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Accessibility Best Practices Where Accessibility Fits in an Organization: Decentralized vs. Centralized Model

Building a program is key for maintaining a culture of accessibility, let's discuss the difference between centralized and decentralized programs.

A11y for Developers Accessible Nested Active Elements in Android Apps

A common accessibility issue that I've noticed in Android applications is nesting active elements together. I want to discuss why this is inaccessible in a demo and who it could possibly effect. I will also walk you through where in the developer tools you can find this issue, how to fix it, and how to follow best accessibility practices.

A11y for Developers Dynamic Notifications

Dynamic content in applications can be tricky to handle properly, and can lead to numerous accessibility violations. It is important to know the tools iOS provides you to handle dynamic content. Dynamic application content is easy to handle properly as long as your understand these tools and how to use them. In this post we will discuss: When dynamic notifications should be used, How to implement dynamic notifications, Some particularly helpful accessibility notifications and their uses, An in depth discussion of an example

Accessibility Compliance Matters Not a Checklist: Building Accessibility Compliance into Your Business Processes

Digital accessibility is not about checking the boxes of WCAG 2.0, it's not about compliance with the law, and it's not a one-and-done proposition. Rather, digital accessibility is about having your customers be able to use your website and technology.

A11y for Developers JavaScript Frameworks & The Lost Art of HTML

We are in the midst of a very large problem in the web development field, where HTML is being left in the rearview mirror in place of JavaScript. The push to know the latest JavaScript framework and understand all its workings vs. knowing how to develop properly with HTML is killing the accessibility of the web.