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When businesses think about accessibility, they often frame it as a compliance issue—something they have to do to avoid legal trouble. While compliance with laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508, and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is essential, accessibility isn’t just about avoiding lawsuits. It’s about unlocking market potential, enhancing brand […]

Disability is often misunderstood or misrepresented online and in mainstream media. In this post, we look at some common misconceptions surrounding disability.

Accessibility isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the law. Here’s how the law applies to digital products, in plain English.

To use this guide, you don’t need to know anything about web design, development, or content creation. By the time you finish, you’ll be able to essentially spot the difference between real expertise and empty promises.

As anyone who has ever seen anything I have created knows: I am not a designer. So take my reasoning and thinking here with a grain of salt. I do have many designers amongst my friends and I do think that a lot of software engineering falls within the domain of design to a certain […]

Content accessibility isn't just design and production's job. It's everyone's job. Here's how content creators can create accessible content.

In this article, we demonstrate the thought process for writing great alternative text.

WCAG is evolving. Since 1999, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have defined accessibility in binary terms: either a success criterion is met or not. But real user experience is rarely that simple. WCAG 3.0 rethinks the model — prioritizing usability over compliance and shifting the focus toward the quality of access rather than the mere presence of features. Could this be the start of a new era in accessibility?

My favorite tips for how to write alt text for memes, reaction images, and other types of social media comedy content, written by someone with low vision

From components to job titles, human systems design could be our identity for the future

Hayao Miyasaki is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio known worldwide for their stunning, emotional, beautiful stories and movies. At the core of Studio Ghibli’s work is a deep engagement with questions of humanity. About what it means to be a human, about how to care for one another and the world […]

Offener Brief zum Thema Barrierefreiheits-Overlays.

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

Design Thinking versprach, Innovationen in der Produktentwicklung zu demokratisieren. Hat der Ansatz etwa das Gegenteil bewirkt?

Recent eye movement research is reviewed which questions whether long line lengths do cause reading difficulties.

Unlock the full potential of your icon creation with Figma for icon design. Discover why our designers at Font Awesome made the switch.

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Choosing the right font for learners will increase retention time, reduce fatigue and support good stress. A legible, readable font should be a sans-serif, humanist typeface, with suitable letter and word spacing. Simple shapes assist with speed and help reduce cognitive loads.

Type design pages for Stephan Peters. Fonts for dyslexics: comments by Stephan Peters. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye.

Numbers are a key part of web content. It makes sense, then, that when we use numbers, they must be accessible.

Der „Atlas Digitale Barrierefreiheit“ kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass nahezu alle Online-Angebote der deutschen Kommunen erhebliche Mängel bei der digitalen Barrierefreiheit aufweisen. An der Auswertung waren erstmals auch Menschen mit Behinderung beteiligt. Das klingt fundiert recherchiert und dramatisch – allerdings nur auf den ersten Blick.

The UX profession has grown substantially since 1950 everywhere in the world. Even so, the expected growth until 2050 will dwarf anything we’ve seen so far.

The `prefers-reduced-motion` media query has excellent support in all modern browsers going back a couple of years. In this article, Michelle Barker explains why there’s no reason not to use it today to make your sites more accessible.

"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. But seeing how harmful I

Traditional methods for accessibility have been tried for 30 years without substantially improving computer usability for disabled users. It’s time for a change, and AI will soon come to the rescue with the ability to generate a different user interface for every user, optimized for that person’s unique needs.

Learn what the accessibility tree is, how to access it, and how to use its information.