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Do our society’s design and tech choices actually cause disabilities? In this article, we honor Mike Oliver, discover the origins of the social model and dive deep into the role that we in tech play in perpetuating ableism.

This paper explains primacy of focus and explores a number of techniques to make it prominent in design systems, including the use of motions design and micro-animations. It was awarded Best Presentation at the The 2020 ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium.

Now that in-person design thinking and collaboration are practically a thing of the past, there's a whole category of online whiteboard apps to replace the dusty dry-erase boards of the real world. But with the convenience of this new tech, we also introduce new challenges—especially when it comes to accessibility.

Starting today, how can we move beyond society’s disabling design and tech choices?

With us all suddenly working from home in the COVID era, most of us have had to make some quick choices from a huge variety of video conferencing and collaboration tools. But do all of these apps work well for everyone? If you have a co-worker or a student with a disability, would they be able to participate as well?

From planning out your video layouts to avoiding flashing backgrounds, here are some pro tips for making your audio and video content accessible to everyone.

In digital design and programming, the term focus refers to the state when an interactive element is highlighted or waiting for our input. In fact, one could argue that the element in focus should be the first thing that grabs a user’s attention, a property known as the primacy of focus.

From alternative text to figcaptions, here are some best practices to implement, as well as some of the key things to avoid, when making visual content accessible.

We have a long road ahead to an Accessible Web, and it comes with a significant backlog of work to be done. However, today’s development practices ensure that this backlog will grow exponentially — unless we measure it and address it soon.

For less than the price of two lattes, you can set yourself up with a testing lab that will allow you to fix most issues before they get you in trouble.

Different techniques for quantifying accessibility issues, as well as how to quantify a company's legal risk.