The WashU Web Accessibility Users Group meets to share knowledge about standards and best practices for creating and supporting web-based content that’s accessible to people with disabilities and those using assistive technologies.
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WCAG 2.1 Proposed Changes
The first working draft for the WCAG 2.1 changes were released on February 28th, 2017. There are 28 proposed new success criteria. The existing 63 WCAG 2.0 success criteria will be grandfathered into WCAG 2.1. Here’s a sample of some of the proposed additions: Orientation – Requires authors not to rely on a screen orientation. Users who have […]
What does “a11y” mean?
When researching web accessibility online it is common to see a strange combination of letters and numbers, “a11y.” This is the accepted short version of the word “accessibility.” It is sometimes used in social media to tag posts as accessibility content where space is a premium, such as Twitter. The abbreviation is derived by taking the 13 letters […]