How likely is it that you'd attend this accessibility event?
Hi there. I’m doing a poll over at LinkedIn and I’d appreciate your input. I have an idea for an accessibility conference that solely consists of half-day...
What happens after your website is fixed?
Quick question: What happens after your website’s accessibility is fixed? If your answer is something like, “We’re good now,” then we should talk—because...
AI, Accessibility Auditing, and Data Visualization!
Last week I delivered a keynote address at Knowbility’s AccessU conference. If you were there: Thank you! If you weren’t, don’t despair! I’ll be giving the...
The European Accessibility Act and B2B Software: What Internal Platforms Must Comply With
With the EAA Compliance deadline just over a month away (June 28, 2025), there’s still a lot of ambiguity around who must comply. In general, it is true that...
How long until your website is accessible?
The traditional model of accessibility consulting goes like this:1. You spend a few weeks shopping around for an accessibility consulting firm and a few more...
Upcoming FREE digital accessibility training opportunities from AFixt
What do the following companies all have in common? E*Trade, Harvard, Hilton, MasterCard, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Shopify, Stanford, and Google. They...
Free training workshop in digital accessibility
(Almost) every year, I give a free all-day training workshop on digital accessibility in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which...
Let's meet and talk accessibility in real-life
In 2019, I was away for over 180 days on business travel for Tenon. Much of that was travel for Microsoft, who had hired me to train their developers on...
Let's talk about the Trump administration and the ADA
I generally try to avoid politics in this newsletter, but let’s face it: There is a certain component to accessibility that is political. That said, the...
Overlays' false claims finally get their due
Color me surprised. For years, accessibility professionals have been trying to call attention to the misleading claims being made by overlay vendors. Despite...
Get a complete look at your Accessibility Maturity: Free!
At AFixt, we believe in empowering businesses to achieve digital accessibility. We’re excited to offer a free Accessibility Maturity Assessment tool that...
Audits and tools don't fix accessibility issues. AFixt does.
Audits and tools don't fix accessibility issues. AFixt does.Recently, we helped a customer with a very rapid response to a threatened lawsuit. In the time...
The most important thing to look at when choosing an accessibility auditor
Don’t have a lot of time to read this one? Here’s the short version: Ask them for a sample deliverable. If they won’t provide you with a sample deliverable?...
The best argument for becoming accessible *now*
In previous messages to this list, I’ve described the looming compliance requirements surrounding the European Accessibility Act (EAA), California’s AB 1757,...
Cheaper than an accessibility audit
Don't feel like reading a long email? Here's the TL;DR: Remediating your website is cheaper than auditing it. The other day I had a really interesting...
Accessibility Consulting is Broken
Accessibility Consulting is Broken I want to bring your attention to something: Accessibility consulting is broken. This is a screenshot from a Twitter poll...
How are you approaching the EAA and AB 1757?
First, I won’t blame you if you’re like “What the heck are EAA and AB 1757?”. EAA is the European Accessibility Act. AB 1757 is a proposed law in...
Get Accessibility Training from Karl Groves
I gave my first conference talk in 1999 at a music conference at James Madison University. Although the topic has changed over the years, I’ve continued...
Help support Eventably, the world's first truly accessible event platform
For a long time, people in the accessibility community have talked about how inaccessible event management and ticketing platforms are, but I didn't really...
Important news from AFixt!
Tons of stuff in this installment! We’ll keep it as brief as we can, but there’s a lot going on. AccessU Next week (May 13-16) is AccessU! What’s AccessU?...