Every Page Needs a Meaningful and Accurate Title
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day this year, I participated in a panel discussion with several colleagues, including Nick Corbett, Accessibility Training and Research Coordinator at The Carroll Center for the Blind. In …
Indicating Language Changes
When building websites, it is crucial to declare the language used on the page or for any parts of pages when the language changes throughout the content. This declaration, using a lang …
Include Transcripts for Audio and Video
Most of us realize the importance of captions – not just for people who are deaf, but also for language learners or people who’re situationally unable to play the sound on videos. …
Coding Media Queries for Prefers Reduced Motion
Did you know that movement on websites can literally make people sick? How Websites Can Make People Sick Movement on websites can cause discomfort and motion sickness for people with vestibular disorders …
ARIA Hidden
In several past Accessibility Weekly posts, we’ve included an HTML attribute, aria-hidden=”true”, in code examples and mentioned that aria-hidden can be used to hide elements on a web page from screen readers. …
Opening Links in New Tabs (or Not)
Target=”_blank”: it’s so easy to add this to HTML code or to toggle the checkbox in the WordPress editor to set links to open in new tabs, and we frequently do it …
Should you use animated GIFs?
In our Accessibility Checker plugin, we have a warning that flags if an animated GIF is inserted into a page. Many people don’t realize that animated GIFs can cause problems for people …
How to Make Accessible Popups
Welcome to another installment of Accessibility Weekly! This week we’re going to talk about best practices and techniques to make sure that popups or modals are usable by everyone. Elements of Accessible …
Underline Your Links!
The title of this Accessibility Weekly is clear enough that you could almost stop just with the title, “Underline Your Links,” and know what you’re supposed to do. Want to know more? …
Focus Outlines
Have you ever visited a website and tried to use only your tab key to move around? If not, take a break from reading this and go try it right now on …
The HTML Behind Accessible Tables
Last week, as I was auditing a website for accessibility, I came across a table that was completely coded in divs. 😱 This was a pricing table that was styled quite nicely, …
Slider Accessibility
Despite our attempts to persuade them that website users don’t interact with sliders, clients frequently want sliders and carousels on their websites, and, invariably, they make it into final designs. Sliders or …
