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#WPA11yDay News: What happens when you combine UX expertise, a passion for accessibility, and years of experience challenging the status quo? You get Vitaly Friedman as your #WPAD2025 keynote speaker. Full announcement: 2025.wpaccessibility.day/announcing-vit… #WordPress #a11y #accessibility

Introducing the 2025 WP Accessibility Day t-shirt! Featuring ASL fingerspelling for “WPAD,” and reflects the care, community input, and attention to detail that define our event. Get the full story: 2025.wpaccessibility.day/shirt-info/ #WPAD2025 #InclusionInTech #a11y #WPA11yDay

Please join me for this followup to the #WPA11yMeetup about @elemntor accessibility. This will be an open-ended Q&A for those of you who have specific Elementor-related accessibility questions. August 5 at 12 pm MDT meetup.com/elementor-glob…

Pressed Enter twice to open a menu and its submenu. For screen reader users, that’s frustrating. Accessibility isn’t about extra steps—it’s about usable design. Design should reduce friction, not create it. techopolisonline.com #a11y #UX

Bricks 2.0 stable is here This release is the result of a lot of hard work, creativity, and collaboration from our team and the community. I’m excited to see what everyone creates with it, and I’m even more excited about the new ideas and improvements this release will…

Keynote announcement! Vitaly Friedman (@vitalyf), Co-founder of Smashing Magazine (@smashingmag), is speaking at WP Accessibility Day 2025. October 15 at 15:00 UTC Topic: Accessible Design Patterns for 2025 Get the details: 2025.wpaccessibility.day/announcing-vit… #WPA11yDay #a11yEvents

I am learning so much from @Daveden2 about accessibility and was happy to participate in this conversation on #WPA11yMeetup about making your @elemntor site more accessible using Elementor's built-in options and a couple code snippets: equalizedigital.com/elementor-acce…

Using custom accordions? There's an easier way! 🪗 The <details> element now has a name attribute with support across all major browsers. ✨ No more custom handling for UI accordions ✨ Less code to maintain ✨ Native browser support Try now 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/htm…

Sign up for my free webinar: Building accessible websites without fear! When: July 21, 15:00 CEST / 9:00 EDT / 6:30 IST You’ve probably heard the rumors: People saying: ‘It can’t be pretty and accessible at the same time’. Or, ‘The block editor is too limited.’ Understanding…

Quick favor before the weekend. If you listen to our #AccessibilityCraft podcast and you like it, would you please go give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts? (If you don't like it, we don't want your review. 😉) ❤️ Thank you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acc…

This Thursday, @askwpgirl and @Daveden2 will be presenting about @elemntor accessibility at #WPA11yMeetup. 10 AM Central on Zoom. #Captioned Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Interesting. I bought some items from @AmazonUK which requires an ID. I showed the driver my valid UK permit, but it was refused because it is not a British passport or driving license. I have a disability which prevents me from owning a driving license.

Support WP Accessibility Day 2025! Bronze and Microsponsorships are open. Perfect for anyone who wants to back a global accessibility event and be part of the impact. Learn more and sign up at: buff.ly/OnVo429

The 4th of July Scrabble Tournament finals were awesome. I was amazed by how smart those players were, easily getting high-scoring words and being able to count tiles to guess their opponents' hands. Every game had at least two bingos. There are so many smart people out there.

Want to improve your accessibility skills? Start with the @WPA11yDay event sessions. Past sessions are free to watch. Here’s the 2024 sessions: buff.ly/3y8cpf2 Speakers include: @Alice_Ridice @AmethystAnswers @accessibilityoz @jonnyauk @nwa_nduka @Steady5063 @f_lambate

Catch up on past WP Accessibility Day talks! Past sessions are free to watch and full of practical takeaways. Here's the 2023 sessions: buff.ly/ZcsYhBu Speakers include: @mevary @cariefisher @Peter_Ingersoll @DonataSkillrud @DeepSpaceHans @aurooba @briancoords

I can't wait for when the modern attr() function in CSS is widely supported. Data attributes would gain superpowers.

Check out how AblePlayer by @joedolson can help you reach a wider audience with your time-based media (videos) in #WordPress. If you like the plugin, you can support the author. Link: youtu.be/iAa4cIkPTd8