Post Status Excerpt — Accessibility Roundup with Amber Hinds

"When it comes to accessibility lawsuits, we as developers should be proactive to ensure a site is as accessible as possible." — Amber Hinds

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David chats with Amber Hinds about the things WordPress professionals should be paying attention to. Their conversation covers recent trends and news in the accessibility space: meetups, lawsuits, overlays, and design trends.

Why This Is Important: Accessibility is important to everyone, so it is critical for WordPress developers and designers to keep accessibility in mind. David and Amber only scratch the surface of this topic. Amber encourages developers to read this call from the Accessibility team to share their ideas, take part in the discussion, and suggest what to prioritize for WordPress in the near future.

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🔗 Mentioned in the show:

• 2021 Year End Report - App & Web Accessibility Lawsuits Break Records
• WordPress Accessibility Meetup
• Accessibility Checker
• 2021 lawsuit report-trends-and findings
• Digital Lawsuits
• Overview of the European Accessibility Act
• A Guide to the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation
• The ADA Lawsuit Selement Involving an Accessibility Overlay (Murphy v. Eyebobs)
• Overlay Fact Sheet
• Overlay False Claims
• WP Accessibility Plugin
• Accessibility and 2022: 13 Design Trends From a Usability Perspective
• Accessibility Team’s goals for WordPress 6.0 and beyond
• David Bisset (Twitter)
• Post Status (Twitter)

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