- Important ZoomText and Fusion Update for Windows 11 Users
Vispero: We recently released an April update to prevent an issue where ZoomText and Fusion could start with a black screen or become unresponsive. - Employee Spotlight – Roxana Fischer’s Story
Vispero: find out how her accessibility journey started, what major turning point has shaped her career, and why everyone should know about screen-reading technology. - Podcast: On guide dogs, education, and the value of relationships
Vispero: FSCast #269 marks International Guide Dog Day. - Webinar: Conduct In-depth Research and Solve Complex Problems Using AI
Vispero: how AI can help you research topics, compare options, and solve everyday problems with JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion. Thursday, May 7 at Noon Eastern Time. - Join Us for Our May 2026 Training Events
Vispero: AI Training Webinar; Software Webinar; Insert J Club Recorded Training; JAWS 30th Anniversary Recorded Training. - W3C Advisory Committee Elects Advisory Board
W3C: Daniel Appelquist, Wei Ding, Elena Lape, and Andrew Wafaa join Theresa O’Connor, Hiroshi Ota, Avneesh Singh, Hidde de Vries, Song Xu, and Brent Zundel. - The power of peer support during Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
Alicia Jarvis: I find myself reflecting on the power of community and peer support. - One design that can fit all
Bianca Prins (LinkedIn): aim for one design that fits all users – with only additional features when the design cannot be made equitable for all. - Not Every Supplier Who Says “Accessibility and Inclusion” Actually Means It
Christiane Link: How to choose a training provider or any other agencies that will make a real difference – and spot the ones that won’t. - Mission impossible – a follow up!
Craig Abbott: The role was turned into a permanent position, and the salary got a significant bump. - The Design-Minded Engineer
Den Odell: Accessibility isn’t a compliance checkbox but a signal of engineering quality. - How to set better accessibility defaults for current AI tools?
Diana Khalipina: AI is trained on the web as it is, not as it should be and that matters more than we think. - May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Diana Khalipina: what it has to do with web accessibility. - I’m an engineering leader. How do I get started with accessibility?
Dylan Barrell: You’re going to need a plan, and a lot of information. - What My Mother’s Stroke Taught Me About Digital Accessibility
Ericca Rowe: When Accessibility Became Personal. - The Rules Were Written Down
Helen Burgess: AuDHD, Structure, Service, and What Came After. - Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
Joas Pambou: ensure that user preferences are respected for things like reduced motion, keyboard navigation, and screen reader accessibility. - Care Is Not a Feature Flag
Julia Solórzano: Accessibility is a refusal to make the user adapt to the interface. - Measuring What Matters
Karl Groves: How to Turn Accessibility Work Into Evidence-Based Progress. - “Notice and Cure” Violates Civil Rights
Karl Groves: while the stated motivation is to curb abusive litigation, the mechanism it uses is fundamentally hostile to the purpose of civil rights law. - Next.js
Linkas aButton
Kitty Giraudel: This is not actually a button, it’s a link to another page, and as such should render an<a>element. - Do graphs and charts need to be accessible?
Martin Underhill: a great example of where you can make something accessible, but maybe you shouldn’t. - What Ableism Looks Like
Megan Anna Neff: Examples Across Systems, Culture, And Self - Why Accessibility Overlays Don’t Work
Natalie MacLees: And What to Do Instead. - Reducing Cognitive Load
Natasha Lane: How Simpler UX Drives Better Outcomes. - Chrome’s AI Features Are Changing How We Make Things for the Web
Neil Osman: Accessibility has always been something most of us intend to get right, but struggle to verify in practice. - Programmatically Undetermined
Neil Osman: what “programmatically determined” should actually mean. - “We used to live like kings”
Peter Torres Fremlin: Conflicts, cuts, and some good news as well, from 36 countries. - A coding color theme for burned-out eyes
Rob Beschizza: In the dark variant, every token meets the WCAG AAA contrast ratio requirement of 7:1. - If we “can’t afford” the NDIS, what can we afford?
Rosie Putland: Last week’s announcement of cuts to the NDIS came as no surprise. - Restricting Vendor Use of AI in Client Engagements
Sheri Byrne-Haber (LinkedIn): these are issues that every person who engages with vendors should be discussing with their legal counsel. - keyboard testing with the POWER OF AI!
Steve Faulkner: I noted with interest the recent announcement by an accessibility tool vendor. - Quality assurance, accessibility and Astro: Part 1
Steve Frenzel: The topic of quality assurance in web development has become much more interesting to me lately. - Three stoic principles for better web accessibility
Steve Frenzel: how they can help you in your everyday life doing web accessibility work. - Joanna Stern’s ‘New Things’
Steven Aquino: WSJ personal technology columnist Stern, an advocate of accessibility in tech. - Taylor’s Teardowns: Codex Edition
Taylor Arndt: Codex is powerful. I just need to be able to read it. - Perspective Transcribe Is Out
Taylor Arndt: a transcription app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. - AI replacing accessibility
Thomas Günther: Accessibility isn’t a buzzword or a trend. I’d argue it’s even a pretty good indicator of quality in an era of vibe-coded slop. - The Voice-First Revolution
Venkat Rao: India’s Bold Roadmap for Digital Inclusion. - AI Dubbing vs. Traditional Dubbing
3Play Media: How Media Leaders Should Choose in 2026 - Video: Enhancing Digital Accessibility of Mathematics
American Mathematical Society: interactive discussion with members of the AMS Advisory Group on Accessibility. - axes4 Day 2026
Axes4: Trends, Highlights & a Look Behind the Scenes. - Report on the accessibility of PDF documents
Axes4: on public sector websites in Germany 2026 - Video: The WebAIM report says accessibility is getting worse
CANAXESS: The same six failures are still there, but the numbers are larger. - Podcast: Bullet Structure Revealed
Chax Chat: Chad and Dax dig into a deceptively simple topic that has a big impact on accessibility: lists. - Video: How Accessibility Failures Drive Down Your Core Web Vitals
Cloudways: Amber Hinds (Equalize Digital) explains how accessibility failures directly impact overall website performance. - Video: Natalie MacLees
Community + Code Podcast: a conversation about accessibility work in the WordPress community. - Podcast: Becks Brindley
The Digital Accessibility Podcast: Joe is joined by the Digital Accessibility Lead at NatWest, who leads accessibility strategy across one of the UK’s largest banking organisations. - The Business Case for Inclusion: Benefits for Businesses
Disability Belongs: the returns on profits, productivity, and innovation are measurable. - PDF to Accessible Markdown: Introducing an Open Source AI Tool
Equal Entry: how AI-powered semantic translation can turn PDFs into accessible Markdown. - Extended Deadlines, Zero Excuses
Equidox: Why PDF Remediation Can’t Wait - The Accessibility 200: How We Make The List
Forbes: The Forbes Accessibility 200 is scheduled to be published on May 19, 2026. - Building a Sustainable ADA Compliance Program
GrackleDocs: For many leaders, the challenge is not understanding why accessibility matters, it is knowing where to begin. - Grackle Check
GrackleDocs: free Chrome extension that scans any webpage for WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility issues. - Podcast: Leadership, Practice, and Global Impact
IAAP: with Sam Evans and Christopher Michael Lee, PhD - ARIA Roles and Web Accessibility
Level Access: A Quick Guide. - WP A11y Docs update April 2026
Make WordPress Accessible: New and updated documentation, Work in progress. - Cognitive Accessibility (Digital) in 2026
Minnesota IT: Helping Users Stay Oriented, Focused, and Successful. - PDF/UA vs WCAG: Definitions and Key Differences
PDF Association: using them together is key to delivering a fully inclusive digital experience. - Video: What Publishers Need to Know About Web Accessibility
PublishPress: Steve Burge interviews Amber Hinds from Equalize Digital. - What a Public Library Teaches Us About Equitable Access, and How to Design for It
RightHear: Public libraries are built around a simple promise: information belongs to everyone. - Justice Department Delays Web Accessibility Requirements; Federation Calls for Immediate Reversal
NFB: We’ve been waiting for two years since this rule was announced. Two years. So we’ve been waiting—already. Outrageous that we should have to wait longer. - Make Yourself a Bad Target
Silktide: Two ADA Cases, One Lesson. - Built without you
Silktide: A parallel history of web accessibility. - Highlights from the Fiscal Year 2025 Governmentwide Section 508 Assessment
US Access Board: how well federal agencies provide accessible and usable information and communication technology (ICT) consistent with Section 508 requirements. - Video: Connecting Corners
US Access Board: Curb Ramps, Blended Transitions, Accessibility and PROWAG Basics - What It’s Like To Pay A Healthcare Bill When You’re Blind
UsableNet: The trouble usually starts well before I reach the payment screen. - When One ADA Claim Becomes Three
UsableNet: A conversation with Ted Hollis, Partner at Quarles & Brady, as part of the Notes from the Field series. - Inclusive Design Examples in Marketing: What Brands Miss
Venngage: many of us are missing out on one crucial aspect: making a large part of that audience feel included. - About Audio Description
Vivid Language: a monthly round-up thing about interesting audio description things. - Tolerating Inaccessibility
WebAIM: Why is widespread inaccessibility still acceptable for disabled users? - Video: Training Support Staff on Accessibility
WordPress Accessibility Meetup: Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President of Termageddon. - What a UX strategy is
Anton Sten: and why most teams should write one. - Craft is Untouchable
Christopher Butler: AI doesn’t threaten craft—the temptation to skip iteration does. - Mouse pointer as a mere mortal
Marcin Wichary: Lightroom moved the mouse pointer for me. This feels wrong. - Alternative thoughts
David Bushell: brief look at the sorry state of the web and tech industry. It’s grim. - GitHub is sinking
David Bushell: GitHub used to be cool and now it’s a lame slop graveyard. - Canvas-ing the Web
Eric Meyer: There will be an initial period of excess, and then it will all settle down. - Joyful web design
James G: should we crystallise a definition for joyful web design? - Do I belong in tech anymore?
Ky Decker: On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. - On Taste
Matthias Endler: Having preferences isn’t the same as having good taste. - The death of design
Nathan Beck: The UX design community has spent the past thirty years fighting for more universally inclusive and accessible human-software interfaces. - On being a designer in the most interesting, exhausting moment of our careers.
Pawel Klasa: This is the feeling of designing in today’s world. - China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal
The Next Web: No Western country has done the same.
