The A11y Collective

#365DaysIOSAccessibility A year-long journey exploring iOS accessibility, one day at a time, with practical tips and implementation ideas.

"A year-long journey exploring iOS accessibility, one day at a time. Each post shares practical insights, tips, and techniques to make your iOS apps more accessible."

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Touch, sound and style: how London fashion week is opening up to visually impaired guests – photo essay From live audio descriptions to fabric swatch booklets, designers including Chet Lo are rethinking the catwalk experience for blind and low-vision clothes-lovers

So cool! “As someone with no usable sight, I am all about feeling the energy in the room and hearing people ‘umming’ and ‘ahhing’ as a model walks by. I can [...] create a picture of each look in my mind.”

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#Accesstive Will Get You Sued I can’t actually assert the Accesstive overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either.…

Adrian Roselli dives into the seedy world of accessibility overlays once more.
adrianroselli.com/2025/07/acce...

You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order Sometimes not doing something is the right move.

"There’s a subtle thing at play here, and it mostly revolves around the notion that adding something demonstrates effort and value. For focus order, you’ll actually want to suppress that urge and just let things be."

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Wishcessibility - Nic Chan No recycling was contaminated in the creation of this post.

"Accessibility is really similar to recycling [...]. Most people agree that they are both net positives for the world, so many folks want to try their best at it, even if it requires them to take on a bunch of work they might not necessarily be prepared for."

www.nicchan.me/blog/wishces...

The Front-End Accessibility Workshop — SmashingConf Amsterdam Accessibility doesn't have to be hard or time-consuming. Once you learn how to think and code inclusively, writing accessible markup becomes second nature, and part of your everyday coding workflow.…

Full-day workshop, Monday, April 13, 2026, Amsterdam (NL). In this workshop, you will learn how to build common UI patterns with accessibility baked right into them from the start.

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Sara Soueidan is a great, extremely knowledgable teacher. #a11y #accessibility

Accessible design is digital infrastructure — Anna E. Cook What America by Design reveals about how public platforms fail when maintenance, governance, and accountability are treated as optional and how we can do better no matter our job title.

"What America by Design reveals about how public platforms fail when maintenance, governance, and accountability are treated as optional" Great post by Anna E. Cook (@annaecook.com).

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AI will Eliminate the Need for Accessibility Professionals?  I think not. Every day, there are more articles about AI replacing people in tech. Accessibility testers, who are very often viewed as “unnecessary overhead,” are not escaping this treatment.

"To provide accessibility professionals with an easy-to-access defense, I have identified common accessibility tasks and tagged them with one of four statuses."

www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-eli...

Good, helpful article. The generated illustration makes me sad tho.

The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button Radio buttons are built into web browsers. Why are we using a UI library that wraps another UI library that rebuilds radio buttons from scratch? Why does rendering a radio button require multiple…

We at the A11Y Collective are all for simple solutions that make use of semantic HTML elements. These are often accessible out of the box. Loved this article about the madness of rewriting basic HTML elements from scratch for a React UI library:

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Inclusive Design for Accessibility | Web Development | Paperback A practical guide to digital accessibility, UX, and inclusive web and app design. Top rated Web Development products.

Book tip: Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A practical guide to digital accessibility, UX, and inclusive web and app design. "This book is for digital designers, developers, UX professionals, product managers, and business leaders committed to inclusive design."

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How To Write Alt Text For Memes | Veroniiiica My favorite tips for how to write alt text for memes, reaction images, and other types of social media comedy content, written by someone with low vision

Sharing a meme on social media? Don't forget to include alt text! This resource from Veronica With Four Eyes (Veronica Lewis) will help you.

veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...

(After posting this I noticed that it's only "relatively new", from 2023. And that I misspelled "system". Oh well. It's still a good article!)

Accessible but never boring (Part 1) Rebranding the Wise design system for everyone.

Accessible, but not boring! An article about the new design systen of finance app Wise: medium.com/transferwise...

5 accessibility checks to run on every component - zeroheight Hidde de Vries explains how to test components for accessibility, from keyboard support to screen readers and zoom.

"Components don’t just improve your design and development workflows; they can actually have a massive impact on product accessibility. Let’s examine five key aspects we can test and document during development."

zeroheight.com/blog/5-acces...

You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility Shiny exclusion all the way down.

Sometimes you just need to let it all out: "I’m frustrated, and I’m angry at the state of accessibility on the web. I’m usually not much one for profanity, but I’m f*****g pissed off."

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Vox media have published their acc essibility guidelines. Good stuff! "Making work accessible creates a better experience across the board. Use this checklist to help build accessibility into your process no matter your role or stage in a project."
accessibility.voxmedia.com

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148: From Advocacy to Action: Sharron Rush on 25+ Years of Digital Inclusion, Poppi "Naughty or Nice" Duo - Accessibility Craft We interview Sharron Rush, Executive Director of Knowbility, about her 25+ years of work in the digital accessibility space.

An interview with Sharron Rush, Executive Director of Knowbility, about her 25+ years of work in the digital accessibility space.

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The anatomy of an accessible video player (on TV) A video player is the heart of any TV experience. It’s where content, business goals, and human needs collide — and where accessibility…

"A video player is the heart of any TV experience. It’s where content, business goals, and human needs collide — and where accessibility failures are most visible."

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Don't leave the screen reader hungry - HTMHell A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

"Screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen. This article explores that gap - through the medium of burritos." htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

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Cognitive accessibility toolkit This toolkit will help you make the most of cognitive accessibility research with Fable Engage.

"When you design for cognitive accessibility, you reduce friction for everyone. Interfaces become clearer, faster to use, and more intuitive, which directly improves conversion, satisfaction, and retention." makeitfable.com/tutorial/cog...

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Accessibility | I’m Not Remarkable | Apple Apple products are designed for every student. Accessibility features like Magnifier on Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, VoiceOver, Sound & Name Recognition, and Live Captions can improve…

Yes it's an ad for Big Tech, but it's really beautifully done and artful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmFP...

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Artificial Intelligence for good | AlastairC AlastairC

A presentation by Alastair Campbell (@alastairc.uk) on AI and accessibility. Very well presented and in depth. Slides and (text-)commentary, with a supplimentary video at the top.
alastairc.uk/presentation...

Don't leave the screen reader hungry - HTMHell A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos:
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.

Society has taught us to believe that the disabled person must follow the able-bodied If it was common knowledge that so many efficiency hacks were created for people with disabilities, they might not be as popular

Many comforts of modern life started out as accessibility features.

www.irishtimes.com/health/your-... #a11y #accessibility

If you want just one trick to make your dashboards more accessible – try this - chart planet I will cover one thing you have to consider when choosing colour to make reports more accessible. In the end, I will provide one technique how to utilize it beyond just accessibility – for better…

If the whole universe of accessibility topics to consider when creating a dashboard would be reduced to just one – it would be contrast and readability.

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We changed it to "sorted by popularity" a while back. We wanted to implement a way to set your preferred sort, but haven't gotten around to it yet. On the category pages you can see a chronological order e.g. www.a11y-collective.com/category/code/

Inclusive Android Apps #1: The Problem of Rows Breaking with Large Text Troubleshooting Android's Row for better app accessibility with larger texts

First issue of Inclusive Android Apps is live! 🚀

This one's about how Row layouts break when users increase text size - and why FlowRow is a good fix.

Read it: buttondown.com/inclusive-an...

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The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA — Smashing Magazine CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many “human checks” are anything but inclusive.…

"CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too."

www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/acce...

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IAAP Education Credits Our accessibility courses have been pre-approved by the IAAP and qualify for your Education Credits (previously CAECs).

The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) has updated their terminology: Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAECs) are now simply called Education Credits. All info for our students is collected on this page:

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100, 150, or 200? Debunking the Alt text character limit The arbitrary limit can be built into input fields and automated tooling

How long must an alt-text be? Is there a character limit? Chris Yoong dispels some of the myths around alternative texts.

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