Meetup Recordings

127: ARIA for Beginners with Maria Maldonado

This episode is a recording of a June 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Maria Maldonado, Accessibility Specialist at Equalize Digital, shared a beginner-friendly exploration of ARIA, when to use it, when not to use it, and general best practices for digital inclusion.

121: Remediation or Rebuild? with Amber Hinds and Steve Jones

This episode is a recording of a May 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where our very own CEO Amber Hinds and CTO Steve Jones talk about everything that goes into deciding whether to remediate a website for accessibility, or rebuild from scratch.

117: Accessible Firebrand with Mark Alvis and Deneb Pulsipher

This episode is a recording of an April 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Mark Alvis and Deneb Pulsipher of SeaMonster Studios explore how and why companies often use their brand colors in inaccessible ways, and how to help decision-makers see and understand the issue.

109: The Law of Accessible Websites and Applications with Richard Hunt

This episode is a recording of a February 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Richard Hunt, Partner at Huey Law Firm, covered US laws that require business websites to be accessible, and current and future litigation over website accessibility and the risks posed to developers.

107: Thinking Beyond WCAG and Compliance with Chris Scholtens

This episode is a recording of a February 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Chris Scholtens, Product Manager at Enghouse Video, took a deep dive into how organizations can strive for genuine accessibility efforts instead of performative actions, prioritizing user benefit over optics.

105: How D&D Can Improve Accessibility with Nick Croft

This episode is a recording of a January 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, where Nick Croft, Principal Developer at Reaktiv Studios, teaches how taking time to roleplay “non-developer characters” or NDC’s can help improve accessibility.

103: WordPress Menu Blocks That Work for Everyone with Jennifer Dust & Eli Frigoli

This episode is a recording of a January 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Eli and Jennifer from Aten Design Group discussed the importance of accessible navigation, identified some common pitfalls of megamenu navigation solutions, explored the structural patterns of a truly accessible navigation menu, and learned how to determine which third-party solutions are developed with accessibility at the forefront by walking through the code structure of our custom megamenu block.