Archive - A11y News - Accessibility in Tech, UX and Beyond

The Cost of Accessibility Tech Debt

Now I get why the Project Managers never took accessibility issues seriously!

Jun 21 •

Designing for Common Ground

Inclusive design is a wonderful word, but what we actually need is designing for the minimal common denominator.

Jun 11 •

Access to Assistive Tech

As UX researcher for assistive tech, I know the impact it can have if it’s the right fit. But the user journey to get there? Let's talk about that too!

Jun 6 •

World Assistive Tech Day 2025: Unlock the Every Day

World AT Day is coming up on June 4th. What’s it about?

Jun 2 •

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May 2025

Accessibility Events in June

Pride Month & World Assistive Technology Day

May 28

Speaker's Guide to Live Captions and Sign Language Interpretation

How to prepare your talk for live transcription and sign language interpretation.

May 24 •

Who’s that code snippet?

Straight from A-Tag 2025: A Pokémon-inspired guessing game for semantic HTML. Let's have fun with screen readers!

May 19 •

Rules of the Game, Rules of ARIA

First rule of ARIA: Don’t use ARIA. Well, there’s a bit more to it. And also 4 other rules that don’t get the same attention for their lack of meme…

May 11 •

April 2025

Accessibility Events in May

Save the Date: May 5th is European Protest Day Campaigning for the Equality of Disabled People

Apr 29

Using Assistive Tech is like Coding Guitar Hero with a Guitar

No Patrick, a guitar is not an assistive tech device, but some "accessible" websites feel like trying to beat Dark Souls.

Apr 27 •

The Story of Hope Tech: It takes a village to build anything, and a community to build it properly.

From UX design to community-led product development: How Hope Tech builds accessible solutions with the disabled community.

Apr 16 •

Python Migraines & the Pursuit of Optimal Workflows

Welcome to the Book Club! Unfit Parent: A disabled mother challenges an inaccessible world. A Guest Article by Jessica Slice.

Apr 15 •

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