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ComicA11y - An all inclusive online comic experiment.

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The start of the new year is a time for both celebration and reflection. We hope you have a safe, accessible, and inclusive 2021!

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Designing accessible animation, by Kelly Gillit.

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VoiceOver Preview for macOS Firefox – Mozilla Accessibility

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When there is no content between headings

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Alt-Text as Poetry

Coming Next: WCAG 2.2 - The User Is Out There

Accessibility Challenges in an Emergency (Web Design for Disaster Part 3) - Kalamuna

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• WebAIM: Survey of Web Accessibility Practitioners #3

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New post! Getting started with VoiceOver on iOS, by Anh Pham.

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• Sia, Stories About Autism Should Center Autistic People. Period. - Refinery29
• One Line of Code Will Not Save Your Accessibility Status - The User Is Out There
• Understanding SC 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation - Digital A11Y
• Tactile Art by John Lee Clark - Poetry Magazine
• Resources for developing accessible cards/tiles - Web Axe
• WCAG 2.1 Is the Current Standard, Not WCAG 2.0 — and WCAG 2.2 Is Coming - Adrian Roselli
• PlayStation 5: The Accessibility Review - IGN
• Shona Louise: 5 Books To Read By Disabled Authors
• Magica11y

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Retraction

We retracted a tweet containing misinformation about Comic Sans and Dyslexia. We apologize for this error and encourage you to read this post about how to make accessible type choices.

Open Prioritization and inert

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• Deadline for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is fast approaching - The Paciello Group

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We're delighted to announce our newest sponsor, Assistiv Labs. They provide instant access to assistive technology right from your browser.

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• Co-creator of Apple VoiceOver talks importance of accessibility tech - Cult of Mac
• Solid Start
• Q&A with Jaipreet Virdi – Disability Visibility Project
• Equal Entry Website Mistakenly Called Out as Inaccessible - Equal Entry
• Adobe Inclusive Design Workshop - GitHub
• 6-Step Mobile App Accessibility Checklist - Usablenet
• 5 easy ways to make your data visualization more accessible — storytelling with data
• Depressed Jobs Market Hits People with Disabilities Hard - The Paciello Group
• What If Accessibility Was Also Inclusive? - s.e. smith - Catapult

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• Voters With Disabilities Face Barriers in 2020 From COVID-19 - Teen Vogue
• YouTube Axes Community Captions Feature, Citing Low Usage - Liam O'Dell
• Disability Futures Fellows - Ford Foundation
• Laura Kalbag – Accessibility in 2020
• ADA Compliance: Why Does the Definition of "Compliant" Seem to Change?
• What’s New in WCAG 2.2 - Adrian Roselli
• Accessibility In Chrome DevTools — Smashing Magazine
• Maintaining Focus Outlines for Windows High Contrast Mode - Ben Myers
• Sidestepping Ableist Language - Ashley Bischoff
• Common PDF Accessibility Mistakes to Avoid - Microassist

From our archives

• Quick tip: Browser Keyboard Navigation in macOS
• Background: ARIA properties

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• Background: Introduction to Web Accessibility Initiative, by Hamsa Harcourt
• How-to: Enabling keyboard culture with No Mouse Days

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Our newest featured resource is Introduction to Web Accessibility, by Michele A. Williams, PhD.

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• How-to: Create accessible forms

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We are not participating in Digital Ocean's annual Hacktober event in its current form, due to the unnecessary stress it places on Open Source maintainers.

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• Bolt-on Accessibility – 5 gears in reverse | TPG – The Accessibility Experts
• 12 Screen Reader Facts for Accessible Web Design - Designmodo
• Accessibility and video on-demand streaming services - The Big Hack
• Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities - W3C
• 3 Amazing resources to help you design for diversity and inclusion - Aarron Walter
• How to include accessibility in the Definition of Done — Accessibility for Teams
• What would an ethical overlay look like? - Tenon.io
• Disability language is a nuanced thing - Part of a Whole
• A skip link on Squarespace and a little about z-index (Part one of two) — Knowbility

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• Color Craft & Counterpoint: A Designer’s Life with Color Vision Deficiency – A List Apart

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• Online events can be a lifeline for fans with disabilities - The A.V. Club

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• Remember Neli Latson, the black teen with autism who seemed ‘suspicious’ sitting outside a library? Ten years after his arrest, he still isn’t fully free - The Washington Post

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We're delighted to feature Segun Ola for our new Spotlight feature. Segun is a frontend web developer working with Andela Nigeria to build highly interactive and accessible web applications.

We also published a new article: Background: An in-depth guide to ARIA roles. Thank you to Duncan Jimbo for writing it!

Our initiative to match up to $1,000 USD for the support of the inert attribute in WebKit has reached $830! Please consider making a pledge, if you are able.

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Thanks to your generous pledges, we have raised $700 to support the development inert in WebKit! The A11Y Project is committed to matching up to $1,000 USD in pledges, so please consider pledging if you are able. No amount is too small.