When you hit a roadblock, switch tactics and keep advocating for accessibility. If all fails, move on to others who are willing to listen.
Authentic conversations so far...
This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!
Yesterday
If your HTML is garbage, no amount of ARIA will fix accessibility for you.
Forget vanity numbers. Here are six accessibility metrics that matter and how to present them to your stakeholders.
Apr 23rd, 2025
Wrap up for running effective remote accessibility workshops and overcoming the challenges they pose.
Apr 22nd, 2025
Accessibility fails when teams focus solely on process or solely on the users. The sweet spot is somewhere in the middle.
Apr 21st, 2025
Accessibility is about understanding people not the guidelines.
Apr 20th, 2025
In Issue 42 of Access Denied, Gary thinks an AI-powered plugin will solve accessibility issues.
Apr 19th, 2025
Here are some practical tips to take care of yourself to avoid burnout when working in accessibility.
Apr 18th, 2025
Don't pretend you don't understand regulation to get out of doing the work for accessibility.
Good accessibility debt prioritisation lives or dies by how you communicate its results and next steps.
How to avoid common facilitation traps in effective remote accessibility workshops.
Apr 15th, 2025
How can you tell apart the hard parts from the important parts in web accessibility and why it's important.
Apr 14th, 2025
Startups that prioritise accessibility early gain competitive advantages in usability, legal compliance and talent attraction.
Apr 13th, 2025
In Issue 41 of Access Denied, Gary thinks startups need to disrupt and not worry about accessibility.
Apr 12th, 2025
If you want to implement accessibility, you need to find the balance between educating and enforcing rules.
Apr 11th, 2025
Quit hiding behind silly excuses not to do accessibility properly in your product.
Apr 10th, 2025
Good accessibility debt prioritisation lives or dies by how you create your decision making process.
How to avoid losing vital communication cues in remote workshops.
Apr 8th, 2025
Recognise and avoid common accessibility traps that compromise your product releases.
Apr 7th, 2025
Less isn't better. Better is better. And it's better when no one is excluded.
Apr 6th, 2025
In Issue 40 of Access Denied, Gary thinks hope is the best plan for shipping accessible products.
Apr 5th, 2025
Accessibility is about doing right, not being right. The way to do that is to ditch the ego and embrace empathy.
Apr 4th, 2025
If you want to get better at accessibility, you can read a book, take a course or find meetups.
Apr 3rd, 2025
How to communicate accessibility objectives to stakeholders and link them to business outcomes.
How to tackle technology barriers, like bad internet, inaccessible tools and the steep learning curve, in a remote accessibility workshop.
Apr 1st, 2025
I all you do is hope to make things more accessible, you're not following much of a plan.
Mar 31st, 2025
Focusing on controllable inputs rather than outputs transforms accessibility from an overwhelming challenge to an actionable process.
Mar 30th, 2025
In Issue 39 of Access Denied, Gary tries to pass responsibility for accessibility to one person.
Mar 29th, 2025
Many job ads get accessibility wrong and stuff the responsibilities section with everything they can think of.
Mar 28th, 2025
Accessibility is expensive only if you ignore it until the last minute or until you get sued.
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I send out short emails like these every day to help you gain a fresh perspective on accessibility and understand it without the jargon, so you can build more robust products that everyone can use, including people with disabilities.