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Foundations: form validation and error messages
Posted on by Demelza Feltham in Design and development
As well as labelling text fields with input and labels, and grouping forms with the <fieldset>
and <legend>
elements, form validation and error messages are also essential to making forms accessible to everyone.

Meet Hasmukh: a blind cricketer and screen reader user
Posted on by Henny Swan in User experience
Meet Hasmukh, a talented blind cricketer with lots of patience and determination.
Hasmukh shares his experience using the web with a screen reader and highlights the importance of accessible emails, forms, language, and prioritising content within a web page.

XR Accessibility: for people with hearing disabilities
Posted on by Joe Lamyman in Design and development
Extended Reality (XR) experiences tend to focus on providing immersive sounds and directional audio to convey information. But we need to consider how we convey the information in these experiences to people who can’t hear them.

XR Accessibility: for people with thinking disabilities
Posted on by Joe Lamyman in Design and development
Extended Reality (XR) experiences tend to focus on providing rich, visual content to convey information. But we need to consider how we convey the information in these experiences in a way that isn’t overwhelming, scary, or difficult to understand.

XR Accessibility: for people with seeing disabilities
Posted on by Joe Lamyman in Design and development
Extended Reality (XR) experiences tend to focus on providing rich, visual content to convey information. But we need to consider how we convey the information in these experiences to people who can’t see them.

Introduction to XR Accessibility
Posted on by Joe Lamyman in Design and development
Extended Reality (XR) provides immersive experiences through detailed visual, audio, and multi-media content. When using these different types of content, we need to consider how we can communicate the same information to people with disabilities in order to make XR accessible to everyone.

Foundations: labelling text fields with input and label
Posted on by Demelza Feltham in Design and development
In this post about forms, we explore how to effectively label text fields using <input>
and <label>
elements to create form inputs that are both accessible and user-friendly.

Design patterns and WCAG
Posted on by Graeme Coleman in Design and development
The ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG) contains an extensive range of design patterns aimed at helping developers to create accessible web experiences using WAI-ARIA. However, while we encourage web authors to follow these design patterns, a common misconception is that their usage is a prerequisite for conformance.
This is not the case.

Does WCAG 2.2 apply to native apps
Posted on by Steve Faulkner in Design and development, Standards, Testing
A big question for many organisations is if WCAG 2.2 applies to native apps. In this post we explore what does and doesn't apply.

Why are my live regions not working?
Posted on by Patrick H. Lauke in Design and development
Live regions have a reputation for being "flaky" and inconsistent. While this can be attributed in part to shortcomings in current implementations, the problem can also be caused by developers misunderstanding how live regions are intended to work.

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