Mastodawn

Quick WCAG win for small sites: add alt text to every image, use heading hierarchy (h1 > h2 > h3), and check color contrast ratio (4.5:1 minimum). These three fixes alone cover most accessibility audit failures.

Free tool: webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker

#a11y #WebAccessibility #WordPress #WebDev

Chris Smith 1d ago

Semantics question. My page has a 'main' area and an 'aside' (sidebar). Does the sidebar content need to follow the main's heading hierarchy, e.g. start at h2 if the main page has a h1, or is it a separate context? Does any h1-h6 tag make sense in an aside? Thanks.

#html #a11y #webaccessibility

Umbraco Accessibility Guild 1d ago

We couldn't do this without them. 💙
A huge thank you to our sponsors for making Umbraad 2026 free for every single attendee:
✦ Umbraco
✦ Nexxer
✦ Huskey
✦ Kayo Digital
✦ Tone Def.
✦ Gibe

#Umbraad #Accessibility #A11y #GAAD #Umbraco #DigitalInclusion #WebAccessibility #ThankYou

Taylor Arndt 1d ago

A blind person should be able to file a business independently.
Today, something that should have taken about 20 minutes took more than 2.5 hours because the website was hard to use with a screen reader.
What stood out most to me was how ordinary the task was. Filing a business is a basic workflow, and it still broke down in ways that made it much harder than it should have been.
I wrote more about it here: https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/filing-a-business-should-not-be-this
#Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #UX #WebAccessibility

Filing a Business Should Not Be This Hard

It’s Thursday afternoon.

Taylor’s Substack

Taylor Arndt 2d ago

I launched my personal site. taylorarndt.com. I'm offering accessibility and usability testing sessions over Zoom. One hour, $50 intro rate. I use VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS, and TalkBack daily. Not a scanner. A real person using your product.

I wrote about why I'm doing this: https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/i-finally-have-a-personal-website

#Accessibility #A11y #WebAccessibility #ScreenReader #VoiceOver #AssistiveTech #InclusiveDesign

I Finally Have a Personal Website

taylorarndt.com is finally live.

Taylor’s Substack

Accesstive 4d ago

Before accessibility improvements, this brand was losing customers, without realizing it

After strategic accessibility fixes: Stronger UX. Higher conversions. Lower compliance risk.✨
Accessibility isn’t optional, it’s performance. 🚀

#WebAccessibility #wcag #ADA #accesstive

Deque Systems Apr 2

This week, Jeremy Rivera, surprised Harris Schneiderman with a common accessibility challenge: Build an accessible button. The twist? Zero prep and a live audience! Learn how he pulls it off (while not panicking under the pressure!)

🎬 Watch now https://youtu.be/QAYD2sf1ZSI #a11y #WebAccessibility

A11y On the Fly: Hardest Button-to-Button

YouTube

Jecture Apr 2

The European Accessibility Act is fully enforced -- all 27 EU member states, live now, 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.

https://www.levelaccess.com/compliance-overview/european-accessibility-act-eaa/

#a11y #EAA #WebAccessibility

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.

Level Access

Umbraco Accessibility Guild Apr 1

What is #Umbraad (Umbraco Accessibility Awareness Day)? A free, virtual event held every year on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD).
We bring together devs, content editors, marketers & digital leaders to make the web more inclusive, in #Umbraco and beyond.
Talks, demos, panels & fireside chats. Follow to stay updated! 🌐
#A11y #WebAccessibility #OpenSource

Jecture Mar 31

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.

https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-03-03/wcag3/

#a11y #WCAG3 #WebAccessibility

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 March 2026 draft, see Status: In-progress drafts.

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)