- Vispero Appoints Sid Gaitonde as Chief Executive Officer to Lead Next Era of Customer-Driven Innovation
Vispero: Sid joins Vispero as the company continues to build on its long-standing leadership in assistive technology and digital accessibility. - Webinar: Accessibility Documentation as a Driver for Improved Inclusive User Experience
Vispero: Presented by David Sloan, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 12pm ET - What Is a WCAG Consultant?
Vispero: How to Choose the Right Digital Accessibility Partner - Accessibility Overlay vs. Web Accessibility Consultant
Vispero: What’s the Difference? - In-House Team, Staff Augmentation, or Accessibility Partner
Vispero: Choosing the Right Model for Digital Accessibility. - Innovation Track: Where the Future of Accessibility Comes to Life
CSUN: a dynamic new Conference experience designed to spotlight emerging technologies, groundbreaking research, prototypes, and new ideas. - Link + Popover Navigation
Adrian Roselli: This is a redress of my 2019 post. I’ve modified it to use native HTML popovers instead of ARIA or HTML disclosure widgets. - Understanding WCAG 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence in WordPress
Amber Hinds: requires that all users receive information in a logical order regardless of how they access the page (with or without assistive technology). - Who Owns Accessibility?
Aparna Pasi (LinkedIn): The Client Writing the HTML, or the Browser Rendering It? - Does your screen reader content need an editor?
Ayesha Semfel: the content screen reader users hear is still real content, and it deserves the same care as everything else on the page. - Video: Read Articles Aloud Using Reading Mode on Chrome (Desktop)
Carrie Morales: Here’s how to start it, how to use it, and how it compares to Edge’s Read Aloud. - Video: Why an Accessible InDesign Template Isn’t Enough for PDF Accessibility
Collen Gratzer: Learn why templates aren’t enough for creating accessible PDFs from InDesign. - How to Make an Interactive Element Invisible but Accessible
Daniel Schwarz: things that might be okay to hide initially because they’re highly contextual or because users will know that they’re there. - Serious accessibility regressions in ChatGPT with VoiceOver and NVDA
Darren12 on AppleVis: I can no longer reliably access features such as Deep Research or Agent Mode using NVDA. - A Tale of Two Menus
Dax Castro (LinkedIn): Why Structure Matters - Digital Accessibility can get you sued
Dennis Deacon: Accessibility overlays claim to resolve accessibility issues without touching your underlying code. - Europe’s public services promise accessibility, but are they delivering?
Diana Khalipina: How accessible are public services across Europe? - “With today’s AI, can’t we just run a full accessibility audit automatically?”
Diana Khalipina: When I explain that this isn’t currently possible, people are often surprised. - Please stop making everything clickable
Diana Khalipina: Just because something can be clicked doesn’t mean it should be. - Your carousel isn’t showing more content – it’s hiding it
Diana Khalipina: if your website includes a carousel, users should always have an ability to pause it. - Accessibility in the age of AI
Ela Gorla: what does the widespread adoption of AI mean for accessibility? - Stop Guessing. Start Knowing
Gerry Neustatl (LinkedIn): Automation Finds the Obvious. Manual Audits Find the Important. - Writing for understanding
Helena Ferry: how to explain complicated things in writing, and how to help people actually understand them. - Inside the 2026 Midyear Numbers
Jason Taylor: The ADA continues to be the ONLY true enforcement around. - Designing For Distressed Users
Kat Homan: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion. - Declaring Disabled Freedom
Kelly Mack: A Proclamation of Our Own - Legal Update: June 2026
Ken Nakata: After a couple of quiet months, June had plenty to talk about. - The accessible contrast ratio colour grid thing
Kim Grey: a side project that I started working on in 2024. - Is your board getting accessibility governance right?
Léonie Watson (LinkedIn): One reason accessibility does not get executive attention is that it’s often discussed in technical terms. - Xbox layoffs hit accessibility leadership
Lincoln Carpenter: calling into question Microsoft’s continued commitment to accessibility initiatives. - Step by Step
Marcel Ludwig: Creating Accessible PDF Forms with axesWord. - Labrador adds New features to their Accessibility Auditing Platform
Mark Miller: Labrador is an auditing tool that speeds up accessibility audits with a manual accessibility testing workflow. - Real Estate Website Accessibility
Michael Taylor: Property Listing Pages and Screen Readers - AI and Assistive Technology
Narelle Wright: AI isn’t replacing assistive technology. Instead, it’s becoming another valuable tool that works alongside it. - A11y 101 – 3.3.1 Error Identification
Nat Tarnoff: If an input error is automatically detected, the system must do two things. - What Counts as Experience?
Nat Tarnoff: When you see a job posting that says “5–7 years of experience,” what goes through your mind? - Video: Do Accessibility Overlays Actually Work? We Install One and Test It Live
Natalie MacLees: A floating button, a menu of toggles, and supposedly your site is accessible and lawsuit-proof. - Accessibility is the first-class interface for AI agents
Navya Agarwal: Accessibility solved discovery decades ago. AI agents are extending it from description toward execution. - Oh, it’s happening to me
Peter Torres Fremlin: Ageism, ableism and adaptation, with Ashton Applewhite. - The critical European Accessibility Act just turned 1
Preety Kumar: Why all U.S. companies should care. - Forms don’t love you back
Rachel Coldicutt: forms and digital technologies have made bespoke services cheaper and more accessible, but … - The end of the interface?
Robin Christopherson: What AI means for accessibility and inclusion - Commodore Callback is not keeping up with support for people with disability
Scott Hollier: there is very little in terms of accessibility features such as screen readers and other tools that come as default in modern devices. - Functional Performance Criteria Under Section 508
Shilpi Kapoor: What ICT Must Meet. - Section 508 Program Management
Shilpi Kapoor: Governance, Training, and Compliance. - Video: a dose of Dennis by the Fire
Steve Faulkner: You may know him from Deque, PayPal, eBay or GitHub. As WebAxe, or Easychirp or Dennis Lembree … get to know him a little better. - I Spent Three Years Building the Accessibility Testing Platform I Always Wanted.
Taylor Arndt: Start Testing Is Almost Here. - Google Docs makes accessible links easier
Thomas Logan: A small feature with big accessibility benefits. - Why partnering EN 17161 with WCAG is a major step forward for digital accessibility
Wilco Fiers: another challenge associated with WCAG adoption — its single-page, point-in-time, all-or-nothing conformance model. - Financial Inclusion Tech4Good Award 2026 winner revealed
AbilityNet: Dots for Africa became the first winner of AbilityNet’s new Financial Inclusion Award introduced this year. - Podcast: Gavin Neate and Mike Clapper
ASXChat: Neate is the Founder of WelcoMe and a leading voice in inclusive customer experience. Clapper is the Founder and CEO of Able2Global and creator of The Inclusioneer Framework - Podcast: If You Are Not Listening, You Are Not Finished
Chax Chat: Chad and Dax break down the real-world issues that only show up when you actually test your documents with assistive technology. - Video: Modmath
Easterseals Crossroads: helping students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and learning disabilities to write, solve, and learn math. - Accessible PDFs in Healthcare
Equidox: What the Section 504 Update Requires. - Assistive Technology Survey Results
Intopia: conducted from December 2025 to March 2026, the survey was aimed at anyone who uses assistive technology to access the internet, with a focus on people with disabilities. - Accessibility Testing in CI/CD
Level Access: educes remediation costs, prevents regressions, and makes accessibility a predictable part of how software gets built. - Introducing Pope Tech: New digital accessibility platform
Miami University: our institution will be migrating our primary web accessibility scanning tool from the Level Access AMP tool. - Podcast: The Art of Accessible Editing
Pushing Limits: Dominick Trevethan and Denny Daughters share how they edit audio, produce radio, and overcome barriers using assistive technology and adaptive techniques. - SMART Technologies Advances Inclusive Learning with WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Updates to Lumio
SMART: Enhanced accessibility features help ensure students using assistive technology can participate fully and independently in classroom learning. - Interaction design vs content design vs service design
Adam Silver: “What do you think your role is as a designer?” - Designing for trust
Anton Sten: the work in the end is making someone feel safe enough to stop hesitating and act. - Taste cannot be delegated
Aurélie Radom: The death of design by committee in the age of AI. - What Happened to the Frontend?
David Poblador i Garcia: Two decades, forty-four meters of build tools, and one very confused<button>later, here’s the whole story. - 5 Things To Know About Your Client’s WordPress Website
Eric Karkovack: all will give you a better understanding of what makes your client’s WordPress website tick. - 98% isn’t very much
Hugo Osvaldo Barrera: If a fancy new feature can’t degrade gracefully, then 98% isn’t “widely supported”. - UX Benchmarks for AI-Based Chat Software (2026)
Jim Lewis and Jeff Sauro: key UX findings from our 2026 investigation with some comparisons to those 2025 findings. - What’s an Icon in 2026?
Jim Nielsen: As icons continue to change across Apple’s platforms, I have thoughts. - New in Edge for Developers
Patrick Brosset: Style layout gaps, improve keyboard accessibility and migrate your PWA to a new origin. - Empathy and delight mean nothing when the software is disrespectful
Pavel Samsonov: Accessibility is one high-profile area where even noble intentions often fall short. - How AI Is Changing UX Design and What That Means for Development Teams
Toby Biddle: ML evaluates prototypes across mobile apps testing contexts, cross-device usability, responsiveness, and accessibility.
Weekly Reading List July 13 2026
