Colorado House Bill 1110 (PDF), signed by Governor Polis on June 30, mandates that state and local government websites adhere to the “most recent” version of WCAG by July 1, 2024–and appropriates $312,922 to support conformance efforts during fiscal year 2021-22. Under the bill, individuals with disabilities who suffer discrimination by a non-conformant website may […]
Testing contrast and use of color is one of the most deceptively difficult tasks in a web accessibility evaluation. Consider this screenshot of a checkbox as an example: This simple checkbox and label text require at least 15 checks to test conformance with WCAG requirements for contrast and color use. Text Contrast WCAG 1.4.3 requires […]
Last week many of us participated in Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). On that day, I had the privilege to listen to a keynote address by Judy Heumann during Knowbility’s virtual AccessU. Some may know Ms. Heumann from leadership positions in the U.S. Dept of Education, the World Bank, or the U.S. State Department. Others […]
The 2021 WebAIM Million Report is now available. This annual accessibility analysis of the home pages of the top one million web sites provides insight into the current state of and trends for web accessibility. The report provides details into technical aspects of accessibility and comparisons for many types of home page categories, such as […]
The results of WebAIM’s 3rd Survey of Web Accessibility Practitioners are now available. This was a follow-up survey to previous surveys conducted April 2014 and April 2018. There were 758 valid survey responses. Below are several items of interest. Web accessibility practitioners report being notably older than respondents to other web design/development surveys (as reported […]
