June 4, 2021, 5:31 p.m.

The A11Y Project update: April 4th, 2021

The A11Y Project

What's new

WebAIM is conducting its 9th screen reader survey, an important resource for helping to collect info, track trends, and help guide "development choices for those creating accessible web content and web standards."

WebAIM encourages "All screen reader users, even those who use screen readers only for evaluation and testing" to participate.

What we shared this week

How to design accessible web forms
The Big Hack

Smashing, Smooshing, and Juicing: How a YouTuber Uses Her Limb Difference in the Kitchen
Kitchn

Responsible Web Applications
Joy Heron

Disability, “No True Scotsman,” And “Zero Sum Thinking”
Forbes

Why the Accessibility Tree is key to understanding accessible applications
Intuit

Google Docs Switches to Canvas Rendering, Sidelining the DOM
The New Stack

The ongoing evolution of 'Shift left'
Derek Featherstone

Why You Need to Stop Using These Words and Phrases
Harvard Business Review

From our archives

How-to: Designing accessible animation
Kelly Gillit

How-to: Use the tabindex attribute
Eric Bailey


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