Meetup Recordings

In this live, hands-on session, Brian Coords joined Amber Hinds to walk through real-world accessibility remediation on an active website.

This episode is a recording of a January 2023 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Anne-Mieke Bovelett, Web Accessibility Consultant, shared how she guides and inspires designers and developers to want to rock accessibility.

This episode is a recording of a November 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, discuss the past, present, and future of accessibility in WordPress.

This episode is a recording of a January 2022 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Carie Fisher, a developer with over 15 years of tech experience, explained the choices you can/should consider in an accessible visual presentation using text, such as font, color, contrast, size, column width, spacing, kerning, and more.

This episode is a recording of a September 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where special guest Alex Stine tested a number of commercial cookie banner solutions using his screen reader.

This episode is a recording of an October 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Annelies Verhelst, Digital Accessibility Expert at Accessibility Desk, shared practical strategies and persuasive arguments to help professionals make a strong business case for accessibility, even when it felt like an uphill battle.

This episode is a recording of a September 2022 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Nick Corbett, Accessibility Training & Research Coordinator at The Carroll Center for the Blind, talked about the Screen Reader User Tester Training (SRUTT) Program at the Carroll Center for the Blind.

This episode is a recording of a September 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Picca Neri takes a deep dive into the world of ultra stylized, AI-generated captions. Are they helping, or hurting your content?

This episode is a recording of an August 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, presents key findings from our 2025 Page Builder Accessibility Report.

This episode is a recording of an August 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Catherine Sherry and Kate O’Connor from Onward Accessibility discussed effective strategies for recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding individuals with disabilities.

This episode is a recording of a July 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where David Denedo and Angela Bowman covered practical strategies to build accessibility friendly sites in Elementor, while also covering some key usability barriers to be aware of on the platform.

This episode is a recording of a June 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where panelists Bri Norton, Ricky Onsman, and Amanda Mace discussed how an annual accessibility conference ended up growing into a national association with real political clout.

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.

This episode is a recording of an April 2022 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Cam Beaudoin, President at A11y Coder, talked about how to create web forms that are more accessible and usable.

This episode is a recording of a May 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where several WordPress agency owners weighed in with their own strategies and success stories on selling accessibility.

This is a “throwback” episode where we pull an old Meetup recording that has special relevance in the current accessibility conversations that are happening. This time, we pulled “Accessibility Overlays: All Sizzle, No Steak” with speaker Karl Groves from the Meetup archives.