More Professionalization - 11-2026

How do we actually recognize that accessibility is still a niche topic? By the fact that there are hardly any dedicated responsibilities in companies and public authorities. There are people for corporate design, for UX, and now for AI as well. But there are hardly any employees who are exclusively responsible for accessibility, even though questions and tasks regarding it pop up every day. The task is distributed across many people who are expected to do it in addition to their actual work, and who accordingly only act when a situation becomes acute. This is part of the reason why progress is moving at a snail's pace.

Interesting Articles

Build Your Own Accessibility Testing Tools for the Browser Console – The article shows how to build useful accessibility tools directly in the browser console.
Soft Skills in Digital Accessibility – Highlights why empathy, communication, and interpersonal skills are just as important as technology when implementing accessibility.
Reasonable Accommodations and Accessibility – Explains the legal and practical significance of reasonable accommodations in the context of digital accessibility.
Achieving Digital Accessibility with Limited Resources – Offers practical solutions for making accessibility succeed even with tight budgets and staffing constraints.
WCAG for Mobile and Touch – A guide to the specific WCAG guidelines for mobile devices and touchscreen operation.
Sustainable accessibility compliance capability culture – Explains how companies can anchor accessibility sustainably and long-term in their organizational culture.
FCC proposes to modernize accessibility rules to support accessible innovation – Report on plans by the US telecommunications agency (FCC) to update accessibility regulations to align with modern technology.
AccessibleEU's 2025 monitoring reports show steady progress advancing accessibility in the EU – Summary of the AccessibleEU report on the current state of accessibility across EU member states.
Why accessibility complaints remain rare despite widespread digital barriers – Examines the reasons why so few official complaints are filed despite existing digital barriers.
Atomic Accessibility Model – Introduces a modular model that breaks down digital accessibility into manageable, systematic building blocks.
Design your own LEGO Minifigure with a Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard – Reports on the option to design LEGO minifigures featuring the Sunflower lanyard for non-visible disabilities.
Accessibility Is Not a Device: It Is an Ecology – Advocates for understanding accessibility not as an isolated tool, but as a cohesive, interconnected system.

Good News of the Month

Engineering Student 3-D Prints Mobility Chair for Toddler with Cerebral Palsy – An engineering student uses 3D printing to build a customized wheelchair for a toddler with infantile cerebral palsy.
BCI: Controlling Computers and Robots via Brain-Computer Interfaces – The article highlights the current state of development of brain-computer interfaces for controlling computers and prosthetics.
Guided Vision with Gemini Live – Google introduces new AI-powered visual and orientation assistance features in the Gemini Live app.
Local Orchestra Makes Concerts Accessible to Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind Community – A regional orchestra makes its concerts accessible to Deaf and deafblind individuals through the use of specialized technologies and interpreters.
Ghana's NCA Engages Persons with Disabilities to Test Website Accessibility – The National Communications Authority of Ghana directly involves people with disabilities in testing and optimizing its website accessibility.
Campaign Works to Make Halloween Accessible for Those with Limited Mobility – An initiative aims to organize Halloween trick-or-treating so that children with limited mobility can participate without barriers.
Disability Welcome Group Launches National Consultation into Church Accessibility – A nationwide survey examines accessibility and inclusion opportunities for people with disabilities within the church.
Overcoming Language Barriers: The Alertswiss App Now Supports Easy Read Language – Swiss alert and emergency messages are now prepared in Plain/Easy-to-Read language to make them accessible to more people.

Artificial Intelligence

AI and Web Accessibility: What Can AI Really Do Right Now? – The article takes a realistic look at the current state and actual use cases of AI in digital accessibility.
Accessibility Goes Mainstream – And AI Agents Are Next – A look at how accessibility is becoming standard practice and what role AI agents will play in the next stage of development.
AI Coding Has Real Potential to Open Doors for Developers with Disabilities, But Accessibility Isn't Automatic – Discusses the opportunities AI-assisted coding offers developers with disabilities, emphasizing that accessibility must be intentionally designed.
Collaborative Easy-to-Read Production with AI and Human Experts – The DAISY Consortium reports on the interplay between AI tools and human expertise in creating Easy Read content.
AI and Disability Series – A newsletter edition by the European Disability Forum examining the opportunities and risks of AI technologies for people with disabilities.
How to Build Accessible AI: Insights from Industry Leaders – Industry experts share practical insights and approaches for designing accessible AI systems.
Accessible AI: Who Is Responsible When AI Acts on Our Behalf? – Questions the ethical and legal responsibility when accessible AI agents act autonomously on behalf of users.
Is AI Deskilling Accessibility Work? – A critical debate on whether the increasing use of AI leads to a loss of expertise among accessibility professionals.
MCP & Accessibility – Explores the intersection between the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and potential use cases for accessible applications.
How Claude Fixed Android Accessibility Issues – A case study on how the Claude AI model helped identify and resolve accessibility bugs in an Android app.
Automated Screen Reader Testing with Claude Code, VoiceOver, and Gherkin – Presents a technical approach to automating screen reader testing on macOS using AI support and behavior-driven test cases.
People with Disabilities Are Already Using AI – Are Organisations Keeping Up? – Highlights the gap between everyday AI usage by people with disabilities and the pace of adaptation within organizations.

Further Articles

Intopia Digital Accessibility Benchmarks – An overview and analysis of the current maturity level of digital accessibility in practice.
Easily Making an Accessible PDF Textbook – A guide from the PDF Association on efficiently creating accessible textbooks in PDF format.
This Hue Shall Pass – An interactive tool for checking and fine-tuning accessible color combinations and contrasts.
Reusability Determines Value – A thought piece on how the reusability of components increases the actual value of accessible design systems.
Crafting WCAG 3 for More Accessible User Experiences – The W3C shares insights into the development process of WCAG 3.0 and its focus on a holistic user experience.
A11yInspect VS Code Extension – Introduces an extension for Visual Studio Code that allows developers to detect accessibility issues directly while coding.
axe-core in the Browser Console – A practical exercise and guide on running the axe-core testing library directly within browser developer tools.
Accessibility Regulations Playbook: Year Ahead – A guide by AbilityNet on upcoming legal accessibility requirements in the financial sector.
Chart Alt Text That Never Explains What Each Color Means – A practical scenario dealing with common mistakes in alt text for charts and how to describe colors clearly.
Automated Accessibility Testing with axe-core and Playwright – Describes integrating axe-core into automated end-to-end tests using the Playwright testing framework.
Accessibility Use Case Definition Language (UCDL) and Runner

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