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(he/him) Digital Accessibility Specialist at @NDIS #a11y

Launceston, Tasmania
Joined May 2017
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WebAIM's popular Contrast Checker is now available as a bookmarklet - webaim.org/resources/contras… The bookmarklet presents a mini-contrast checker within any web page. Use the eyedropper tool to extract foreground/background colors from anything on your screen.
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Twitter has removed my API access. My accessible Twitter app is officially dead. ☹️
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I was pleased to hear an announcement on my train this morning about @metrotrains joining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. Wear a sunflower pin to tell staff you might need assistance or more time. 🌻#Melbourne
🌻 Metro Trains is proud to launch the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower on our network. We encourage passengers who need extra support to wear the Sunflower to show Metro Trains staff you may need assistance, or approach our team during your journey. Visit: metrotrains.com.au/sunflower
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Australian Access Awards - 2023 Nominations now open! Do you know of any exceptional websites or apps, or people doing amazing things in the digital space? youtu.be/uSmGJmhv9FI via @YouTube #AustralianAccessAwards #CFAAustralia #Ally #accessibility #EmpowerAccessibleDesign
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Coming soon! The first ISO Plain Language Standard will help all communicators provide their intended readers with the information they can easily find, understand, and use. #PlainLanguage #Standard #accessibility #a11y
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1/2 A few years too late, but ARIA Authoring Practices Guide finally has (only) four support tables: w3.org/blog/2023/04/answerin… Mind, a year ago it re-branded as a copy-ready pattern library without any data on support. #a11y #accessibility
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Doing a call out to any people with cognitive and/or learning disabilities and Neurodivergent folks, over 18 years old, based in Australia who is interested in paid opportunities to give feedback about apps and websites! If you are interested please send me a message! 1/4
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TIL about the CSS property "text-decoration-skip-ink", which tells the browser if the text underline should skip the underhanging bits of text. I did not know about this, but now I know I need this for my funky blog redesign 😍 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…
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Replying to @beepbooprosie
@beepbooprosie presenting on accessible comms and alt text at #LGProSM22 . Very informative and helpful!
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The latest WCAG 2.2 editors draft (28 July 2022) has dropped the proposed Page Break Navigation criterion… 👀 w3c.github.io/wcag/guideline…
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These two accessibility nerds got engaged! #a11y #engagement
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Your annual reminder that #react-select is not accessible to screen reader users and does not follow the ARIA specification for custom controls. This library is the reason for many #a11y blocker issues on the web. It affects us all. github.com/JedWatson/react-s…+
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WCAG 2.2 update: The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group is currently targeting WCAG 2.2 for September 2022 w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Timelines A candidate rec release will be out soon. The prior proposed visible controls criteria is no longer in editor's draft w3c.github.io/wcag/guideline…
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You need to enrol or update your details for the 2022 federal election before 8pm, Monday 18 April. Go to aec.gov.au #ausvotes

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Goodbye Western Australia! Hello Tasmania ✈️ @Mattcessability @PerthAirport – at Perth Airport, Perth (WA)
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For those who came to my presentation about the accessibility of social media management tools at @PerthA11yCamp this was a question that was asked! To be able to easily see alt text across social media I recommend the Social Visual alt text tool by @nickdenardis
We've gotten a lot of feedback about how to improve the image description (or alt text) experience on Twitter. Today, we're launching 2 features to 3% of Twitter across Android, iOS, and Web: the public ALT badge and exposed image descriptions. 🧵 (1 of 6)
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Come along online or in person to learn about my research into social media management tools and accessibility! Who supports alt-text best? Who supports captions? All will be revealed! Niche but still cool and nerdy! #a11y #SocialMedia #DigitalMarketing #Accessibility
The delightful @beepbooprosie from @visionaustralia will be letting us know which social media tools are best for making your content accessible to everyone. #a11y #PWAC2022 Grab a ticket, for in person or online! a11yperth.com/events/perth-w…
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WCAG 3 will use a new color contrast method called APCA (Advanced Perceptual Contrast Algorithm). It's a big improvement over the current system but there are a lot of changes to get your head around. 🧵
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A spooky story for those who audit websites for accessibility. The Headingless Horseman scottohara.me/blog/2021/10/3… Happy Halloween
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If they renamed "hack-a-thon" to "free QA testing for our corporate API", I think less people would sign up
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