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Join us on Thursday evening for a casual teach-in on the intersection between disability rights and transportation policy in DC. We'll have speakers from the Mayor's Office of Disability Rights and @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social. More details and RSVP: secure.everyaction.com/k4kV-SY1wkeB...

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#PokedexOfAccessibility part 2: a11ynews.substack.com/p/for-the-ad...

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If you attended the @smashingmagazine.com online meetup on accessibility (or didn't), here's the content of my talk on accessibility for designers, with all the links mentioned in the slides: stephaniewalter.design/blog/a-desig...

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The latest editorial draft of EN 301 549 is online: labs.etsi.org/rep/HF/en301... #accessibility #a11y

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Mewtwo is the strongest Pokémon in the first generation and we want an accessibility tree to match its strength. To achieve that we need it fully fledged out, not with half the information missing! The Pokédex of #accessibility on a11ynews.substack.com/p/for-the-ad...

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Who's up for visiting Germany this year? Accessibility Club Summit 2025, 24th and 25th of May in Würzburg! accessibility.club/event/access... #accessibility

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17 States are suing to throw out Section 504 protections for people with disabilities. You can help fight back. The link below includes sample letters and tools to take action. dredf.org/protect-504/

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UN-Berichterstatter Markus Schefer: "Typischerweise kommt die Energie, um #Inklusion voranzutreiben, […] von Behindertenverbänden, und […] aus Regierung und Verwaltung. Meine Erfahrung ist, dass Veränderung bei den Letzteren meist von einigen wenigen Leuten ausgeht." taz.de/UNO-Berichte...

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【2月20日（木）19:00 都内】 A11y Tokyo Meetup 2025年2月 a11ytyo.connpass.com/event/343991/ サイボウズ様に会場をご提供いただき、オフライン交流会を開催！また、初めての試みとして、皆さんによるLTタイムも企画しています。 ※オンラインでの配信はありません。 #A11yTYO #a11y #アクセシビリティ

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As Professor Oak says "You have the ability to become a great accessibility specialist someday!" Check out the Pokédex of Accessibility: a11ynews.substack.com/p/the-pokede... #accessibility #A11yNews #WCAG #pokemon #a11y #dev

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Who's that WCAG success critera? I offer you the Pokédex of Accessibility: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews...

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Today I learned that Substack has an email length limit warning, as I uploaded a picture of Snorlax.

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Accessibility is awesome: "... awareness of different players' needs and the number of specialist roles in the games industry had vastly increased, and a number of mainstream game awards now have an accessibility category." #accessibility #GameAccessibility

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When you use the cursor in NVDA and click an anchor link that points to a parent element, NVDA doesn't respond. www.matuzo.at/blog/2025/an...

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I'm studying for the CPACC, any tips? #CPACC #IAAP #accessibility

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#DisabilityRights #Inclusion Alright, enough is enough. It's time to organize and educate. I've been mostly advocating on that other place but this will be my first thread here on the clearer skies 🌤️, where community is paramount, especially now. 🔥 Ok, so... what is the UN #CRPD? Let's go! 1/

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📕 It's here! I just received my copy of "Design for All Learners: Create Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences." Get your copy from your favorite bookstore. Here's the Amazon link. https://buff.ly/3CuLUTE #Education #Inclusion #Accessibility

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* A11yconsultant.com now has nearly 190 questions that will help you learn CPACC. * CPACC is actually pretty useful for getting the lay of the land.

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Next month's forecast: A lot of free online events about accessibility The February event post is live and well: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #A11yNews #accessibility #events

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Not sure how long this change has been present, but if you're looking for CoPilot on #Xbox and can't find it, it's probably because it's now called "Controller Assist". Note the link here still says CoPilot as a part of the URL. support.xbox.com/en-US/help/a... #Accessibility #A11Y

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An der JKU gibt es zum ersten Mal die einzigartige Möglichkeit, barrierefreies Webdesign zu lernen. Eine derartige Ausbildung mit Fokus auf #a11y hätte ich mir gewünscht, als ich begonnen habe, mich mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen. 21.3 - 10.7, Online www.jku.at/institut-int...

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Am Montag, dem 20. Jänner um 17 Uhr darf ich mein Thema von inclusive Design 24 nochmal bei technica11y aufrollen! Diesmal in der deutschsprachigen Version: Wie behindern Stigmata die UX Forschung? Alle technica11y Episoden werden live geschriftdolmetscht. Anmeldung: technica11y.de #UX #ID24

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Share your knowledge & experience on improving accessibility! In the school, in tech, in business, wherever! Submit your proposal to present at our 8th annual 1-day virtual conference (attended by people across the world!) www.accessibilityict.org/call-for-pro... Deadline to submit is Feb. 21

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My Book Recommendations for your 2025 Reading Goals: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... What are your top recommendations about #inclusion #accessibility and #DisabilityRights for my #TBR?

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I've drawn up a set of principles for approaching web accessibility. I hope they help to frame your work as we enter 2025. github.com/Heydon/princ...

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Trends in Digital Accessibility 2025 by Digital Accessibility Experts Live 30 January, 4 PM UK time www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ac...

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👉🏼 I have been doing some testing and have noticed when navigating links on iOS using VoiceOver (VO), if the link contains an element that is not exposed as a generic element it causes VO to treat and announce text in the link as separate links. #a11y #iOS html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0...

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Getting Started with Designing for Web Accessibility by Google Developer Group Vienna Thursday 23rd January, 5:00 – 6:00 PM (GMT+1) gdg.community.dev/events/detai... #GoogleDeveloperGroup @googledevs.bsky.social #GDGVienna #WebAccessibility #a11y

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Digital "Blind Date": Wie man 2024 als blinde Person das Internet erlebt Dienstag, 21. Jänner 18:30 - 20:30 Uhr www.meetup.com/uxgraz/event... #UX #UXGraz #Event #a11y #Barrierefreiheit

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Happy New Year! With a slight holiday delay, the January A11y News edition is now online: open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews...

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I'm attending Google Developer Groups GDG Vienna’s Getting Started with Designing for Web Accessibility on January 23rd, 2025: gdg.community.dev/events/detai...

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It's convenient for Mac users to test with VoiceOver, but the results you get are not representative. You always have to test with screen readers on Windows in different browsers, as well.

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It's December 1st, and you know what that means: For the next 24 days, we'll publish articles about HTML by 24 authors. You can read them on the website or subscribe to the RSS channel. Enjoy! htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

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I make a newsletter on international disability news and I need your help. The two biggest challenges for a project like this are visibility and financing. Please share, to help others find it. And if you're comfortable, it runs on pay-what-you-can. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/open...

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I’m sure there are more folks out there who I haven’t connected with yet in disability anthropology or who use ethnographic approaches to critical disability studies. Send me a note if you’d like to be added! ❤️ #disability #anthropology #ethnography #CriticalDisabilityStudies

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Heute ist Internationaler Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen💜 Mit #PositivelyPurple möchten wir heute auf die ökonomische Selbstbestimmung von Menschen mit Behinderungen aufmerksam machen. mehr zur myAbility Kampagne: www.myability.org/wir/partners... #IDPD #PurpleHour

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Now Live ⭐ International Day of Persons with Disability: Cultural Representation & Media Presentation Panel Hear the young voices from across Africa discuss disability inclusion and share insights and recommendations on decisions that impact them. Live stream: www.youtube.com/live/ZLdo1JK...

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See which #accessibility events are happening in December. The biggest one coming up: International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd 💜 open.substack.com/pub/a11ynews... #IDPD #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities #AccessibilityNews #a11yNews

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Recently created a Wiki for the Games for Blind Gamers community! A developer community for making blind accessible games. The wiki is meant to be a starting point for devs making accessible games for first time.Feedback wanted! gamesforblindgamers.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page #accessibility #Gamedev

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