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#accessibility

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Kim Perales

Trump’s admin: dismantles #disability #rights & ED. There's a burgeoning mvt agst #accessibility from conservatives with lg platforms. Manufacturing cultural outrage to justify policy that'd have previously been considered too cruel/damaging is a staple of the far-R playbook.

SM followers take their marching orders, hurling discontent at: targets & regurgitating TPs. Eventually -ideas: so ubiquitous -adopted by pols *use them to engage their base -becomes policy-.
#USPol
theguardian.com/global/2025/ma

The Guardian · The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyoneBy Guardian staff reporter
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Calishat

#disability #accessibility #VisualImpairment #MicrosoftEdge

"During a video call with a teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) a few days ago, I copied a link from the Microsoft Edge web browser and pasted it into the chat box. ... they were super excited about the fact Microsoft Edge had automatically created a descriptive hyperlink with the title of the page, instead of just pasting a plain text URL."

veroniiiica.com/customize-micr

Veroniiiica · Customize Microsoft Edge Accessibility For Low VisionAn in-depth guide to customize Microsoft Edge accessibility for low vision. Make it easier to access web content with high contrast, custom colors, and more!
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Patrick H. Lauke

seeing discussions around how "members of the public (tm)" are prevented from taking part in standards development, because tools like github (where discussion/development happens) may not be familiar to them. while i understand the sentiment, i'd hazard a guess that these members of the public won't understand how the sausage is made, and will be frustrated by the consensus-driven standards development ... it's not just a "let me tell you about MY lived experience" thing #a11y #accessibility

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Jeri Dansky

With so many horrible things going on, I miss seeing some of them. The Trump administration’s attacks on disability rights is something I was only vaguely aware of, so I’m thankful for reporting that pulls various actions together in one place.

theguardian.com/global/2025/ma

h/t @metagrrrl

The Guardian · The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyoneBy Guardian staff reporter
#uspol#DisabilityRights#accessibility
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DreamingHope

If you have been wanting to start a career in Audio Description, but you don't have the means to afford the training, there's a great opportunity coming up for a free training (with a stipend), followed by a paid apprenticeship.

We are especially looking for people who are underrepresented in the AD industry.

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AD Training RetreatsPaid AD Training Application | AD Training Retreats
#AudioDescription#Accessibility#FreelanceWriter
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Adrian Roselli

While this baseline support effort is great:
w3c.social/@w3c/11422932933992

Remember that it does not include baseline support for #accessibility features:
github.com/web-platform-dx/web

So continue to test on your own. #a11y

w3c.socialWorld Wide Web Consortium (@w3c@w3c.social)Patrick Brosset, co-chair of the WebDX Community Group and François Daoust, co-chair of the WebDX Community Group wrote about the first catalog of web features targeted at web developers, along with support data across main browsers. It contains the most complete set of fine-grained features defined in web specifications, have been mapped to 1000+ higher-level features in the web-features project. Feedback is welcome! https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/first-catalog-of-web-features-completed-by-the-webdx-community-group/
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Nathan Knowler

What’s the definition of “font size” in WCAG’s SC 1.4.12? Is it the height of the text box, which includes space? Is it the cap height? How does that work for the horizontal requirements for letter/word spacing? Should that use a more relevant metric? #accessibility #CSS

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Adrian Roselli

I’m a fan of @iFixit already because they help people reduce waste and gain some agency over repairing the panopticon devices for which we pay stupid money.

Even more of a fan because they are working to make their content accessible and asking for feedback.

More of this from orgs, please.

mastodon.social/@iFixit/114229

MastodoniFixit (@iFixit@mastodon.social)Is having the entire script of the video included in the #AltText helpful or frustrating? Let us know for future videos!
#a11y#accessibility
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