Good day everyone! Join me tomorrow, Thursday April 10th at 1200 Eastern / UTC -4 with my #special #guest @WeirdWriter, Robert Kingett.

Robert is a #writer that has done #fiction, #nonfiction, and #technical writing. He is an #accessibility #specialist. He's helped bring #disability access improvements to the #Fediverse and worked with #Bookwyrm.

Catch the #Owncast powered #livestream: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
#Peertube #VOD afterwards: https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast #Podcast: https://audio.firesidefedi.live

TIL about swell touch paper.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595193#43632732

Targeting an `<iframe>` element is an interesting technique for progressive enhancement (e.g. showing search results in the iframe that updates when the user submits a filter form), however, the lack of feedback for screen readers when the frame navigates makes me think it should be avoided. #ProgressiveEnhancement #accessibility #a11y

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I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing.

The problem is that the marketing machines of some vendors have been more effective than their tools.

No false positives? Cool. What about false negatives?
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/beware-false-negatives.html

80% issue coverage? Cool. What do you think “issues” are again?
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/what-does-x-of-issues-mean.html

A total solution to testing in a year? Cool. Wait, where’d you go?
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html

#disability #accessibility #VR #faces #HandsFree

'Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland discovered that seven simple facial movements could be reliably recognised by Meta’s Quest Pro headset, enabling users to control a VR game and navigate web pages in an AR environment.'

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1169640_en.html

University of Glasgow: Facial expressions could help widen VR and AR accessibility options. “A new study on how computers can be accurately controlled using only facial expressions could help make augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies more accessible to people living with disabilities. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of St. Gallen in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/university-of-glasgow-facial-expressions-could-help-widen-vr-and-ar-accessibility-options/

Source: @kffhealthnews

From the article: "For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf.

"No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say. Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear on the White House’s YouTube channel. A White House webpage on accessibility, whitehouse.gov/accessibility, has also ceased working.

"From halting diversity programs that benefit people with disabilities to staffing cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm those with impairments or chronic health conditions. Decades of hard-fought gains risk being undone by cuts to federal programs, freezes on research funding, and a White House ban on practices that support diversity."

#Disabled #Elderly #DEI #Accessibility #Deaf #ASL #Research #USPolitics

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-dei-executive-order-undermines-disability-accommodations-for-disabled-people/

Hi Kolektiva! #introduction

I'm Isaflora

I grow stuff
I make things
I love deeply

My heart is in the mountains, hands in the soil, with my comrades, fighting for a future we have yet to see

I love to read, cook, and make herbal remedies for mutual aid!

I'm here to divest from big tech corps, learn more about FOSS, and connect with folks who dream & move towards our collective resilience.

Black agrarians to the front!
We need a black farmer emoji

#CSSNakedDay is here - showing a site's structure without the style to promote accessibility!

https://fyr.io/post/CSS_naked_day_2025

So if web designers do too little in terms of #Accessibility they're wrong. If they do too much, they're equally wrong. No wonder some don't even try. #DamnedIfYouDoDamnedIfYouDon't. And while perhaps the larger issue may in fact be lack of training and awareness for those who are developers, designers, and coders; we should also remember the fastest increasing sector of those with #VisionImpairments or #Blindness may in fact be older people who either have to learn to embrace tech they've been familiar with from an entirely new angle or those who aren't familiar at all. I'm not saying it's simple by any means. But I've always found it helpful to remember that just because something comes easily to me doesn't mean it is so for all. Just my two cents literally no one may want, need or ask for in response to something I just read.

#Now #CCCOER "New Accessibility Requirements for Web Content and Mobile Applications for Public Entities"

Judith Sebesta and Brandon Board discuss the new regulations issued by the Civil Rights Division of the DoJ revising Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the implications for learning materials distributed via web content and mobile.

19:00 UTC • 15:00 EDT • 12:00 PDT
Register https://bit.ly/4j3fEqO

The organisation my wife volunteers for has finally moved all its volunteer training online.

It's very clever, very cheap & extremely unfreindly.
The login initially assumes you are on the organisation's payroll and located within its premises and on their intranet - once I'd worked out how to get around that, it appears that it's impossible to stay logged in to do several courses at one sitting - you need to log in each time.

I'm not sure that the training itself has been run past any disability checks - Sacha has a degree of dyspraxia and she has really struggled with the training websites.
The manager is dismissive - the attitude comes across (meant or otherwise) as 'you're only a volunteer, so what?'

She's seriously thinking of giving up on the volunteering that she really loves and - I believe- does make a difference to a number of young lives. It's very niche - there's no alternative for her to move to.

Using #linux with a #braille display is amazing.
And it is especially amazing when you have a computer which doesn't have any sound at all, unless you plug an audio-dongle or an audio-interface into it!.
#accessible #accessibility #audio #blind #braille #linux #brltty #tech

#today #CCCCOER "New Accessibility Requirements for Web Content and Mobile Applications for Public Entities"

Deep dive into the regulations issued by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice revising Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more.

15:00 EDT • 12:00 PDT
Register https://bit.ly/4j3fEqO

Are you presenting your research at #EGU25 and wondering about the #accessibility of your #presentation? In this #Geolog post, you will find all the tips you need for more accessible presentations.

Interested in reading more? Check this out : https://egu.eu/62X0F9/

nb. there are no circumstances -- none at all -- ever -- in which it's necessary or helpful to include accessible text for an ARIA button that says "Press Enter or Space to activate".

Screen reader users know how to press buttons. ffs.

#accessibility question: do screen readers, used by visually impaired folk, read multiword hashtags better when they are in CamelCase or when they are dash delimited? is the support the same across the board of all or most screen readers? in other words, what is better accessibility when writing hashtags: camel case or dash-connected ones? do screen readers spell out the dash?

example of hashtags:

#ElectronicMusic and #electronic-music

( please boost: )