DrupalCon 2026 Talk: Future-Proofing Accessibility Future-Proofing Accessibility Strategies for Government & University Platforms DrupalCon North America, March 2026 Speaker: Kat PRE-PRESENTATION PREP Put brightness at 100%!!! Set up and test screen…

It's that time. Nikki, Javier, and I are giving our talk Future-Proofing Accessibility today, March 24th at 3:00-3:50pm CDT US at #DrupalCon. Find our slides at bit.ly/drupalcon26a... Hope to see you there! #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #Section508 #DOJRule #Lullabot #Government #HigherEd #Chicago

Nikki Flores, Javier Reartes, and Kat Shaw

Monica Flores (Nikki), Javier Reartes, and I are excited to announce that our #DrupalCon session "Future-Proofing Accessibility: Strategies for Government & University Platforms" was accepted! Hope to see you there! #Lullabot lnkd.in/emUVrKBF

Colin Farrell Opens Up About His Son With Angelman Syndrome | PEOPLE Colin Farrell shares his personal journey as the father of his 20-year-old son, James, who has been diagnosed with Angelman syndrome, a rare and debilitating neurogenetic disorder. For the first…

This is a great interview with actor #ColinFarrell talking about his amazing son James who lives with Angelman Syndrome. I found his experiences as a father of a son with special needs, and his ultimate goals for his son to be profound. #Accessibility youtu.be/JDiD8Z3lWQk

Iowa.gov When the State of Iowa set out to modernize more than 70 agency websites serving 32 million annual visits, they faced a big challenge: inconsistent design, outdated content, and a frustrating user…

Exciting news! The #Iowa project won the 2025 Web Excellence Awards in the Accessibility Design, Editorial Experience, & Website User Experience categories. #Lullabot worked diligently to incorporate #accessibility & #usability from start to finish. Bravo! 🎉 we-awards.com/winner/iowa-...

DrupalCamp Colorado 2025: Understanding “The Why” in Accessibility Understanding “The Why” in Accessibility Explaining why we do what we do for accessibility https://bit.ly/dcc2025-understanding-the-why-a11y DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 | Denver, Colorado Tivoli Student…

As promised, here are my slides from my talk "Understanding 'The Why' in Accessibility" at #DrupalCampColorado2025. I had a great time with a great audience. Thank you all! 🙏 bit.ly/dcc2025-unde... #Accessibility #A11y #Drupal #WCAG #Section508 #ADA

Understanding “The Why” in Accessibility | Drupal Colorado, Inc. If you or someone you work with has ever asked you these types of questions:Why do we work to make things accessible?What's the point of making this change only to be accessible?Why can't I just make…

Today's the day! I'm giving my talk "Understanding 'The Why' in #Accessibility" at #DrupalCamp #Colorado 2025 at 10:25AM - 11:30AM MST US. Putting focus back on disabled community is my goal. Let's go...! 🤘 (Slides coming soon!) drupal-colorado.org/sessions/und... #A11y #Drupal #Section508 #WCAG

Thank you to all interviewees: AmyJune Hineline, Meryl Evan’s, J Matthew Saunders, and Max & Helena McCabe.

My talk “Understanding ‘The Why’ in Accessibility” is coming up tomorrow (Friday) at #DrupalCampColorado 2025 & I couldn’t have done it without my 4 interviewees AmyJune Hineline, @meryl.bsky.social, @jmatthews.bsky.social, and Max & @miracleformax.bsky.social! Thank you all!🙏🏼 #Accessibility
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Understanding “The Why” in Accessibility | Drupal Colorado, Inc. If you or someone you work with has ever asked you these types of questions:Why do we work to make things accessible?What's the point of making this change only to be accessible?Why can't I just make…

Wow folks! DrupalCamp Colorado is this Friday! Can you believe it? I can't. 😬 I'm ready to go. Refocusing the conversation on who we're working for with #accessibility is so important. (Hint: It's not the government, bosses, or stakeholders) #Drupal #A11y drupal-colorado.org/sessions/und...

I’ve traveled to #Atlanta to give two training talks to the Teachers Retirement System of #Georgia (State of Georgia) on making presentations & videos accessible. Pretty exciting! #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #Section508 #ADA (Photo: Atlanta skyline w/Georgia Statehouse in the background by Kat Shaw)

Thanks for sharing this @mike-anello.bsky.social It was great to see you again!

Closed captions in Google Slides Ever needed to present, and wanted to make sure that your message was clear to your audience? In this episode, Laura Mae Martin will go over how to add close...

Adding live captions to Google Slides is easy & it helps everyone in your audience, especially those who are deaf & hard-of-hearing. They're not perfect, but they're better than nothing. Thank you @AmyJune for the tip years ago! Check out this video from Google. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGJ... #A11y

What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility | MidCamp Let's face it...ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) can be very overwhelming. Because of this, we can end up using it incorrectly, or not at all.Some of you may have heard of the first rule…

The wonderful folks at #Drupal #MidCamp2025 have posted the video for my talk “What the Heck is ARIA?”. Check it out! I had such a blast! #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #ARIA www.midcamp.org/2025/topic-p...

What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility | MidCamp Let's face it...ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) can be very overwhelming. Because of this, we can end up using it incorrectly, or not at all.Some of you may have heard of the first rule…

I hope to see you at my talk "What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility" at #MidCamp2025 I’ll present on what you should and shouldn't do with #ARIA to make your code accessible. See you there! www.midcamp.org/2025/topic-p... #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #Section508 #Equality

Zachary Kyra-Derksen (@zachaery) | Unsplash Photo Community See 33 of the best free to download photos, images, and wallpapers by Zachary Kyra-Derksen on Unsplash.

Photo credit: Zachary Kyra-Derksen on unsplash.com/@zachaery

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Hey folks. I’m on the board of a new company called #Odera, a marketplace who will bring different #adaptive clothing brands into one location. We need your feedback & we have a raffle! Check out forms.gle/P2aSvoKgdmSG... #Accessibility #A11y #Equality #AdaptiveClothing

GOVTalks: Spring 2025 Registration is open for this year’s GOVTalks event, presented by GTA's Office of Digital Services & Solutions. We’ll dive deep into accessibility to help Georgia state organizations comply with the…

I'm thrilled to give a talk tomorrow on "Understanding 'The Why' in #Accessibility" to the State of Georgia for their very cool #GOVTalks2025 conference. Thanks #Lullabot for sponsoring. #GovHub rocks! We must spread the word about a11y! #A11y #Georgia #Drupal digital.georgia.gov/events/2025-...

I Made Accessibility Fixes—and Never Looked Back: Kat Shaw In this interview, Kat Shaw, Lead Engineer at Lullabot and long-time Drupal contributor, outlines her practical approach to digital accessibility. She discusses the importance of building accessible…

Wow! I’m so thankful for TheDropTimes for writing this article about my work in accessibility. Advocating for #DigitalAccessibility for the disabled community and #WomenInTech is extremely important to me! Thank you!

Title slide for “What the Heck is ARIA?” presentation.

DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025 auditorium audience pre-talk.

DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025 auditorium audience pre-talk with Kat.

Thank you DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025! My audience today for my keynote “What the Heck is #ARIA?” was amazing. If you have unanswered questions please reply here or reach out to me anytime! drupalcampottawa.com/en/session/w... #DCO2025 #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #Section508 #Drupal

Kat Shaw’s title slide for “What the Heck is ARIA?” presentation.

Tomorrow is the day for my #DCO2025 keynote on “What the Heck is ARIA?” in beautiful Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦. Here’s a link to my slides. I’m looking forward to it! bit.ly/dco2025-what... #Accessibility #A11y #ARIA #Drupal #WCAG #Section508 #Equality

Poster for DrupalCamp Ottawa in Canada May on May 2nd 2025.

It’s almost time for DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025 in Canada on Friday, May 2nd! I’m truly honored to give the keynote with my talk “What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner’s Guide to ARIA for Accessibility”. Can’t wait to see you all there! #Accessibility #Ally #Drupal #ARIA #Equality drupalcampottawa.com/en

As a user, what am I supposed to do with that message? How is that helpful? How is this accessible, usable, or a good user experience? 😵‍💫It’s a great lesson on how we all can do better! 🦹‍♀️ (2/2) #Accessibility #A11y #Usability #UX #USPS

USPS form message “There was a problem submitting your Service Request. Please try again later.”

I’m a big fan of the U.S. Postal Service, but I’m unfortunately missing a package. I completed their multi-page “contact us via email” form and this is the message I received at the end:
“There was a problem submitting your Service Request. Please try again later.” 😳 (1/2)

@volkswagenchick.bsky.social I'm definitely surprised that change was made. The comments from you and @mike-anello.bsky.social were very good and clear about the proper setup of skip links. Glad that @accessamy.bsky.social is looking into it.

Disabled Americans fear losing protections if states’ lawsuit succeeds — The Washington Post An ongoing lawsuit challenges Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which legally mandates access and accommodations across wide swaths of the public.

This is a real possibility folks! Our #Kansas AG #KrisKobach is one of the plaintiffs fighting to remove civil rights of disabled Americans. Please share & call him @ www.ag.ks.gov/about-us/con... with your thoughts. #AccessibilityIsARight

Email message from Southwest on rate and benefits breakdown. Details can be found at https://www.swamedia.com/news-and-stories/news-release/southwest-airlines-outlines-changes-to-drive-revenue-growth-and-reward-its-most-MCR5UCS6BF65HVRGPWNL43DHWTFY

And coming soon 6. Assigned seats & best seats go to Business/A-List customers. It's actually worse than the major airlines because they have no included food or alcoholic drinks, & they have smaller seat spacing. It's time to #DumpSouthwest until/unless they see the light & change their ways. (2/2)

Email message from Southwest on raising all fees and lowering benefits. Details can be found at https://www.swamedia.com/news-and-stories/news-release/southwest-airlines-outlines-changes-to-drive-revenue-growth-and-reward-its-most-MCR5UCS6BF65HVRGPWNL43DHWTFY

I've been a dedicated #Southwest customer for years. No more. Why? 1. Pay for all checked bags; 2. Reward point earn ratio lowered for all fares; 3. Reward point rates will now vary with high/low demand travel periods; 4. Expiration date for fare credits; 5. New "Basic Fare" w/less benefits. (1/2)

What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility | MidCamp Let's face it...ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) can be very overwhelming. Because of this, we can end up using it incorrectly, or not at all.Some of you may have heard of the first rule…

I'm excited to announce that I'm speaking at this year's @MidCamp in Chicago with my talk "What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility". See you there!
buff.ly/7KLxsSh #Accessibility #A11y #ARIA #WCAG #Section508 #ADA

Homepage | DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025 DrupalCamp Ottawa is an event for anyone responsible for designing, building, developing, supporting or using Drupal in any capacity. It’s a place where developers, UX specialists, designers, content…

I'm excited to announce that I'll be the keynote speaker at DrupalCamp Ottawa 2025! I'll give my talk "What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility" & I hope to see you there! Go Canada! 🇨🇦 buff.ly/r0JhjXB #Accessibility #A11y #WCAG #ACA #AODA #Canada

Person walking down cold road surrounded by ice and snow. (Warren from Unsplash)

I always wonder why some people in tech are so put off by anything “accessibility”. It’s like it’s a bad word, and you may even hear crickets. It’s unnerving, sad, and lonely at times. It’s still worth it, because it’s not for me. 🤟 #AccessibilityMatters #WeAreAllHuman

My slides from #FLDC are ready at https://bit.ly/understanding-the-why-a11y I’ll also upload a list of questions you can ask your bosses, stakeholders, & team soon. #Accessibility #A11y