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github.blog

Building a general-purpose accessibility agent

The experimental general-purpose accessibility agent that GitHub is piloting.

craigabbott.co.uk

Our CSS isn’t opinionated enough

Why styling on semantics and roles could make accessibility harder to skip.

emailmarkup.org

Email Accessibility Report 2026

A technical audit of the senders, platforms and email clients that define the modern inbox.

webaim.org

WebAIM: Tolerating inaccessibility

Despite an increase in interest and the tireless efforts of digital accessibility professionals, the web is less accessible than it was a year ago.

chriscoyier.net

When sites need to walk away

According to a Pew Research Center report, 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are no longer accessible.

piccalil.li

Three stoic principles for better web accessibility

Some simple principles here from Steve Frenzel that you can apply whether you’re highly experienced in web accessibility or a beginner.

frontendmasters.com

AI-generated UI is inaccessible by default

It doesn’t mean you can’t get AI to help with accessible code, you’ve just got to know what you’re doing.

gbbns.co

The accessibility problem isn’t design. It’s engineering.

Full-stack hiring, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create a crisis hiding in plain sight.

github.com

A11Y.md

A context system for building accessible software by default—for developers and AI, with enforceable rules aligned to WCAG.

webaim.org

The WebAIM Million

The 2026 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages.

davidmello.com

Playwright accessibility testing

Axe and Lighthouse miss 60–70% of WCAG violations. Learn the limitations of automated accessibility testing and how to write smarter Playwright tests.

pawelgrzybek.com

SVG favicons that respect theme preference

A small detail that builds trust through consistent accessibility.

blog.pope.tech

Making emojis and icons screen reader accessible

How emojis and icons are often not traditional images that need special considerations to be screen reader accessible.

gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

Game Accessibility Guidelines

A straightforward reference for inclusive game design, supporting the industry since 2012.

tetralogical.com

Designing for people with anxiety

Most of us will experience anxiety at some point, sometimes triggered by a stressful moment, other times as a chronic condition.

conor.fyi

Accessibility and AI agents

Accessibility was designed for humans, but the surface it exposes in your apps can benefit your agents and save you money — if you populate it.

dbushell.com

Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden

Screen readers need context that visual layouts ignore.

alttextselfies.net

Alt Text Selfies

This project takes a well-known practice—the selfie—and approaches it through a disability lens.

accessibilityforeveryone.site

Accessibility for Everyone

Read the book online for free.

ericwbailey.website

How an accessibility designer adds keyboard shortcuts to a web app

Keyboard shortcuts occupy a strange area for web design.