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Trickle Down Accessibility
Ted Drake, Intuit Accessibility Sarah Margolis-Greenbaum, Intuit Accessibility CSUN 2018 Trickle-Down Accessibility – CSUN 2018 from Ted Drake Disclaimer This presentation is not about reducing your support for blind and low-vision. It’s about building better products by expanding your outreach. This topic could be considered controversial, but that’s not the intention. This is about expansion.…
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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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Find aria-hidden with this bookmarklet
I love purpose built bookmarklets that help you find problematic code. I got an email yesterday from Travis Roth (Wayback Machine) about a potential vestigial aria-hidden attribute on an otherwise visible element. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon to find an element that has aria-hidden=”true” on an element that is visible and should have either “false” or…
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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: Originally published: January 2, 2013 Restored: April 18, 2025 Introduction There’s an old programming saying: Garbage in, Garbage out. Bad input leads to bad results. Whether you’re building a website, app, or even a chocolate-covered cream puff, good practices are essential. Recently, a pattern has emerged where links are not keyboard accessible. This…
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Open Government Data – A virtual revolution
This was originally written for the Yahoo Developer Blog in 2010 and is being restored from the Internet Archive. Open Government Data – A virtual revolution There’s a tremendous amount of government data available on the internet today. It’s an open data revolution led by the United States and the United Kingdom. This data ranges…
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