Episodes

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.