April 16, 2021, 5:31 p.m.

The A11Y Project update: April 16th, 2021

The A11Y Project

What's new

Please welcome our newest Spotlight member, Eriol Fox! Eriol is a human-rights centered designer, lead designer at The Open Food Network, Open Source contributor, and PhD research candidate for humanitarian open source software and designer contributions.

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What we shared this week

Demystifying WAI-ARIA: 19 WAI-ARIA attributes that every web developer should know
CanAdapt

How Automated Test Proctoring Software Discriminates Against Disabled Students
Center for Democracy and Technology

iPhones can now automatically recognize and label buttons and UI features for blind users
TechCrunch

Alt vs Figcaption
thoughtbot

aria-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby: What's the Difference?
Ben Myers

Disabled And Here Collection
Affect the Verb

Accessible icon links
Kitty Giraudel

From our archives

Background: ARIA properties
Alex Brenon

Background: ARIA states
Alex Brenon


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