WAI-ARIA: Role-Meter

An element that represents a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value. Description An element that represents a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value. Authors MAY set aria-valuemin and aria-valuemax to indicate the minimum and maximum values for the meter. Otherwise, their implicit values follow the same rules as <input[type=”range”]> in [HTML]: The value of aria-valuenow MUST NOT fall below or exceed the computed…

WAI-ARIA: Role=Deletion

A deletion contains content that is marked as removed or content that is being suggested for removal. Description A deletion contains content that is marked as removed or content that is being suggested for removal. Deletions are typically used to either mark differences between two versions of content or to designate content suggested for removal…

WAI-ARIA: Role=Strong

Content that is important, serious, or urgent. Description Content that is important, serious, or urgent. The purpose of the strong role is to communicate strong importance, seriousness, or urgency. It is not for communicating changes in typographical presentation that are not important to the meaning of the content. Authors SHOULD use the strong role only if its absence would change the…

WAI-ARIA: Role=Caption

Visible content that names, and may also describe, a figure, table, grid, or treegrid. Description Visible content that names, and may also describe, a figure, table, grid, or treegrid. When using caption authors SHOULD ensure: Authors SHOULD set aria-labelledby on the parent figure, table, grid, or treegrid to reference the element with role caption. However, if a caption contains content that serves as both a name and description for its parent, authors MAY instead set aria-labelledby to reference an element within the caption that contains…

Time to Address the Skills Gap in the Accessibility Industry

Time to Address the Skills Gap in the Accessibility Industry

Of late, many people have been reaching out to me asking if I could teach accessibility concepts. Some of them have even cracked job interviews after hastily studying crash courses. Now they seek my support during their employment. While I genuinely enjoy teaching, I do have very limited time in a day. The field of…