WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

July 2025 Newsletter

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Accessibility by Design: Preparing K–12 Schools for What's Next

For K–12 educational agencies, including state educational agencies (SEAs) and school districts, digital accessibility efforts must align with existing priorities, practices, and policies. A one-size-fits-all approach simply won't work.

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Resources

Tabindex: What it is, how it works, and when to use it

Tabindex is an HTML attribute that controls keyboard focus and can hurt or support accessibility depending on how you use it.

PDF Strategy in Improving Accessibility

While PDFs may offer convenience for some, they create significant barriers for others. In fact, in many cases (and depending on my mood that day, most cases), PDFs completely block access for people who rely on assistive technology like screen readers.

Tying Accessibility to Business Objectives

The question is no longer "Do we have to do accessibility?" or "Can we afford to do accessibility?" The real question is "Can we afford not to?"

What to Say When You Don't Know the Accessibility Answer

This guide provides professional response templates and follow-up strategies to help you handle unknown accessibility scenarios with confidence while building credibility with colleagues.

Screen reader HTML support tables

Work continues on expanding and improving the HTML and screen reader support information.

Managing Focus and Visible Focus Indicators: Practical Accessibility Guidance for the Web

Managing keyboard focus is one of the most important—and frequently overlooked—parts of building accessible interfaces. Clear visible focus, a sensible tab order, and strong contrast all work together to support users who navigate without a mouse.

Hierarchy in tables

If a complex hierarchical table can be broken down into several more digestible tables, that's what should be done. If it's absolutely unavoidable to use hierarchy in a table, it should be done with caution.

A11y 101: 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are designed to help multiple disabilities. Keyboard only users, users with limited control, and screen reader users are just the beginning. But we always need to be careful when developing them.

Accessible by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Products from the Ground Up

"Accessible by design"—you keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.

2025 Midyear Accessibility Lawsuit Report: Key Legal Trends

The numbers are in: digital accessibility lawsuits are on track to surge nearly 20% in 2025, with over 2,000 cases already filed in the first half of the year.

A label and a name walk into a bar

When is a label also an (accessible) name, when is it not and when is it neither?

Fast, Simple, High Impact: DIY Accessibility Testing for Any Team

Accessibility doesn't have to be overwhelming or expensive. In fact, some of the most valuable improvements begin with quick, no-cost checks that anyone on a team can do.

Implementing Accessible SVG Elements

Master SVG accessibility: Learn techniques for ARIA roles, testing, and creating inclusive graphics that work for everyone.

We need to talk about your accessibility statement

Having an accessibility statement in itself is saying a lot, but only if the statement is telling the truth and in the right way.

From Word Fluff to Real Impact: Achieving Specific, Measurable, and Accountable Accessibility

The fundamental challenge is that today it is far too common for accessibility to be a hit and miss proposition between different experiences from the same company, between different versions of the same application and much more.

Quick Tip: Typeface Familiarity

When reading, your brain can quickly build models for the typefaces and fonts you are seeing to allow quick parsing of the characters to generate meaning. Familiarity with the typeface goes a long way to supporting better reading and accessibility. Some widely available fonts that are familiar and that support good legibility are Tahoma, Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, and Times New Roman.