Category: Accessibility

Establishing metrics for accessibility ROI

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on April 6, 2023

This post is a follow-up to my prior article titled “Understanding the cost of not being accessible”. If you haven’t read that one, then this one will make a lot…

A quick guide to reviewing a VPAT ACR

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on March 27, 2023

The Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) based on the ITI VPAT® is the leading global reporting format for assisting buyers and sellers in identifying information and communications technology (ICT) products and…

Certifications should be hard

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on March 22, 2023

There’s recently been some turmoil over on the A11y Slack regarding the IAAP decision (since 2021) to require 3-5 years of documented experience in web accessibility in order to be…

The overlay personalization farce

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on February 27, 2023

Important Note The original intent of this article was to provide full examples of the overlay widgets’ features in active use, including details on how they operate and before-and-after screenshots.…

Understanding the cost of not being accessible

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on February 21, 2023

I’ve been writing on this site for a long time. In that time, I’ve written over a dozen times on the accessibility business case. Time and again, the message I’ve…

Automation is not the enemy

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on February 14, 2023

Before you read this, I want you to spend a few moments looking around where you are right now. Ponder, for a moment, the furniture you’re sitting on, the room…

Neutrality isn’t an option when it comes to accessibility

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on August 31, 2022

Not long ago, a recent Tweet by Accessibility.com and corresponding post on LinkedIn resulted in significant backlash from many prominent voices in the accessibility community. Both postings received dozens of…

Why is IAAP giving special treatment to overlays?

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on June 20, 2022

Almost a week ago, I published Overlays are here to stay. So are “male enhancement pills”, a reaction to Ken Nakata’s Best Practices for Overlays. Ken got a bit upset…

Overlays are here to stay. So are “male enhancement pills”.

Published by karlgroves@gmail.com on June 13, 2022

Recently a friend alerted me to an article by Ken Nakata titled Best Practices for Overlays which functions as little more than free advice to an industry that is populated…

Background on False Claims and Truth in Advertising

Published by Karl Groves on November 16, 2021

Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences.