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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "#a11y technical watch, June-July 2025" |
| 3 | +abstract: "#a11y anthology, June-July 2025" |
| 4 | +date: "2025-08-05" |
| 5 | +tags: |
| 6 | + - veille |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | +# Digital accessibility watch June - July 2025 |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Part of the Orange Accessibility Competence Center team was at A11Y Paris at the end of June. Many people and an always interesting program, another great opportunity for peer-to-peer exchanges with newcomers on a growing topic... |
| 11 | +I wasn't aware of all these public sector A11Y grants. Here's a good summary from Access42 (fr): https://access42.net/aides-financement-accessibilite-numerique-secteur-public/. |
| 12 | +We're celebrating the implementation of the EAA (European Accessibility Act) on June 28, 2025. Here's a great summary of this European act: https://digitalaccessibilitycentre.org/blogs/NewEAA-20241217.html#common-requirements-for-all-products-and-services. |
| 13 | +Still lots to read during these holidays! |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## Accessibility in Laws, Standards, and Recommendations |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +- Evaluation of the accessibility of public digital services in France in 2024, could do better (fr): https://beta.gouv.fr/accessibilite/evaluation-2024 |
| 18 | +- An interactive map highlighting the level of (non)compliance of 6,568 French municipalities (fr): https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/fr/map/mesure-de-laccessibilite-des-sites-web-des-commun:e_1189554 |
| 19 | +- Some key points for understanding ARIA: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what-i-wish-someone-told-me-aria/ |
| 20 | +- What's new in ARIA 1.3: https://webaim.org/blog/up-and-coming-aria/ |
| 21 | +- Another article on the EAA: https://www.startyourbusinessmag.com/blog/2025/06/12/accessibility-is-not-an-option-what-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa-means-for-you/ |
| 22 | +- EN 301549: https://digitalaccessibilitycentre.org/blogs/EN-301-549-20250122.html |
| 23 | +- WCAG 2.2.1 Time Adjustable Criterion Explained: https://tarnoff.info/2025/07/07/a11y-101-2-2-1-timing-adjustable/ |
| 24 | +- WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard Navigation: https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/09/a11y-101-2-1-1-keyboard/ |
| 25 | +- EAA FAQ: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07/18/eaa-faq/ |
| 26 | +- EAA and its local transpositions: https://equalizedigital.com/european-accessibility-act/#:~:text=Requirements%20by%20Country |
| 27 | +- Explanations of 1.14.3 Content on hover or focus: https://tarnoff.info/2025/06/02/a11y-101-1-4-13-content-on-hover-or-focus/ |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## Accessibility Implementation Strategy |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- Whimsy and A11y: https://goodinternetmagazine.com/can-accessibility-be-whimsical/ |
| 32 | +- Selfish reasons for using A11y: https://nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/selfish-reasons-for-building-accessible-uis/ |
| 33 | +- Design system and A11y: https://www.voorhoede.nl/en/blog/accessibility-in-design-systems/ |
| 34 | +- 100% compliant site and beyond: https://www.temesis.com/blog/un-site-totalement-conforme-au-rgaa-l-est-il-vraiment/ |
| 35 | +- Being an A11y champion: https://equalentry.com/championing-accessibility/ |
| 36 | +- AccessibilityOps transcribed from an A11y Paris conference (fr): https://blog.hello-bokeh.fr/2025/06/26/accessibilityops-passage-a-lechelle/#Mesurer-le-niveau-d%E2%80%99accessibilit%C3%A9-des-personnes |
| 37 | +- Arguments to convince people to adopt A11y: https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/how-to-convince-people-to-care-and-invest-in-accessibility/ |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +## Testing accessibility |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +- 5 major A11y mistakes and how to identify and correct them: https://intopia.digital/articles/top-5-web-accessibility-issues-2024/ |
| 42 | +- Confusion over the WCAG role, name, value 4.1.2 criterion: https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/07/08/short-note-wcag-aria-state-of-confusion/ |
| 43 | +- Good A11y checklists: https://equalizedigital.com/creating-an-effective-website-accessibility-checklist/ |
| 44 | +- Lots of explanations about WCAG criteria and how to test them, great: https://www.dennisdeacon.com/ |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## Technical Points |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +- What to translate and what not: https://www.tpgi.com/translating-accessibility/ |
| 49 | +- Accessible name and label, a quick fix: https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/07/14/a-label-and-a-name-walk-into-a-bar/ |
| 50 | +- Where to set focus when opening a modal: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html |
| 51 | +- ARIA-selected explained: https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/aria-selected/ |
| 52 | +- FALC as an A11y tool, good writing practice (fr): https://blog.ipedis.com/langage-clair-accessibilite-cognitive-et-accessibilite-numerique?_hsmi=369355244 |
| 53 | +- The A11y of popovers, interview with Hidde De Vries: https://lolaslab.co/what-the-spec/s01/ep02/ |
| 54 | +- Contextualizing your link titles: https://heydonworks.com/article/accessible-rick-rolling/ |
| 55 | +- Selecting all in a table: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/check-uncheck-all-in-a-table.html |
| 56 | +- Keeping it simple with ARIA: https://tarnoff.info/2025/05/05/k-i-s-s-aria/ |
| 57 | +- Page routing and A11y in front-end frameworks: https://www.tpgi.com/client-side-routing-accessibility/ |
| 58 | +- Still on SPAs and A11y: https://afixt.com/ensuring-accessibility-in-single-page-applications-a-comprehensive-guide/ |
| 59 | +- Is it a list or a table of data? Interesting: https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/are-you-sure-that-table-isnt-a-list |
| 60 | +- Hierarchy in HTML tables: https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/hierarchy-in-tables |
| 61 | +- Developing accessible HTML tables: https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/hierarchy-in-tables |
| 62 | +- An update on SVG and A11Y: https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/svg-accessibility/ |
| 63 | +- Several solutions for making floating action buttons accessible: https://danny-payne.medium.com/accessibility-options-for-floating-action-buttons-99bdf8146988 |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +## Back From experience |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +- CSS that break A11y, read (fr): https://www.alsacreations.com/article/lire/1951-quand-css-casse-accessibilite.html |
| 68 | +- A request for Google products, make it A11y from the design stage: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-request-to-google-on-accessibility.html |
| 69 | +- Where to put focus when opening a modal: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html |
| 70 | +- Shame on making code that's ugly and therefore not A11y: https://heydonworks.com/article/pride-shame-and-accessibility/ |
| 71 | +- A look back at the IAAP certification and keeping it, I quite agree: https://www.nicchan.me/blog/was-my-iaap-certification-worth-it/ |
| 72 | +- Some ideas for guerrilla a11y: https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/eight-skunkworks-projects-that-advance/ |
| 73 | +- 5 a11y points to include in your design system: https://a11y.is/articles/five-accessibility-opportunities-for-design-systems/ |
| 74 | +- Visibility and focus management: https://www.tpgi.com/managing-focus-and-visible-focus-indicators-practical-accessibility-guidance-for-the-web/ |
| 75 | +- Another example of an a11y overlay, it still doesn't work: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/arty-could-get-you-sued.html |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +## Mobile app, web Mobile |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +- Test keyboard navigation on mobile: https://github.com/workday-accessibility/accessibility-eval/blob/main/keyboard.md |
| 80 | +- iOS 26 brings a host of accessibility improvements, especially for the visually impaired: https://convergeaccessibility.com/2025/07/07/ios-26-accessibility-blind-iphone-users/ |
| 81 | +- A new app for learning about accessibility on iOS, with lots of explanations, code examples, and even a game to learn how to use accessibility options—we wish we'd invented it!: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/accessibility-handbook/id6443476485 |
| 82 | +- iOS Accessibility Inspector - the foundation for checking your developments: https://dev.to/steady5063/ios-accessibility-inspector-beyond-automation-2cl2 |
| 83 | +- The Accessibility Nutriscore is now available on the Apple Store: https://canaxess.com.au/articles/closer-look-apples-accessibility-nutrition-labels/ |
| 84 | +- The latest accessibility news on Android: https://youtu.be/fKY6qYxytLI?si=okkNhxshybp2KiLY |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +## Assistive technologies |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +- Documenting the UX for Screen Reader Users, The Guide: https://bbc.github.io/accessibility-news-and-you/guides/screen-reader-ux.html |
| 89 | +- HTML support in Jaws and NVDA4: What's the status?: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07/10/html-support/ |
| 90 | +- The rest of the HTML/AT compatibility tests: https://tetralogical.github.io/screen-reader-HTML-support/ |
| 91 | +- Keyboard traps and their user impact, read: https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/keyboard-trap/ |
| 92 | +- Which ATs for which disabilities: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07/28/foundations-types-of-assistive-technology-and-adaptive-strategies/ |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +## Ergonomics, UI & UX |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +- Motion sensitivity, how to do it right: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/web-sensitivity-how-to-design-accessible-animations/ |
| 97 | +- UX and notifications: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/design-guidelines-better-notifications-ux/ |
| 98 | +- Building an A11y infographic, step by step: https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/accessible-infographics/ |
| 99 | +- UX, cognitive impairment, and WCAG 2.2 criteria: https://coforma.io/perspectives/give-users-brains-a-break-ux-tips-for-cognitive-accessibility |
| 100 | +- Content writing and cognitive impairment: https://www.digitalaccesstraining.com/pages/articles?p=cognitive-accessibility-writing-copy-that-works |
| 101 | +- Designing for cognitive impairment on the web: https://afixt.com/designing-for-cognitive-disabilities-best-practices-for-an-inclusive-web/ |
| 102 | +- Digital design and neuro-divergents: https://knowaboutaccessibility.org/2025/07/17/5-simple-fixes-that-make-digital-spaces-calmer-for-neurodivergent-and-all-users/ |
| 103 | +- Design pattern for conversational agents: https://www.mulebooks.com/conversational-design |
| 104 | +- Design pattern for dashboards: https://dashboarddesignpatterns.github.io/ |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +## AI |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +- AI and A11Y, solutions and problems: https://www.teachaccess.org/where-ai-meets-accessibility-considerations-for-higher-education-toolkit/ |
| 109 | +- Design Pattern for AI Interfaces: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/design-patterns-ai-interfaces/ |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +## Resources |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +- Thoughts on WCAG 2.2 and 3.0, not Wrong: https://blog.logrocket.com/ux-design/wcag-3-vs-2-ux/ |
| 114 | +- Do it and prove it rather than say you're doing a11y: https://afixt.com/designing-for-cognitive-disabilities-best-practices-for-an-inclusive-web/ |
| 115 | +- 4 Lightning Talks from A11yNYC: https://equalentry.com/accessibility-lightning-talks/ |
| 116 | +- Motion Sensitivity and How to Do It Right on the Web: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/web-sensitivity-how-to-design-accessible-animations/ |
| 117 | +- List of games based on their accessibility: https://caniplaythat.com/ |
| 118 | +- To make a conference accessible (fr): https://access42.net/conference-presentation-accessible-bonnes-pratiques-outils/ |
| 119 | +- The experience of an a11y expert, so true: https://cerovac.com/a11y/2025/06/youre-not-an-accessibility-specialist-until-youve/ |
| 120 | +- Reading order in PowerPoint: https://access42.net/ordre-lecture-powerpoint-accessibilite/ |
| 121 | +- Interesting videos on A11Y by Intopia: https://www.youtube.com/@intopia |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +## Other |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +- Accessibility is also important for video games and consoles, with the Nintendo Switch 2 serving as an example in this regard (in): https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/686591/nintendo-switch-2-accessibility-features-analysis |
| 126 | +- A way to advance A11Y?: https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250724/ |
| 127 | +- Mid-Year Report on ADA Complaints: https://blog.usablenet.com/2025-midyear-accessibility-lawsuit-report-key-legal-trends |
| 128 | +- When to Raise Red Flags for Accessibility: https://accessiblelink.substack.com/p/red-flags-for-accessibility https://accessiblelink.substack.com/p/red-flags-for-accessibility |
| 129 | +- A shared opinion on the progress of ADA: https://steady.page/en/075ca46e-c27f-49fb-946a-f1aa90a08e0d/posts/a1113fe6-287b-4dfe-a06d-28ff8ec0cc70 |
| 130 | +- Jobs not suitable for A11Y jobs: https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/mission-impossible-accessibility-job-roles/ |
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