Christopher Schmitt explores color theory, color perception, color blindness, and accessible web design. Learn how WCAG addresses color, contrast, relative luminance, and contrast ratios, plus techniques and tools for evaluating color accessibility and creating more inclusive digital experiences.
Design & UX
Explore how thoughtful design and user experience practices can create more accessible, usable, and inclusive digital experiences. This series examines accessibility throughout the design and UX process, from information architecture, interaction design, and navigation to content, visual design, forms, and user research. Discover practical strategies for integrating digital accessibility into UX and design decisions, helping teams create experiences that work better for everyone.
Accessibility Testing by People with Disabilities
Becky Gibson explains why people with disabilities should be active participants in accessibility testing. The article explores how blind, low vision, cognitive, and other testers identify barriers that automated tools and nondisabled testers may miss, while promoting inclusive testing teams.
8 Weird Tips Accessibility Specialists Don’t Want You to Know!
Erik Kroes exposes 8 misguided accessibility tips with humor, challenging common assumptions about WCAG, ARIA, automated testing, focus indicators, accessible alternatives, and inclusive design. Learn why meeting technical requirements is only part of creating truly accessible digital experiences.
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Prove You’re Not A Bot: reCAPTCHA Version 3
In today’s article, John Sweet describes how captchas have been viewed as a complete barrier to access for individuals with disabilities but with Google’s latest reCaptcha solution, access has taken a major, positive leap forward.
Unlocking Accessibility for UX/UI Designers
Denis Boudreau explores why web accessibility can be challenging for UX/UI designers and introduces 10 practical accessibility heuristics. By translating WCAG concepts into design-focused guidance, he shows how designers can address accessibility earlier and create more inclusive digital experiences.
Color Contrast, Beyond the Basics
Beth Raduenzel explores why passing WCAG color contrast requirements does not always create an accessible experience. She examines links, focus indicators, navigation, toggles, form controls, and maps, showing how designers can improve contrast and usability for people with low vision.
SVG, Icon Fonts, and Accessibility: A Case Study
Dennis Lembrée examines the accessibility of SVG icons, icon fonts, sprites, and images, comparing their strengths and limitations. Using Easy Chirp as a case study, he explores screen reader support, keyboard access, performance, styling, and the practical tradeoffs of each approach.
How do you Convince a Company that Tames Dinosaurs to Design Inclusively?
Dominic Berry explores how to convince oil and gas companies to embrace inclusive design. Using real-world examples involving color blindness, deafness, mobility, aging, usability, and safety, Berry demonstrates why accessibility is both good design and smart business.
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Five Ways in Which Artificial Intelligence Changes the Face of Web Accessibility
Denis Boudreau examines how artificial intelligence could transform web accessibility through image and facial recognition, automated lip-reading, text summarization, and real-time translation. He explores how these emerging technologies could reduce barriers and improve digital inclusion for people with disabilities.
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Accessibility First: Rethinking the Way We Approach Website Design and Development
Carie Fisher explores an accessibility-first approach to web design and development. She explains how inclusive design, accessible components, typography, structure, color, forms, and media can improve usability while making accessibility an integral part of the development process.
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