Conversations

In this episode of Accessibility Craft, the team dives into the newly released WebAIM Million 2026 Report and what it reveals about the current state of web accessibility. From rising error counts to surprising CMS rankings, the conversation explores whether the industry is actually improving and what’s driving the trends. The discussion also connects these insights to Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and how individuals and organizations can take meaningful action.

Is your website at risk from your own content team? In this episode of Accessibility Craft, we unpack a surprising legal development in accessibility lawsuits and explore a growing concern for organizations: how content creators, not just developers, can introduce accessibility issues and legal exposure. Along the way, the team debates governance, training, and permissions in WordPress, and how to future-proof your site in an AI-driven world. 

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.

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.

In this episode of Accessibility Craft, the team debates how to balance accessibility, brand identity, and platform consistency. The conversation centers on a significant UI refactor for the Accessibility Checker plugin, and the upcoming release of WordPress 7.0 with its new default color palette.

Accessibility Craft returns for Episode 152 with a brand new look and a deep conversation about the weight of being an expert. This week, we explore the internal and external pressures of maintaining a perfect accessibility record in an industry known calling out digital failures. We also discuss how to handle the “hypocrite” label when balancing business speed with high standards. 

Can accessibility improvements really generate ROI for a software company? Taylor Walden shares the inside story of LearnDash’s accessibility journey, and how tackling accessibility-related technical debt led to some pretty impressive results that grew their bottom line. If you want to know what those results were, you’ll have to listen!

In this episode, we interview Sharon Rush, Executive Director of Knowbility, about her 25+ years of work in the digital accessibility space. Knowbility is one of the most widely recognized nonprofit organizations focused on digital inclusion globally, and Sharon did us the honor of sharing an exclusive announcement about the organization’s future on the podcast. Listen (or read) to find out!

In this episode, we interview special guest Karl Groves about his new, fully accessible event ticketing platform Eventably. Learn about what led to the creation of Eventably, why accessibility in the events space is broken, and how this new platform aims to shake up the conversation around accessibility as a viable avenue for investment.

In this episode, Amber and Steve interview special guest Joe Dolson about Able Player, a free, open source accessible HTML5 media player project. Learn about the project, how Joe got involved, and general recommendations around implementing accessible media on websites in 2025, and beyond.

In this episode, we discuss the “surprise” WordPress 6.9 release coming out in 2025 and the accessibility fixes, new blocks, and new features it promises. 

Accessibility doesn’t end once you’ve remediated issues or passed an audit. In this episode, we talk about what accessibility looks like in practice after the “fixes” are done. We dig into why accessibility must be an ongoing process, share the tools and workflows that make continuous monitoring easier, and explore how organizations can build accessibility into their everyday WordPress development and content practices.

In this episode, we talk about the misconception that accessibility primarily focuses on helping blind users, and share a wide variety of things website owners can do that may not necessarily benefit blind users, but that nonetheless greatly enhance overall accessibility.

In this episode, we talk about the case of a “sue and settle” Kansas City attorney who was found to own multiple inaccessible websites themselves, according to findings from an ABC investigative journalist’s report.

In this episode, we talk about WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 with special guest Ryan Bracey, who takes us through speaker selection, talks we’re looking forward to, tips for getting the most out of the conference, and much more. 

In this episode, special guest Alex Stine gives a first-hand look at how blind individuals use the web using both a good and bad example.