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My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.

The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

Resources - Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag

Read the book online for free.

Jecture Jan 26

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. https://piccalil.li/blog/accessible-faux-nested-interactive-controls/ #a11y

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 not, Eric is here to show you how to do it right.

Piccalilli

Jecture Jan 26

"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: https://www.lflegal.com/2026/01/font-flip-flop/ #a11y #typography

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 change of course is small in comparison to the local, national, and global harms of the administratio

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

Jecture Jan 25

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

Jecture Jan 19

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.

https://webaim.org/projects/million/

#accessibility #wcag

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

Jecture Jan 2

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

After years in the accessibility space, I can value how tactical this process is compared to the more interpretive nature of WCAG.

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

Jecture Dec 9

uxBrad Dec 9

Know a designer who insists their flow is “faster” without ever measuring it?

I wrote a short, practical guide on using Keystroke Level Modeling + the TAPS Framework to quantify the actual time and cost impact of design decisions.

Make design measurable.

https://jecture.co/downloads/quantifying-the-business-impact-of-design/

#UXDesign #ProductDesign #ResearchOps #UXResearch #DesignStrategy #HCI #Usability #Bookstodon

Jecture Nov 16

Domingos de Oliveira previews WCAG 3: the next digital accessibility standard will be broader, covering complex apps & new interfaces. It moves from success criteria to outcomes and introduces a graded scoring system. #a11y #WCAG https://www.netz-barrierefrei.de/wordpress/die-wcag-3-das-erwartet-uns/

Die WCAG 3 – das erwartet uns – Digitale Barrierefreiheit

Jecture Nov 16

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 https://www.eventindustrynews.com/news/the-meetings-industry-association-launches-essential-guidance-on-creating-accessible-events

Jecture Nov 15

ADDA founder Michele Brannon‑Hamilton urges tech to design access‑first, like mobile‑first. She's developing an AI tool to help orgs build accessible content from the start. #a11y #Accessibility https://www.communitech.ca/insights/founder-pushes-tech-to-think-accessibility-first,-not-an-add-on.html

Founder pushes tech to think accessibility first, not as an add-on - Communitech

Michele Brannon-Hamilton's startup, Accessible Digital Design Academy, grew from Communitech Startup Bootcamp into an AI-powered vision for inclusion.

Communitech