Mastodawn

> It is a systematic civil-rights
failure that has now found its way into software as a whole,
through lightning-fast adoption of AI systems that are trained on
over 20 years of institutional barriers.

Links by @[email protected]Feb 22

⭐️ Accessibility Is Civil Rights. AI Must Stop Shipping Barriers.

By @kc

https://conesible.de/wab/

Accessibility Is Civil Rights. AI Must Stop Shipping Barriers.

Links by @[email protected]Feb 15

⭐️ MAiD, ableism, cognitive accessibility, and more

Nic Steenhout about MAiD (the Canadian euthanasia program), improving for cognitive disabilities. and more!

https://buttondown.com/nic-steenhout/archive/maid-ableism-cognitive-accessibility-and-more/

MAiD, ableism, cognitive accessibility, and more

This one took a bit to write. The first piece is long (1,600+ words), and intense. But it needed to be said. I'll be interested to hear what you think. You...

Nic's accessibility thoughts

Links by @[email protected]Feb 12

⭐️ Accessible design is digital infrastructure

By the always inspiring @annaecook

https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/2/2/accessible-design-is-digital-infrastructure

Accessible design is digital infrastructure — Anna E. Cook

What America by Design reveals about how public platforms fail when maintenance, governance, and accountability are treated as optional and how we can do better no matter our job title.

Anna E. Cook

Links by @[email protected]Feb 10

⭐️ Wishcessibility - Nic Chan

The brilliant @NicMakesStuff on how good intentions can make stuff inaccessible.

https://www.nicchan.me/blog/wishcessibility/

Wishcessibility - Nic Chan

No recycling was contaminated in the creation of this post.

Links by @[email protected]Feb 8

⭐️ Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag

This essential book by @laura is now available for free. Relevant as ever. Read it!

https://accessibilityforeveryone.site/

Resources - Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag

Read the book online for free.

Links by @[email protected]Feb 8

⭐️ A word with the accessibility egg – Eric Eggert – HTML Accessibility

So happy to sit with @SteveFaulkner and talk about accessibility. It was a pleasure. (Transcript available.)

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/02/05/a-word-with-the-accessibility-egg-eric-eggert/

A word with the accessibility egg – Eric Eggert – HTML Accessibility

Links by @[email protected]Feb 5

⭐️ You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order

There are important accessibility annotations but in many cases developers should pick appropriate (usually the default) interactions. @eric on annotating focus order in particular.

https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-probably-shouldnt-be-annotating-focus-order/

You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order

Sometimes not doing something is the right move.

Links by @[email protected]Feb 5

⭐️ Why I Don’t Call Myself an Accessibility Expert

I (@yatil) think this is a narrow definition of expert that includes completeness of knowledge. I think an exert knows what they don’t know and when research is important. It’s time that accessibility experts are proud to have the expertise.

https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-i-dont-call-myself-an-accessibility-expert/

Why I Don’t Call Myself an Accessibility Expert

Oven-like dial that says “skill” with five settings - novice, average, skilled, specialist, and expert I’ve been working in the fields of disability...

Access * Ability

Links by @[email protected]Jan 17

⭐️ Common misconceptions about testing accessibility - TetraLogical

https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/01/07/common-misconceptions-about-testing-accessibility/

Common misconceptions about testing accessibility - TetraLogical

Testing for accessibility is often misunderstood. Teams either overestimate what tools can do, underestimate their own role, or assume testing is something that happens once only, at completion of the development process. In this post we tackle some of the most frequent misconceptions about accessibility testing.

TetraLogical