Steve Faulkner

@SteveFaulkner
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Accessibility is Political
I have done stuff on the web for a period of time, some of which I am pleased with
I also sell Web Standards leisurewear
All toots are my personal perspectives only, no inference to my employer
Bloghttps://html5accessibility.com/stuff/
Shophttps://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HTMLZ
Githubhttps://github.com/stevefaulkner
Resuméhttps://cdpn.io/stevef/debug/dyGeywr
Steve Faulkner9h ago

Mike[TM]Smith AKA Sideshowbarker – fireside
talking #WebStandards #W3C #Browsers #HTML #ARIA #Japan #politics

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/03/29/miketmsmith-aka-sideshowbarker-fireside/

Steve Faulkner10h ago
Patrick H. Lauke11h ago
a wild billy gregory appears... #photography #toronto https://www.flickr.com/photos/redux/55175142659/
Steve Faulkner2d ago
Show threadOllie Boermans3d ago
@SteveFaulkner that monkey is clearly stylish. Without reading the text though, I would not guess her legal status.
Steve Faulkner3d ago
Steve Faulkner3d ago

image of text passes or fails WCAG?

#wcag #forefathers

Steve Faulkner3d ago

image of text passes or fails WCAG?

#wcag #forefathers

Steve Faulkner4d ago

The Shaggs

#music #women

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/23/the-most-stunningly-awful-wonderful-record-how-the-shaggs-became-rocks-most-divisive-band

‘The most stunningly awful wonderful record’: how the Shaggs became rock’s most divisive band

Often completely out of tune and rarely in time, the group of sisters forced to play together by their father gained an army of fans from Frank Zappa to Kurt Cobain. A new documentary celebrates their cult status

The Guardian
Steve Faulkner6d ago
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)6d ago

Calling all #accessibility and #inclusiveDesign folks...

Have a great idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is now open! (closes 31 May 2026) #id24

https://inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Note: as we're a global event, we're happy to accept submissions for talks in languages other than English.

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Steve FaulknerMar 22
Steve FaulknerMar 21

Understanding Fucking WCAG

https://robertjmccaffery.com/fucking-wcag.html

Fucking WCAG

Steve FaulknerMar 22
Patrick H. LaukeMar 22

i love when somebody asks "surely this normative definition/wording doesn't mean what it says on the surface?"

and you go in and try to give the original writers the benefit of the doubt and say "nah, it's probably just awkwardly phrased...the logical interpretation is this" ...

and then one of the original writers comes in and says "nope, we meant it exactly like that, even though it's illogical" ...

every. single. time.

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/discussions/5012

#wcag #a11y #accessibility

Need a clarification of color requirements for images *with* text · w3c wcag · Discussion #5012

Hello, I have always considered "standard" text in images as being covered by SC 1.4.5, but I think I might be wrong... The definition of "images of text" is: "text that has been rendered in a non-...

GitHub
Steve FaulknerMar 21

Understanding Fucking WCAG

https://robertjmccaffery.com/fucking-wcag.html

Fucking WCAG