Accessibility Craft Podcast

Tune in for conversations on website accessibility and craft beverages with the team from Equalize Digital, and audio recordings from the WordPress Accessibility Meetup. Episodes released every Monday.

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158: The ADA Deadline Is Here & Your Board Meeting Docs Are a Problem, Maine Root Blueberry Soda

April 6, 2026

In this episode of Accessibility Craft, the team dives into the high-stakes world of digital accessibility compliance as the ADA deadline for state and local governments rapidly approaches. With the April 24th cutoff looming for larger jurisdictions, the discussion centers on the massive challenge of remediating public documents, specifically public meeting agendas and minutes. They explore how traditional PDF workflows often create barriers for users with disabilities as the norm and not the exception, and discuss why some are choosing to pull information offline rather than face the complexities of remediation.

157: Making Digital Documents Accessible with Samantha Merrett

March 30, 2026

This episode is a recording of a February 2026 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, brought to you by Equalize Digital. At this event, the UK Ministry of Justice Senior Accessibility Specialist Samantha Merrett walked everyone through what it really takes to create digital documents that are accessible in the real world, not just in theory. Instead of focusing only on rules or checklists, she shared practical tips that participants could start using right away, helping them better understand why document accessibility matters for both compliance and inclusion

156: Manhattan Project Peacekeeper, ChatGPT Wrote My Accessibility Lawsuit

March 23, 2026

In this episode, the team explores a startling trend surfacing in 2026: a massive spike in pro se accessibility lawsuits fueled by artificial intelligence. While AI tools have helped democratize knowledge and skills in some ways, they are now being used to automate legal filings against businesses for ADA Title III violations, often with hallucinated case citations and “legal slop” that creates chaos in the courts. Our hosts discuss whether this automated legal wave helps hold businesses accountable or if this emerging trend will ultimately damage the accessibility movement.

155: Live Website Remediation Part Two with Brian Coords

March 16, 2026

This episode is a recording of a February 2026 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, brought to you by Equalize Digital. In this live WordPress accessibility remediation, Amber and Brian continued improving the accessibility of Brian’s podcast website, webmasters.fm. They identified common accessibility issues using both automated and manual testing tools, explained why these issues matter to users with disabilities, and demonstrated how to resolve them directly in the WordPress editor or through code.

153: Demystifying Screen Reader Use for Manual Testing with Deneb Pulsipher and Kosi Asabere

March 2, 2026

This episode is a recording of a January 2026 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, brought to you by Equalize Digital. Screen reader testing is important, but the barrier to entry is fairly high: before you can test with a screen reader, you have to know how to use a screen reader. Wrapping your mind around all those keystrokes and what they do can be difficult. Deneb and Kosi break it down for you and show you how to use the free screen reader of your choice to go through their Screen Reader Ropes Course. WordPress Accessibility Meetups are a 100% free and virtual community resource that take place via Zoom webinars twice a month.

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Accessibility Advocates

Accessibility Craft is hosted Amber Hinds, Chris Hinds, and Steve Jones, the owners of Equalize Digital, a Certified B Corporation specializing in WordPress Accessibility and makers of the Accessibility Checker plugin. 

Amber Hinds is a white woman in her 30's with long brown hair.

Amber Hinds

Chris Hinds is a white man in his 30's with gray hair and a short brown beard.

Chris Hinds

Steve Jones is a white man in his 30's with short brown hair.

Steve Jones