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Accessibility Keywords for Data Mining
List of accessibility keywords How do you know what your customers with a disability are sharing with your company’s feedback forms and surveys? Is there an option for them to self-declare they have a disability? Probably not. The following list of keywords has been compiled from various sources and will help you data mine your…
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Trickle Down Accessibility – A proposal for CSUN 18
Matt May tweeted an observation in 2016 introducing Trickle-Down Accessibility and recognized prioritizing our blind customers could lead to less support for others. Sarah Margolis-Greenbaum and I will be discussing Trickle-Down Accessibility at the 2018 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference on Wednesday, March 21 at 2:20 pm in Cortez Hill C, 3rd Floor, Seaport Tower. The…
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ARIA Label Bookmarklet
I love simple bookmarklets that visualize coding patterns. I was working on a project today and wanted to verify that aria-labels were sufficiently descriptive. So I put together this quick bookmarklet. aria-label bookmarklet Simply drag that up to your bookmark bar and click on it whenever you need to test a page. If an element…
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How to build your brand and get your dream job
Update: This post was originally written in 2015. The post has been updated to reflect the accessibility community has shifted from Twitter to LinkedIn and Mastadon. I’ve also removed resources that are no longer available. I had the opportunity to visit many colleges and meet with the students as a Yahoo! Developer Evangelist. During these…
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Keyboard Accessibility with the Space Bar
Keyboard accessibility is critical for your users that depend on voice recognition, onscreen keyboards, screen readers, ergonomic accessories, and your power users that prefer to avoid grabbing the mouse for every task. Most people test to make sure every interactive element can receive focus via the tab key and that buttons and links work with…
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Accessibility Bookmarklets
Update: this was originally published in 2013 and many of the links will be outdated. Bookmarklets are small javascript links that let you perform tasks in your browser. I have collected a set of bookmarklets that allow easier accessibility testing. This collection will certainly grow. What is your favorite? Add it in the comments. To…
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Neutered Links: A.K.A removing the href attribute
Restored article:This article was restored on April 18, 2025. It was originally published on January 2, 2013. There’s an old programming saying: Garbage in, Garbage out. This helps people explain why all sorts of things don’t work. Concentrate on using the best content possible if you want a successful product, web page, mobile app, or…
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