck: it’s about ensuring everyone can fully engage with your content and services.
https://afixt.com/keyboard-navigation-ensuring-usability-without-a-mouse/
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology
Jared Cunha: Guidance for implementing workflows and best practices.
https://coforma.io/perspectives/making-scannable-web-pages-for-assistive-technology
How to Ensure Full Accessibility in Custom ARIA Buttons
Florian Schroiff: Unlock ARIA button techniques to ensure full accessibility.
https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/aria-button/
Video: The Discomfort of Describing Persons in Alt Text
Elizabeth J. Pyatt: strategies for determining which qualities of a person should be described in image alt text.
https://mediaspace.umn.edu/media/t/1_544og2vi
Make your surveys easier to manage for users
Our project investigating the accessibility of digital surveys has now been finalised.
Telling time with sound
Simon Miner: how I built an accessible audio clock in 15 hours using AI
When Accessible Features Break
Kristen Witucki: A personal story of persistence, advocacy, and the power of allyship.
https://tammaninc.com/learn/when-accessible-features-break/
On the Lookout for Low-Vision Users
Lookout helps guide blind or low-vision users through everyday life.
https://www.eastersealstech.com/2025/06/05/on-the-lookout-for-low-vision-users/
Expressive Captions Convey Sound and Spirit on Android Phones
Captions now not only capture sounds — they capture the spirit of the moment.
New Android App Amps Up Communication
Project Activate supports people with ALS, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy.
https://www.eastersealstech.com/2025/06/03/new-android-app-amps-up-communication/
Apple unveils powerful accessibility features coming later this year
New features include Accessibility Nutrition Labels on the App Store, Magnifier for Mac, Braille Access, and Accessibility Reader; plus innovative updates to Live Listen, visionOS, Personal Voice.