One of the most common accessibility issues is missing or unhelpful alt texts. Text Alternatives is the very first guideline of WCAG: 1.1 Text AlternativesProvide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language. The requirement is…

I admit: in previous years you might have heard me say “focus states only apply to desktop”. Because that was often the universal truth among my project members, that is, until we learned better. So I understand why I often encounter this mistake when performing accessibility reviews. Focus states actually need to be properly implemented…

As a frontend developer and accessibility expert, I often run into the same issues over and over again. In a series of blog posts, I will address some of these issues, and I will start with perhaps the most basic one: not adhering to HTML coding standards. This of course includes an endless array of…