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Liz and Ashi in their wedding dresses hugging and dancing

Liz and Ashi in their wedding dresses holding hands and laughing

Ashi looking lovingly at Liz in their wedding dresses while Liz looks at the wedding officiant

Liz and Ashi in their wedding dresses holding hands and looking lovingly at each other in a vineyard in the fall at dusk

We’ve been married for 4 years today 🩷🤍

I love you so much, darling 🥹❤️‍🔥

Romance Is Boring (2020 Remaster), by Los Campesinos! 16 track album

happy “I Just Sighed. I Just Sighed, Just So You Know” day to those who celebrate ❤️‍🔥
#LC4LYF

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Today!

Pitfighter Vi from #Arcane screaming with her head looking towards the sky

SHE GOT, SHE GOT AWAY. SHE GOT AWAYYY. SHE GOT AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

The Role of ARIA in Web Accessibility Explore how ARIA enhances web accessibility by improving screen reader support and user interaction in complex UI components. Learn when and how to use ARIA effectively.

#Accessibility is key for digital experiences. #ARIA makes complex web elements more usable with #AssistiveTech by adding vital context. Groups like @GrackleDocs support devs with tools & guidance to embed #a11y from the start, advancing #InclusiveDesign.

This was an excellent webinar. Thanks so much for sharing!

"The most important thing that I think the regulations have done, is they have shifted us from a reactive approach to accessibility to a proactive approach.” —Beth Valentine, Equity Compliance & Education Manager, University of North Dakota

"The most important thing that I think the regulations have done, is they have shifted us from a reactive approach to accessibility to a proactive approach.” —Beth Valentine, Equity Compliance & Education Manager, University of North Dakota

“The thing that managers and leadership care about with Universal Design is that it is more cost efficient. You are not doing that rework of retrofitting after-the-fact, which is way more expensive.” —Jennifer Broadus, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, King County, WA

“The thing that managers and leadership care about with Universal Design is that it is more cost efficient. You are not doing that rework of retrofitting after-the-fact, which is way more expensive.” —Jennifer Broadus, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Manager, King County, WA

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new music from Chappell Roan & Renee Rapp on the same day ??

listen, I am having an excellent day

Free Webinar: Foundations of Accessibility Learn the essentials of accessible design to help you confidently create inclusive content.

Designer friends: CreativePro is hosting a free webinar from Dax Castro of @chaxtc.bsky.social on Tuesday, August 12! You can register for "Foundations of Accessibility" here:

creativepro.com/event/free-w...

@creativepronetwork.bsky.social #a11y #Accessibility #GraphicDesign #InclusiveDesign

GAAD Thursday, May 15, 2025, help us celebrate the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, ...

This Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. As the website states, the "purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion," specifically for people with disabilities.

#GAAD #GAAD2025

Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer – The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer

Manual testing with a screen reader will help you catch and fix accessibility issues that can't be identified by automated tests. Sara Soueidan has a great guide on various screen readers and how to set them up on your computer.

www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing...

I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope what you find next is fulfilling and fun. ❣️

I wish more people understood the value of good document design, especially when using a tool like InDesign. So much time and money is invested in remediating documents, instead of addressing the root of the problem.

InDesign can be tough to work with, but my students are really taking the time to learn how it works and do things right. I can’t tell you how proud I am. Now I’m just sad that the semester is almost over!

Their final project is creating a portfolio of their designs from this class as an accessible, interactive PDF.

We’re approaching this just like a web design project: starting with good content, adding structure, then using visual styling to reflect that structure.

Week 12 teaching my first #GraphicDesign course: my students are turning into InDesign pros! They’re using parent pages, setting document properties, creating paragraph styles with export tags for headings, threading text frames correctly, and writing alt text for images. 👏

Thank you for sharing! That’s awesome!

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You no longer need a plugin for checking color contrast in Figma!

I love how so many tools have these checks integrated. No plugins, extensions or anything else needed!

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#accessibility #UXDesign #figma

I will simply explain it, and if that doesn’t work I will explain it more and better and more and better and more and

Chief Spice Officer is the leader of the Spice Girls, right?

Thanks so much!!

I told the students that they could use an alternative as long as they cleared it with me first. So far, everyone has opted to stick with Adobe because it's free to use on the classroom computers. I'm teaching this online next semester, though, so I imagine it'll come up then!

Accessibility is not an overly complicated topic, nor a barrier for creativity. Accessible design is following best practices that benefit everyone. Why teach composition without discussing reading order? Or typography without readability?

Week 9 teaching my first #GraphicDesign course: my students are making beautiful, complex vector graphics. They’re using swatches, paragraph styles, dynamic symbols, and all the Illustrator features I wish I knew about as a young designer.

And yes: they are naming their layers and artboards!

My students went above and beyond with their Photoshop and Illustrator projects. When we return from spring break, I’m going to teach them everything I know and love about InDesign. I’m so proud of what they’ve done so far and excited to see what they’ll create next. 🎊

One of my favorite things about teaching a lower-level graphic design course is getting to prove a point that I’ve been making for years: accessibility should be taught in tandem with the principles of design.

a close up of a woman 's face with a veil on her face and the words `` let 's go girls '' . Alt: Shania Twain in her 1999 music video for “Man! I Feel Like a Woman.” Twain wears black eyeshadow to match her long black coat, necktie, gloves, and veiled top hat. She tips the rim of the hat upwards and delivers her iconic opening lyric directly to camera: “Let’s go girls.” The words are overlaid on the video clip in bold white letters.

today: desperately trying to catch up on work after a week of sick days & inclement weather 🥲

tomorrow: returning to reality with zero stress because I Finally get to introduce my design students to vector graphics 🤠

Yes! I love it

An alt Decision Tree Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Adding alt text to images is crucial for making social media content accessible to everyone. Here’s a helpful guide from the Web Accessibility Initiative:

www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...