A couple weeks ago I had what I jokingly referred to as “an old guy moment”. I slipped and fell in the shower. I realize that my age has nothing…
September 20, 2017 | Development, User Experience (UX)
As accessibility and inclusive design specialists, we are paid for our expertise. But the form that expertise takes and how it is delivered varies depending on different clients’ needs. Some…
September 18, 2017 | Development
The last post in this series ends by saying that the world of academic research has a lot to offer in terms of innovative approaches to adaptation that can improve accessibility for…
September 13, 2017 | Development
When I perform a website accessibility review I can usually tell within the first couple of minutes of my process whether or not an effort has been made to make…
August 22, 2017 | Development
Our friends at Barclays have designed some beautiful posters of the Inclusive Design Principles shared under Creative Commons. We thought we’d ask David Caldwell, Digital Accessibility Manager at Barclays, to…
August 15, 2017 | Development, User Experience (UX)
We had so much fun in June we’re doing it again. Inclusive Design 24 (#ID24) is on Thursday 16 November 2017, and the call for presentations is open!
August 14, 2017 | Development
This article is one in a series of articles on TPGi blog aimed at unpacking each of the Inclusive Design Principles. This time the principle is Be Consistent. Look out…
August 11, 2017 | Development, User Experience (UX)
VoiceOver users interact with the web and native applications on their iOS device using a number of gestures. The simplest gesture involves swiping the screen from left to right by using a…
July 25, 2017 | Development
This is an opinion piece, looking at one slice of accessibility, to highlight some trends and possibilities. All of the computing devices, platforms and assistive technologies discussed within empower people…
July 21, 2017 | Development
Be careful when you use the aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby attributes, because they do not work consistently with all HTML elements. This is a short note on when (and when…
July 12, 2017 | Development
Many months ago, Mary Ziegler (Program Manager for Online Accessibility at MIT) and I started work on a chapter on Accessible Online Learning for a new book, Disability, Human Rights…
July 6, 2017 | Development
One of the tasks I perform regularly is to test web content using screen readers. It can be somewhat annoying to be capturing data in a desktop application while testing…
July 4, 2017 | Development
I presented my talk Selfish Accessibility at the 2017 WordCamp Europe, held in Paris, France with almost 3,000 attendees. Given the prevalence of WordPress across the web, presenting this talk…
July 3, 2017 | Development
Are you tapping into the valued and valuable workforce of people with disabilities? Over my 20 years in accessibility I have seen over and over that organizations are not prepared…
June 28, 2017 | Accessibility Strategy, Development
The UK cross-government accessibility community exists for people working in government to further their knowledge of accessibility. It currently boasts over 500 members, made up of researchers, designers, developers, testers…
June 26, 2017 | Development
Behind every great site or application lies thought, empathy and inclusion. This doesn’t happen by accident, it happens by design. How we get there is as unique, original, and diverse…
June 9, 2017 | Development, User Experience (UX)
The University of Guelph in Ontario holds an accessibility conference each year (this was its ninth), aptly named the Guelph Accessibility Conference. This year the theme was around becoming catalysts…
June 5, 2017 | Development, User Experience (UX)
For those of you who are not aware, #ID24 (Inclusive Design 24) returns for another 24 hours of live accessibility talks on 9 June starting at midnight UTC/GMT. We here…
June 2, 2017 | Development
