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Web developer. Accessibility advocate. Pragmatic standardista. Geek. Socialist. Company Director @TetraLogical. Pronouns: he / him / they / them.

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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Time to pencil it into your busy social calendars ... #id24 will take place on the 24 September 2026. Call for presentations will open in April ... but if you have an idea, or you'd like to help out as a guest host, get in touch!

inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign

02.02.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Accessible building blocks for web: form fields
Accessible building blocks for web: form fields YouTube video by TetraLogical

In the final day of our Accessible Building Blocks series, we're sharing a video on how to design and build forms that everyone can fill in.

Watch the video here: youtu.be/hj6wCUyGx0o or with British Sign Language: youtu.be/WJGAVpdURGY

#AccessibleBuildingBlocks #Accessibility #AccessibleFormFields

30.01.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every year, we offer our speakers, guest hosts, and core team members the option to convert their little thank-you payment/honorarium into a charity donation. 1/

24.12.2025 11:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.

23.09.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 519 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 9
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Save the date! Inclusive Design 24 returns on 25 September 2025 for 24 hours of talks about #accessibility and #InclusiveDesign. All streamed for free, no log in required. Here's our schedule for this year: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #id24

12.09.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
On the right-hand side of the image, the title reads β€œAccessibility training” in yellow font followed by β€œthat works with delivery, not against it” in white font. 

The left-hand side has the TetraLogical logo in the top corner with the Knowledge icon below: two people, each made up of a circle for a head and a semicircle for a body. One is bright pink and the other bright purple, above them is a speech bubble with an orange spark of a shared idea inside

On the right-hand side of the image, the title reads β€œAccessibility training” in yellow font followed by β€œthat works with delivery, not against it” in white font. The left-hand side has the TetraLogical logo in the top corner with the Knowledge icon below: two people, each made up of a circle for a head and a semicircle for a body. One is bright pink and the other bright purple, above them is a speech bubble with an orange spark of a shared idea inside

Accessibility training that works with your project delivery, not against it

Self-led courses to build confidence, consistency, and capability.

Ideal for onboarding, upskilling, and scaling.

tetralogical.com/services/tra...

#SustainableAccessibility #AccessibilityTraining #DigitalStrategy

05.09.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Patrick H. Lauke (@patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social) are you a company that thinks #DEI, #accessibility, #inclusion aren't just "woke" concepts? then consider supporting tiny events like https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/supporters/ #id24 (full disclos...

mastodon.social/@patrick_h_l...
#ID24

14.08.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

We're happy to finally unveil the full schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 24 hour online event on the 25 September 2025 inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign

27.07.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

This sounds similar to a conversation I had recently πŸ˜‚

17.07.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of #accessibility annotation kits rely on designers having a technical understanding of semantic roles, landmarks, autocomplete values etc. Lots of Frontend Devs don’t even understand that stuff. As a designer, you just need to be able to articulate the expected outcome for a user.

16.07.2025 05:51 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Screen reader HTML support tables - TetraLogical With the addition of Gez Lemon to the editing team, work continues on expanding and improving the HTML and screen reader support information.

Screen reader HTML support tables

"With the addition of Gez Lemon to the editing team, work continues on expanding and improving the HTML and screen reader support information."

#HTML #screenReader #NVDA #JAWS #a11y

tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07...

10.07.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Screen reader HTML support tables - TetraLogical With the addition of Gez Lemon to the editing team, work continues on expanding and improving the HTML and screen reader support information.

These HTML support tables by @tetralogical.com are very, very good. tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07...

10.07.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In 1994 the UK voted the widget inside a can of Guinness as Invention of the Year.

The Internet came second.

Yes, yes, I know that far more people were probably drinking Guinness than using the interwebs back in 1994, but c'mon... πŸ˜‚

06.07.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
Popping preconceived popover ponderings | scottohara.me I wrote much of this back in 2023 and 2024 while popover was still being implemented / was newly released. Since I began digitally scribbling my thoughts dow...

the popover attribute is just one ingredient in making accessible popups. It does a lot, but not everything you might need. that's on purpose.

Want to know more? Here you go:
www.scottohara.me/blog/2025/03...

15.03.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Except you can’t add the link behaviour, not all of it. There are things in context menus and keyboard interactions that cannot be recreated.

06.02.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek Sucking in data you didn’t ask permission for? Sounds familiar.

Officer help someone stole my stealing machine

www.theverge.com/news/601195/...

29.01.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Code of ethics - TetraLogical Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

There are four founding principles of TetraLogical:

Inclusive
Sustainable
Ethical
Original

This is at the heart of everything we do for our customers and how we invest in ourselves. Our Code of Ethics page details our commitments and how we meet them:

tetralogical.com/code-of-ethi...

28.01.2025 09:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Our Team. A screenshot from the TetraLogical website with the text "We're a boutique company with a whole lot of experience" above a row of headshots of the team. Below the photos, it says "We're an experienced team, with specialisms in many areas"

Our Team. A screenshot from the TetraLogical website with the text "We're a boutique company with a whole lot of experience" above a row of headshots of the team. Below the photos, it says "We're an experienced team, with specialisms in many areas"

TetraLogical was founded 6 years ago by @tink.uk to focus on people and making sustainable change rather than just conformance.

In that time, we've achieved a lot, worked with companies across the globe and have grown the team into a 14-strong band of absolute experts in their specialities.

10.01.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s very interesting but also very frustrating. If you haven’t listened already, you might enjoy @originstorypodcast.bsky.social which is co-presented by the author.

10.01.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our team - TetraLogical Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

In other news, @tetralogical.com is 6 today! πŸ₯³

And it's an absolute delight to be working with such a marvellous group of people:
tetralogical.com/about/team/

10.01.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
Logos for Alzheimer’s society
Stepping Stones
Save the children
The Meeting Room
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group
RISE
Samaritans
Kyra Women’s Project
Guide Dogs
Trussell Trust Winter Appeal
Refugee Action

Logos for Alzheimer’s society Stepping Stones Save the children The Meeting Room Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group RISE Samaritans Kyra Women’s Project Guide Dogs Trussell Trust Winter Appeal Refugee Action

Over the years we've made 42 donations to 26 different charities.

This year we are donating to:
Alzheimer’s society
Stepping Stones
Save the Children
The Meeting Room
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group
RISE
Samaritans
Kyra Women’s Project
Guide Dogs
Trussell Trust Winter Appeal
Refugee Action

18.12.2024 15:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... - HTMHell A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

As part of HTMHell's advent calendar, @tink.uk's article explores the risks of relying on AI-generated code for accessible web development.

AI tools can be helpful but they’re no substitute for expertise and critical thinking.

htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

#Accessibility #AccessibilityAI

13.12.2024 14:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t always say that. But sometimes I do.

It depends.

06.12.2024 01:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It does, which is why I’d prefer the design pattern didn’t exist. But content order must be logical programmatically as well as visually.

The description approach has different issues, for example when searching for the text. There might be cases where one is better (or less worse) than the other.

06.12.2024 01:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Accessibility Unlocked!

Accessibility Unlocked!

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we’re excited to launch Accessibility Unlocked - a free six-day newsletter series designed to help you jumpstart your accessibility efforts.

03.12.2024 08:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My actual preference is to not use this design pattern at all. But we work with what is not what we’d like.

06.12.2024 01:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My preferred approach is to put the descriptor after the heading in the source order, then position it above with CSS. Flexbox and grid both make it easy enough to do. Add visually hidden text, such as β€œTags: β€œ, if the purpose of the descriptor is unclear.

06.12.2024 01:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0