Episodes

Listen to Accessibility Craft podcast episodes.

059: Trends to Avoid in 2024 with Danielle Zarcaro

This episode is a recording of a February 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup. In it, Danielle Zarcaro, founder of Overnight Website and Kinetic Iris, reviews current website trends we should avoid for accessibility and other reasons.

057: Do More with Less ARIA with Michaela Lederman

This episode is a recording of a February 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Michaela Lederman, Senior Accessibility & QA Lead at Aten Design Group, explores the intricacies of Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), a critical tool for enhancing the web experience for users with disabilities.

056: What’s New in WCAG 2.2, Ramune Japanese Soda

In this episode, we review the changes introduced with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 in detail, and talk about key areas where organizations will need to implement changes in order to adapt to the new standards.

055: Low-Code Accessible WooCommerce Case Study with Amber Hinds

This episode is a recording of a January 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, shared her case study on building an accessible drop-shipping WooCommerce website, including the process for building, testing, and remediating in WooCommerce and specific plugin findings.

053: How to Write Accessible Website Copy with Abby Wood

This episode is a recording of a January 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Abby Wood, Content Strategist at The Content Lab, reviewed how to make your website copy accessible from various perspectives, including reading levels, neurodivergent needs, dyslexia, and Parkinson’s.

049: Going Beyond WCAG Compliance with Andrew Mallis and Mike McCaffrey

This episode is a recording of a December 2023 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where the CEO and Senior Architect at Kalamuna Agency share tools and tactics that can help organizations of any size become more digitally inclusive, and to start thinking beyond just WCAG compliance.

048: $2 Million Settlement Against Web Developer for Failing to Deliver Accessible Website, Surely Sparkling Rose

In this episode, we discuss the recent $2 million court settlement between Bryan Bashin, a leader in the blindness community and blind camping enthusiast; and Conduent State and Local Solutions, the developer who built California’s Parks and Recreation Department website, which, according to court documents, failed to meet even the most basic accessibility standards. 

047: Component Pattern Libraries for Accessible WordPress with Reed Piernock

This episode is a recording of a November 2023 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Reed Piernock of Georgetown University demonstrates how pattern library systems work, how themes and blocks can be built using shared components, and how accessibility testing is an integral part of their process.