The WebAIM Million - 2026 Update A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

WebAIM Million 2026: Alt text gaps persist despite tooling. Developers aren't using what exists. Real solutions need culture shift, not more tools. Study: a11yweekly.com/issue/494 #a11y

TetraLogical Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

Low vision design isn't afterthought. Bold contrast, large text, clear spacing. These aren't extras—they're accessibility. See what works: tetralogical.com #a11y #design

Pages WITH ARIA have MORE errors than without it. Engineering failures, not design. Native HTML first. ilo.im/16c238 #a11y #WebDev

Nat Tarnoff Accessibility, Artist, Music, Philosophy

A designer hands you a mockup with 16px icons. Looks clean. Minimal. Modern. Then you put your thumb on it. And you miss. That's not user error — that's a design failure. 24px minimum. Aim for 32px. 🔗 tarnoff.info #a11y #Accessibility #UXDesign

The WebAIM Million - 2026 Update A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

Plot twist: pages WITH ARIA have significantly MORE errors than pages without it. Adding ARIA roles without keyboard support isn't accessibility — it's theater. Use native HTML first. 🔗 a11yweekly.com/issue/494/ #a11y #Accessibility #WebDev

The WebAIM Million - 2026 Update A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

The WebAIM Million 2026 is out. For the 8th year running, 95%+ of top homepages have detectable WCAG failures. Eight years. We're not getting better. We're not even holding steady. 🔗 a11yweekly.com/issue/494/ #a11y #Accessibility #WCAG

The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

Audits get run. Boxes get ticked. Statements appear in footers. And nothing changes. Nine months post-EAA deadline — accessibility is still an engineering execution problem, not a design one. 🔗 a11yweekly.com/issue/495/ #a11y #Accessibility #WebDev

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The GSA found government websites are failing accessibility standards — and the tech that's supposed to help is making it worse. Public services must be accessible. Full stop. fedscoop.com #a11y #GovTech #Accessibility #Section508

Adrian Roselli — Consultant, Writer, Speaker alt: It’s me, but I’m made of polymers. I stand 4 inches tall, my joints are hinged, my face is a rictus of dull PVC. I am restrained against a cardboard wall by a transparent bubble of plastic…

Using font-weight:500 to differentiate links isn't accessible — it's adversarial conformance. Adrian Roselli breaks down why "technically passes" isn't good enough. adrianroselli.com #a11y #Accessibility #WebDev

Crip Minds Editorial arts platform publishing disability-led perspectives on creative technology.

Australia's "sustainability taskforce" is a euphemism for cutting disability support. Don't let the language fool you — disabled people's lives are not a line item to optimize. cripminds.com #a11y #DisabilityRights #NDIS

April 2026 - TIM DIXON There is a quiet revolution happening in accessibility, and most people haven’t noticed it yet. For those of us who are blind, visually impaired, or living with other disabilities, artificial…

AI tools are helping blind users navigate the web. Bot detection is blocking them. Your anti-bot system may be creating new #accessibility barriers. timdixon.net/blog/2026/04/ #a11y #AI #AssistiveTechnology

Devs aren't hostile to #accessibility — they just don't feel the urgency. "Carrots and sticks" breaks down exactly why culture change matters more than tools. buttondown.com/access-abili... #a11y #WebDev #InclusiveDesign #WCAG

Adobe InDesign’s AI Alt-Text Generator: What Designers Need to Know | Design Domination The 2026 release of Adobe InDesign includes a new feature, the AI Alt-text generator, which automatically generates Alt-text for images for accessibility. Should designers who create accessible PDFs…

Adobe InDesign now generates AI alt text automatically. Cool — but AI still gets it wrong. Automation speeds things up, it does not replace #accessibility expertise. Always review. creative-boost.com/adobe-indesi... #a11y #InclusiveDesign #AI

The WebAIM Million - 2026 Update A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

Hot take: pages WITH ARIA have significantly MORE accessibility errors than pages without. ARIA isn't magic — adding roles without keyboard support makes things worse. Use it correctly or don't use it. a11yweekly.com/issue/494/ #a11y #WebAccessibility #WCAG

Nat Tarnoff Accessibility, Artist, Music, Philosophy

That 16px icon button? Your users are missing it constantly. "Looks clean" ≠ usable. WCAG 2.5.8 says 24px minimum. Good UX says aim for 32px. Tiny targets are a design failure, not user error. tarnoff.info #a11y #Accessibility #UX

WebAIM: The WebAIM Million - The 2026 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages Search:

The WebAIM Million 2026: 8 years of data. 8 years of the same failures. Low contrast, missing alt text, empty labels. We know what's broken. We just don't fix it. webaim.org/projects/million/ #a11y #WebAccessibility #WCAG

The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering A weekly dose of web accessibility to help you bring it into your everyday work.

Audits get run. Boxes get ticked. Statements go in footers. Teams move on. Nine months post-EAA deadline — nothing changed. The #accessibility problem isn't design. It's engineering. Time to hold devs accountable. a11yweekly.com/issue/495/ #a11y #WebAccessibility

Inclusive tech themes to watch in 2026: lessons from TechShare Pro AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson explores what is changing now in the world of digital accessibility, what is accelerating, and what organisations must prepare for in 2026.

Cognitive accessibility is finally mainstream. Designing for clarity, predictability, and lower cognitive load isn't niche -- it's good design.

This is the shift we've been building toward.

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#a11y #CognitiveAccessibility #Neurodiversity

European Accessibility Act 2026: EAA Compliance Guide The European Accessibility Act is now in effect. Understand EAA requirements, deadlines, and penalties for non-compliance across the EU. Learn more.

The European Accessibility Act is enforced in all 27 EU member states. Fines up to 100k euros or 4% revenue.

The EAA doesn't frame accessibility as charity. It frames it as a consumer right. That's the shift we've been waiting for.

www.levelaccess.com/compliance-o...

#a11y #EAA #WebAccessibility

AI Is Fueling a New Wave of Accessibility Lawsuits - Accessibility.Works As we wrap up the 2025 digital accessibility lawsuit season, a significant change is apparent. After a 10% decline from 2023 to 2024 (dropping from 4,605 to 4,146 lawsuits), this year is projecting…

ADA pro se lawsuits are up 40% -- AI is making it easy for anyone to file a federal complaint. And the FTC just confirmed: overlays aren't a fix.

Genuine accessibility work costs less than a lawsuit. Every time.

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#a11y #ADA #OverlayFail

New ADA Title II Web Accessibility Requirements Hit April 24, 2026 - Accessibility.Works From the statehouse to local libarary » Read More

April 24: ADA Title II compliance deadline for government websites serving 50,000+ people. No extension.

Most sites still aren't ready. The people who lose aren't agencies -- it's the constituents who need access to public services.

www.accessibility.works/blog/ada-tit...

#a11y #ADA #TitleII

For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft – March 2026 W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft is updated. The starting place for background, timeline, and up-to-date information is the WCAG 3 Introduction. For a list of changes in the…

W3C's new WCAG 3.0 Working Draft is out. 174 new outcomes, a revised conformance model, and a direct ask for YOUR feedback.

This is how standards get shaped. Don't sit this one out.

www.w3.org/WAI/news/202...

#a11y #WCAG3 #WebAccessibility

Accessible faux-nested interactive controls A really common user interface pattern is a big clickable area, such as a card. Sometimes you need controls within that card that are also clickable. There's lots of ways to do it wrong, but fret…

In accessibility, a thing you absolutely cannot do is nest one interactive control inside another. Accessible faux-nested interactive controls is an example of how to do it right. piccalil.li/blog/accessi... #a11y

The US State Department's Font Flip-Flop Amidst the cruelty and chaos of president trump and the current federal administration in the United States, December 2025 brought news of a font change for documents in the State Department. A font…

"Font choices might seem trivial, but they matter. They affect how easily people can read and comprehend information..." - The US State Department’s Font Flip-Flop: www.lflegal.com/2026/01/font... #a11y #typography

How Accessible Are Social Networks In 2026? An analysis of visual and cognitive accessibility across TikTok, Instagram, and other major social platforms. dianakhalipina.substack.com/p/how-access... #a11y #SocialMedia

WebAIM: The WebAIM Million - The 2025 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages Search:

94.8% of home pages had detected WCAG 2 failures. This improved slightly from 95.9% in 2024. That's too fucking many ya'll.

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#accessibility #wcag

Section 508 Trusted Tester Conformance Test Process | Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customer Experience Directorate (CXD) Accessibility & Language Services Division developed the DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester as a common testing approach for...

I recently completed the DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester Certification www.dhs.gov/trusted-tester

It’s an approachable framework that I hope the government continues to scale and to improve digital access for all.

#a11y #wcag #inclusivedesign #ux #userexperience

How do you convince a company that tames dinosaurs to design inclusively? - 24 Accessibility Dominic Berry presents accessibility from an unlikely industry, and how to get the word out that accessibility makes usability better.

Inclusive design isn’t optional, it’s smart business. Dominic Berry shows how even an oil & gas firm can transform by seeing accessibility as usability. What’s your biggest hurdle in shifting culture toward inclusive UX?

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#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #UX #A11y

W3C is Coming to Your A11Y Tools - 24 Accessibility Wilco Fiers talks about the upcoming harmonization of both automated accessibility testing tools and manual, human testing, lead by the ACT Task Force.

W3C’s next move is bringing structure to your accessibility test tools. The article by Wilco Fiers shows how ACT Rules aim to sync automated and manual audits, time to rethink how you measure inclusion.

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#Accessibility #DigitalInclusion #W3C #WCAG #A11yTesting #A11y

The Meetings Industry Association launches essential guidance on creating accessible events  – Event Industry News The  Meeting Industry Association (MIA)  has launched new guidance on Accessible Events to help professionals across the UK business meetings and even

MIA publishes a guide on accessible events to help UK organizers meet Equality Act 2010 duties. Produced with Diversity Alliance, it offers practical advice and underscores inclusive design's moral & business value. #a11y #Accessibility www.eventindustrynews.com/news/the-mee...