Listen to Accessibility Craft podcast episodes.
We threw a party at WordCamp US 2024 called Accessibility Craft IRL, in collaboration with AccessiCart. Amber and Steve share a retrospective on the event, as well as a series of short, in-person interviews with people who attended.
This episode is a recording of a September 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Quay Morgan, Brand Director at Ninja Forms, explored the challenges and triumphs their team experienced in the pursuit of creating more accessible products.
In this episode, we interview disability rights attorney Lainey Feingold about a wide range of topics, from how she got into accessibility and advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilties, to the broader trends we are seeing globally around accessibility laws and enforcement.
This episode is a recording of an August 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Renee Dunn from Elevage Digital shared strategies, lessons learned, and code examples for improving the accessibility of web pages built using the Divi theme and page builder.
In this episode, we discuss how we went about designing and building a new, accessible portal for Equalize Digital’s customers, the reasons why we did it, and our takeaways now that the new portal has launched.
This episode is a recording of an August 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Paola Gonzalez, Content Specialist at Equalize Digital, provided 10 actionable strategies to ensure your content adheres to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), enhance user experience, and broaden your audience reach.
In this episode, Amber and Chris interview special guest Isla Waite about her journey into web accessibility, tips and tricks for learning accessibility deeply, and her recent involvement in consulting on a potentially controversial accessibility law (AB 1757) that is under consideration in the California legislature.
This episode is a recording of a July 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, compared the accessibility of popular page builders: Avada, Beaver Builder, Breakdance, Bricks, CoBlocks, Divi, Elementor, GeneratePress, Kadence, and Site Origin. Listen in to find out which provides the best (or worst) foundation for accessibility.
In this episode, we discuss the recent class-action lawsuit filed against accessibility overlay company AccessiBe for breach of contract and failure to deliver on its promises of a fully automated accessibility solution.
This episode is a recording of a July 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Gavin Colborne, founder at Little Forest, explored how the world’s top universities are revolutionizing web accessibility and achieving stringent compliance standards through Real-Time Web Registry Services.
In this episode, we review Canadian accessibility laws, the broad requirements, who they apply to, and any penalties for failing to comply. In addition, we discuss the broader impact of these laws on the internet as a whole, as well as the WordPress ecosystem.
This episode is a recording of a June 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Raghavendra Satish Peri, Accessibility Auditor and Specialist, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the Lifter LMS WordPress Plugin and provided real-time feedback.
In this episode, we interview Chris Ferdinandi about learning how to thrive as a developer with ADHD, from his backstory and how he got into coding, to tactics he’s learned along the way to become a highly skilled and effective developer.
This episode is a recording of a June 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Nick Croft, Senior Developer at Reaktiv Studios, outlined the six levels of accessibility maturity at the organizational level and the importance of organizations knowing where they are in order to determine where they are going next.
In this episode, we discuss the current state of WordPress Accessibility-Ready theme requirements written in 2011 and last updated in 2014. We discuss how these requirements need to be updated, whether WordPress themes with this tag are still the best “starting point,” and whether they should closely align with WCAG.
This episode is a recording of a May 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Simon Miner, founder at Pedal Point Solutions, discussed the critical importance of empathy in advocating for accessibility and building better initiatives.
