Here we go…still! Last week I posted about The “ABC” of Accessibility Services. The gist of that post was to highlight that, with the increase in awareness around creating and maintaining accessible digital content and the number of newcomers now…
The “ABC” of Accessibility Services
Digital Accessibility Awareness Is on the Rise The subject of digital content accessibility has grown in popularity. Many organizations and businesses who never thought about accessibility are now aware that they should be focusing on and creating accessible content, even…
Can Web Developers be Sued for the Inaccessible Sites They Create for Clients?
How Did This Question Come Up? While I was attending the Digital Accessibility Legal Summit this year after my opening keynote, an interesting question came up during one of the sessions: “can web developers be sued under the ADA for…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 5)
Descriptive Link Text This is Part 5 of our “First Steps to An Accessible Website” blog series! In this post we are going to review how to describe the purpose of a link using its link text and its surrounding…
Web Accessibility – Who is Responsible?
Is it you or someone else? In our decades of working with various groups on digital accessibility, one thing has become very clear – most feel that addressing accessibility is someone else’s responsibility. When it comes to web specific content,…
Accessibility Testing and iFrames
Keeping an Eye on the iFrame A few weeks ago, my colleague Ken Nakata, was talking with a colleague at a digital publishing house about the new accessibility test scripts that we developed in WebAlign. These are designed to enable…
Why UX (and Not Developers) Should Drive Accessibility
What’s the Problem in a Nutshell? The reason why most organizations fail at accessibility is because they don’t focus on UX. That may not seem startling until you realize exactly what I’m saying. You’ll find plenty of people who will tell…
Why We Created WCAG Testing Scripts That Don’t Use Assistive Technology
AT-Free Testing Scripts? In the accessibility world, our focus is on making sure that users with disabilities– including those who use assistive technologies (AT)– are able to access and interact with digital media as easily and robustly as users without…
Web Accessibility is Broken (Part 3)We Expect New Results from the Same Tools
A Cautionary Tale… Go to any McDonald’s restaurant in the world and there’s a good chance you won’t be able to order a milk shake, ice cream cone, or frozen dessert because the machine is broken. According to an article…
Web Accessibility is Broken (Part 2)Lack of Knowledge Transfer
A Continuing Problem… Last week, I talked about the elephant in the room of web accessibility consulting– the current model is broken. Jeff and I knew this when we started Converge Accessibility and we’re trying to do things differently. Sure,…