React's architectural accessibility gaps
Unless you build it yourself there's no auto lang sync, change announcements, or focus management
Chris Yoong - Freelance Digital Accessibility Consultant,Frontend Developer, UX Developer, UI Developer, Accessibility Developer, WCAG
Freelance Frontend Developer, UX Developer, UI Developer, Accessibility Developer, WCAG
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Oh... accessibility is causing trauma. Shit
My favourite accessibility talk from 2025, and some notes.
I tried to educate an Accessibility overlay company from the inside
This is what happened.
Why did Apple Music skip accessibility for the Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance?
What about previous years?
German auditors reject accessibility overlays in EAA context
Use of accessibility widgets disqualifies websites from BIK certification
100, 150, or 200? Debunking the Alt text character limit
The arbitrary limit can be built into input fields and automated tooling
Your accessibility score is lying to you
Automation misses most issues, and can make teams think they’re done
Swedish government starts to audit eCommence websites
Government launches Accessibility inspections for retailers
Stop inviting overlay employees and bad actors into Accessibility spaces
It hands them blueprints for exploitation, legitimacy and control
Why are NHS trusts buying Accessibility overlays?
These trusts are wasting public money on useless overlays
Use of Colour (Level A) WCAG 1.4.1 - Accessibility Design tips
Simple, actionable tips
Why does big tech not run Accessibility bug bounties?
10 reasons why this would be great
FashionNova fined $5.15M, Vueling Airlines €90,000
While Carrefour, Agir, Auchan, E.Leclerc have been serviced notice under the EAA
Link Purpose (In Context) WCAG 2.4.4 - Accessibility Design tips
Simple, actionable tips
4 stages of Accessibility Maturity
From intention to integration
Tone policing and respectability politics
How these techniques derail Accessibility work, and what to do about it
Accessibility pushback
Talking openly and debunking some common pushback
Does our website have until 2030 to become accessible?
TL;DR - No
Figma sites, this isn’t empowerment. It’s miseducation
Do better
9 Deceptive Patterns spotted in Black Mirror
From "Common People" - Season 7, Episode 1
Calendly and Accessibility Problems
Some fixable issues
My friend lost their 3 year degree asking for software to help with ADHD
The unfortunate reality
Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
I’ve lots of questions
Buttons vs Links
A common Accessibility misstep
Why has progressive enhancement stopped being practised?
Systemic oversight, or active deprioritisation?
Building an Accessible Tab Component in React, Vite and Storybook for a Design System
Technical take home test
Micro-frontends is a warning sign
Having multiple Frontend stacks is not desirable and is a sign of dysfunction
20 uncomfortable messages that I would tell my younger self
about working within Digital Accessibility
Doughty Street Chambers and Accessibility Overlay use
Law firms that should know better
Why Svelte?
Which JavaScript framework should I pick?
The Accessibility overlay scandal
It's pretty grim
5 accessibility defects LinkedIn could resolve to make content more accessible
It's the role of the platform to prevent accessibility issues
Talking more about the law and accessibility
Let's amplify the voices of individuals that have taken action
Always add supporting text to icons within designs
It benefits voice control users
How to make web animations more accessible?
Have you heard of prefers-reduced-motion?
What is web accessibility?
and what is WCAG?
20 objections to accessibility and ways to counter them
Some suggestions
Audiobooks on the Google Play Store are 67.83% more expensive
Why should people with disabilities have to pay more?
Target had to pay $6,000,000 due to web accessibility failures
Precedent for other companies
Scandinavian Airlines were fined $100,000 for accessibility bugs
They faced legal action in two different markets
Adding “theme-colour” to Safari
Getting it to work
Apple Books and the disability tax
Audiobooks can be on average, 114% more expensive
95% of Frontend Developer jobs do not mention Accessibility and WCAG
I reviewed 100 jobs in the UK in July 2023
Can AI help with digital web accessibility?
Some thoughts
How many HTML errors are there on the Vonage homepage?
Short accessibility review
How accessible is the Fenwick homepage?
Reviewing the online store front
Allbirds and accessibility
Reviewing the homepage
How accessible is the Google store?
Reviewing the homepage
Ableism and on-going learning
Shifting perspective within accessibility