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The Five “Cs” of Accessibility

There are many subjects that use a mnemonic of “5Cs” to identify the things that are at the core of their definition. · Credit has Character, Capacity, Capital, Conditions and Collateral. · Marketing has Company, Customers, Competitors, Collaborators, and Climate.…

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Accessibility New Year’s Resolutions — The Deadline for Implementing WCAG 2.1

Procrastination is firmly embedded in human nature. And the lack of a deadline makes it easier to procrastinate. Step 1: You tell someone they have to do something they may not really want to do Step 2: They *always* ask…

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This week in accessibility: Robles v. Domino’s

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals came out with a ruling in Robles v. Domino’son January 15th, 2019. This case was yet another standard accessibility class action lawsuit, with a twist. What happened? The Central District of California sided with Domino’s…

Three toast messages, the first is informational and says “great job” the second is success and says “the server configuration changed” with a close icon and the third is a warning saying “the configuration changed” with a link to reload the server and a close icon

Designing Toast Messages for Accessibility

A toast is a non-modal dialog that appears and disappears in the span of a few seconds. It may also optionally have a small close “X”. Typically, toast messages display one or two-line non-critical messages that do not require user…

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Behaviors to Achieve Accessibility Program Excellence

In a previous article, I highlighted activities that I think help people become good (or better) accessibility managers through improving their objective accessibility knowledge. While the activities identified in that article will provide individuals with a baseline of objective accessibility knowledge,…

This week in Accessibility: Gomez v. GNC

Gomez v. GNCshould serve as a warning to any company facing an accessibility lawsuit as to the importance of their accessibility experts actually being experts in accessibility. This case started as many digital accessibility lawsuits do: 1. Person with Disability…

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Digital Accessibility Concerns in Design Affordances

A design affordance is a clue about how an object should be used, typically provided by the object itself or its context. For example, anyone handling a kitchen utensil for the first time should be able to easily guess which…

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Where is the best organizational location for Accessibility?

Accessibility is the little red hen of the business world. Almost everyone wants the accessible experience, however, not everyone wants the responsibility of making that happen. Complicating matters is that not all potential locations for an accessibility team are the…

Color Blindness Considerations for Designers and Content Managers

I recently read a Medium article on negative space published by a top design agency. The article had 5000 claps, so it was widely read. Unfortunately, the article’s primary example of good use of dark negative space was completely inaccessible…

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Have an Accessible New Year with these 12 Resolutions

I am writing this article as I am returning to California from a family holiday get together, thinking about how to get rid of the 5 pounds I gained from my Cordon Bleu trained mother-in-law’s cooking. Which made me think…

Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog

The Five “Cs” of Accessibility

Accessibility New Year’s Resolutions — The Deadline for Implementing WCAG 2.1

This week in accessibility: Robles v. Domino’s

Designing Toast Messages for Accessibility

Behaviors to Achieve Accessibility Program Excellence

This week in Accessibility: Gomez v. GNC

Digital Accessibility Concerns in Design Affordances

Where is the best organizational location for Accessibility?

Color Blindness Considerations for Designers and Content Managers

Have an Accessible New Year with these 12 Resolutions

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