In case you didn't know, April is Autism Acceptance Month. In this month we take time to recognize and celebrate the unique qualities and differences that make all of us who we are. No two humans are the same, and rather than look as those differences as things that set us apart from each other, I

There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about using AI to improve accessibility. I’ve seen and heard people talk about the potential for a browser or OS level AI to swoop in and solve “last-mile” accessibility issues for a user that a designer or developer has not considered or accounted

I've recently started listening to the Systems of Harm podcast by Amy Hupe. It's a short (6 episodes) series of podcasts discussing design systems and probing into how in addition to speeding up the design process they can also accelerate and perpetuate systemic harm. Of particular interest to myse

As this year comes to an end and we begin looking into the next one I’ve decided to publish my goals for the next year in a hope that this will help keep my accountable to reaching them. Visit Scotland We’ve planned a trip for this fall to visit England Scotland and Ireland. This is one of our major

One Post a Week Back in September I set a challenge for myself to try and write one blog post a week through the end of the year. I figured, 7 days to write one single post? Peace of cake. Turns out that writing is a lot harder than I thought. I managed do to it though, and it’s something I plan on

What is Semantic HTML? In programming, semantics refers to the meaning of a piece of code. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the backbone of the web, it is ultimately what is rendered in a browser when someone visits a website. Semantic HTML is the concept that markup should be coded to represent

This past weekend Dave Rupert put out a blog post talking about being publicly shamed for having poor accessibility. In his closing thoughts he talks about how; despite his growing knowledge and experience designing accessible products, he stills finds “creating end-to-end accessible experiences dif

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For years now there have been programs, tools and libraries that all claim to deliver on the same promise, delivering to you “Production-Ready” code. Dreamweaver was entirely based on the idea that you could design a website in their visual tool and it would generate all of the HTML for you, neat! A

In my work with Design Systems, accessibility often comes up as a topic. Questions can range from the incredibly basic, "What is accessibility?" to the more complex and nuanced, "Is the language of this modal clear enough?" Part of my job is to help guide the designers, developer

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