Tomorrow, October 1st, marks a significant milestone in WebAIM’s 25 year history of expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities. In partnership with our colleagues at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice at Utah State University, we’re launching a new technical assistance center. The National Center on Accessible Digital Educational […]
Introduction As was mentioned in an earlier blog post on “Alternative for Time-based Media” and “Media Alternative for Text,” understanding the differences between terms in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is essential to understanding the guidelines as a whole. In this post, we will explore two more WCAG terms that are easily confused—change of […]
Recently, we have seen significant movement in Federal policy on web and digital accessibility. Specifically, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which is enforced by the Department of Justice, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as implemented by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), now include specific accessibility […]
There’s nothing quite like a presidential campaign year to gin up comparisons between rivals on a seemingly endless inventory of attributes, whether it’s their condiment preference, choice in footwear, or agility in ascending a set of stairs. Unable to resist the temptation to pile on to the bandwagon, we here at WebAIM would like to […]
The results of WebAIM’s 10th Screen Reader User Survey are now available. This survey was conducted in December 2023 and January 2024 and had 1539 respondents. Supported by BrowserStack Support for this research is funded in part by a donation from Here are some of the notable items from this survey: We hope the survey […]
