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The Federal Initiative for Accessibility has ambitious plans: The General Disability Equality Act, the Disability Equality Act, and the Accessibility Strengthening Act are all slated for revision in 2023. Further information can be found in the following PDF.Key points of the initiative.

A newly established AccessibleEU centre is intended to help implement greater accessibility in the EU internal market, according to a report by Kobinet.30 years of the EU single market – now accessibility should follow..

Bei Silta gibt es eine Checkliste zu barrierefreien PDF. Checkliste: Barrierefreie PDF.

Continuing in English: WebAIM offers tips on how to build a community around accessibility. Creating a Community that Values Accessibility.

The number of lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act increased by 12 percent in 2022, as this overview shows.Plaintiffs Set a New Record for Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings in 2022.

ChatGPT is arguably one of the biggest hype cycles since the Tamagotchi. A blog post discusses its impact on accessibility. Will ChatGPT threaten the future of the digital accessibility field?

Ein kostenloser Kurs führt in die barrierefreie Web-Entwicklung ein. Learn Accessibility.

As always, we would like to draw your attention to our popular online training courses on digital accessibility. Sign up now.

Im Februar und März gibt es eine Reihe von kostenlosen Online-Veranstaltungen zur digitalen Barrierefreiheit, darunter die Zero Conference und die axe-con. Im Juni gibt es eine deutschsprachige Konferenz des Rheinwerk-Verlages, Silta wird
dort einen Workshop zu barrierefreien Web-Formularen leiten. Diese und weitere Veranstaltungen finden Sie
in der Veranstaltungsliste.

We offer our workshopOperating screen readers and conducting user tests (NVDA in practice) Open again for the first time. The first session is on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, from 9 am to 12 pm; registration deadline is February 27th, 2023.

Technische Beiträge

• A beginner’s complete guide to form accessibility.
• The CSS Practices That Can Hurt Accessibility.
• A new accessibility strategy for the GOV.UK Design System.
• Accessibility Tools and Resources for Designers.
• Visual ARIA Bookmarklet - aktualisiertes Bookmarklet zur Visualisierung von ARIA auf Webseiten.
• KoliBri - Komponenten-Bibliothek für die BarrierefreiheitKoliBri - Komponenten-Bibliothek für die Barrierefreiheit.
• Neurodiversity Design System.

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