Blog
Writings centred around Frontend and Accessibility with the odd personal post. Recently featured in a few places:
I tried to educate an Accessibility overlay company from the inside
This is what happened.
Why did Apple Music skip accessibility for the Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance?
What about previous years?
German auditors reject accessibility overlays in EAA context
Use of accessibility widgets disqualifies websites from BIK certification
Why are NHS trusts buying Accessibility overlays?
These trusts are wasting public money on useless overlays
100, 150, or 200? Debunking the Alt text character limit
The arbitrary limit can be built into input fields and automated tooling
Swedish government starts to audit eCommence websites
Government launches Accessibility inspections for retailers
FashionNova fined $5.15M, Vueling Airlines €90,000
While Carrefour, Agir, Auchan, E.Leclerc have been serviced notice under the EAA
4 stages of Accessibility Maturity
From intention to integration
Link Purpose (In Context) WCAG 2.4.4 - Accessibility Design tips
Simple, actionable tips
Accessibility pushback
Talking openly and debunking some common pushback
Stop inviting overlay employees and bad actors into Accessibility spaces
It hands them blueprints for exploitation, legitimacy and control
Use of Colour (Level A) WCAG 1.4.1 - Accessibility Design tips
Simple, actionable tips
Tone policing and respectability politics
How these techniques derail Accessibility work, and what to do about it
Why does big tech not run Accessibility bug bounties?
10 reasons why this would be great
Your accessibility score is lying to you
Automation misses most issues, and can make teams think they’re done