December 3, 2020
Expert tips on digital accessibility
Ahead of International Day of People with Disability I had a really nice chat to @HGMediaAU about making web content more inclusive and accessible.
Category: Accessibility
July 22, 2020
Apps for all: Interview with Adem Cifcioglu – Accessibility challenges, considerations and the impact of coronavirus
I had a nice chat with @AppsforallAU recently about all things digital accessibility.
February 20, 2015
Accessibility tools and resources
General Resources Web Content Accessible Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) – How to Meet WCAG 2.0 BBC Mobile Accessibility Guidelines Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0– best practices for mobile web design and development Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – published by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative this document highlights the […]
May 15, 2014
My beginnings in web, discovery of accessibility, and Global Accessibility Awareness Day
My life on the web started in 2001, with a site hosted on GeoCIties, an RMIT short course and the HTML4 spec.
February 5, 2014
What responsive web design can learn from accessibility best practice
Want to know what responsive web design can learn from accessibility? Take a look at this presentation I gave at the Web Directions Respond 2014 conference.
May 8, 2013
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2013
The 9th of May 2013 marks the 2nd annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD). The day is dedicated to getting people talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with different disabilities.
April 13, 2013
The brief and the review: secrets to accessibility success
We hear some strange things working in the accessibility space, like “the brief was to rebuild, not to improve; accessibility enhancements and features are out of scope”.
So how is it that in 2013 we’ve still got agencies referring to accessibility as “enhancements” or “features”?
January 31, 2013
Click here, read more, no thanks!
As an accessibility professional, link text is often the first thing I notice, maybe because it’s one of the easiest things to test when it comes to reviewing a site.
The point of this post is simple, descriptive links are good for everyone.
September 22, 2012
Colour contrast – It’s not just an accessibility thing
Sometimes when people hear me talk about colour contrast I can guess what’s going on in their heads: “What’s the accessibility guy going on about now?”, but to me, colour contrast is one of the most important aspects of web design, not just accessibility.