EU monitoring bodies are intensifying EAA activities. Penalties aren't here yet, but they’re coming. In the Netherlands, non-compliant companies already need robust nonconformance plans. Matthew Luken, explores rising complaints and next steps.
Get the EAA guide: www.deque.com/european-acc... #a11y
Deque Happy Hour at CSUN! Celebrating 10 years of Axe-core! Thursday, March 12 from 4:30-6:00 PM in Platinum Ballroom 3 at the Anaheim Marriott.
Deque Happy Hour at CSUN!
Join us as we celebrate 10 years of Axe-core with drinks, conversation, and community.
Thursday, March 12
4:30–6:00 PM
Platinum Ballroom 3, Anaheim Marriott
We’d love to see you there!
Register today: accessibility.deque.com/csun-hh
#csunatc
Axe-con 2026 itself may be over, but the momentum continues to grow.
From poignant stories about ableism to revelatory insights around the impact of AI on accessibility velocity, it’s been an incredible event.
Check our day-two recap here! www.deque.com/blog/day-two... #axecon #a11y
What an incredible day everyone. Day two summary is on the way. With our hearts full and accessibility knowledge overflowing, custom dictates that we take a nap. #axecon
Ambika showing the differences between an accessible and inaccessible line chart.
Accessible line charts, stacked bar charts, legends, labels, use of color and patterns, focus, containers, and tables. Ambika Yadav has you covered with tangible advice to help make your chart components accessible. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Mark showcasing what to look for when evaluating vendors, including: Program overview, procurement policy, testing methodology, user feedback methodology, and future program improvement plans.
Mark Stimson shows practical methods to get your vendors to provide you with accessible products. Catch his session to learn exactly what to look for. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Destin discussing the usability and accessibility of PDFs
“Because of how ubiquitous PDFs are (and how notorious they are for inaccessibility), your level of PDF accessibility is a great litmus test for overall maturity. Give me an orgs PDFs, I can paint you a picture of their commitment to a11y.” - Destin Hubble www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Victoria pointing out that the AT user experience required no letter of recommendation, no application fees, no personal statements, no test scores, and no long forms. Making the experience much simpler.
"ASU's personalized graduate admissions process saw AT users rate their satisfaction 5 points higher than non-AT users. Why? It transforms a long difficult process into something simple and easy." - Victoria Polchinski www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Arielle reviewing the presentation outline and seven use cases.
Carmel Heydarian, Alyssa Shock, and Arielle Silverman break down a bunch of real-life experiences from more than 1,000 people with disabilities reflecting on their use of AI and AI powered tools. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Greg presenting on testing web experiences with your keyboard.
"If everybody build building for the web would test their pages by tabbing from top to bottom, the web would be a better place." - Greg Gibson www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Bhuvana reviewing Cognitive Accessibility Guidelines
"Important things to remember is what might be a minor annoyance for neurotypical users might really be stress and anxiety inducing for the neurodivergent." - Bhuvana Narayanamurthy www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
We created what we call the accessibility guild...the guild discusses issues that they have seen in their work, best practices, and they help drive accessible growth and strategy. Amanda Bolton.
Amanda Bolton outlines how to get an accessibility program off the ground at a mid-sized SaaS. Watch now: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Ed showing how copilot reviews non-descriptive link text.
For the 180 million devs on GitHub, Ed Summers has tips for accelerating accessibility with the help of Copilot. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
There is a need for acquiring automated scan tools. Alisa Shtromberg, Director of Digital Accessibility, Houston City College. The required innovation of accessibility testing tools is critical. Emilie Berglund, Director of Accessibility, McGraw Hill. We need tools to help expand and scale the work of accessibility. Kyle Shachmut, Sr Director, Digital Accessibility, Harvard University.
Extremely informative panel discussion on supporting ADA Title II programs in higher education with Alisa Shtromberg, Emilie Berglund, and Kyle Shachmut. Tools are one of many common requirements discussed. Catch the recording now: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
What in our privacy policy has led you to believe this?
Jen hosting round 1 of the show, taking a look at color contrast.
Jennifer Gorfine has taken over as a gameshow host testing "accessibility impostors." Can you compete? www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Cherisha outlining where inclusion meets automation.
"Today as AI reshapes how we design and build, it's essential to
understand where automation adds value and where human
judgment remains critical." - Cherisha Agarwall www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
The most accessible and usable products communicate in layers. We cannot just use color or text. We want to communicate our intentions and functionality in as many layers as we can to make sure people can understand them in whatever way that they can. Daniel Yuschick.
“The most accessible and usable products communicate in layers. We cannot just use color or text. We want to communicate our intentions and functionality in as many layers as we can to make sure people can understand them in whatever way that they can.” Daniel Yuschick www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...
Noa highlights the importance of education and taking action earlier
"Fixing accessibility at the end [of the software dev lifecycle] costs a lot of money, working on accessibility from the beginning can cost zero." - Noa Nitzan www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Paulina highlighting how to be a more inclusive leader
“To be a more inclusive leader, educate yourself. Because knowledge is really a key to open up to understanding others.” - Paulina Bergman www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Jeremy explaining why enterprise accessibility is hard, and what we can do about it.
"Common accessibility failures are entirely predictable. That is a good thing. This is good news for us because predictable problems can be prevented." - @webwhey.bsky.social www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Wilco discusses how to get quality out of AI
"Human review and correction has to be used [with AI]. If we make it too difficult to for humans to change those mistakes that AI makes, we are increasing the burden." @wilcofiers www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Alex covering structural governance gaps: beyond technical issues.
“The only way to systematically prevent both technical and legal risks is by having the governance in place.” - Alex Haidar www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Lola highlighting which user needs are prioritised today.
"Sighted users web experiences are prioritized not just by web developers but also by browser vendors, web standards and documentation." - @lolaodelola.bsky.social www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
We must design motion with the same defensiveness we apply to system security or data validation. Stefan Chitu.
"Animation must fail safely. We must design with motion with the same level of defensiveness we apply to system security or data validation" - Stefan Chitu www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Ableism holds back talented disabled people. It also limits employers, because they miss out on talented disabled people. Haben Girma.
“Ableism holds back talented disabled people. It also limits employers, because they miss out on talented disabled people.” - @habengirma.bsky.social www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Matt King presenting the equity dream team.
Matt King issues an important challenge: "Without interoperable AT, equitable access is out of reach... To make it happen, we need more of us to help out. More back and front-end engineers, AT users, AT devs, consultants, researchers, and very importantly, leaders." www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...
Stéphanie Walter presenting - Accessibility grows revenue, protects your brand, and sparks innovation.
“Accessibility grows revenue, protects your brand, and sparks innovation.” - @stephaniewalter.bsky.social www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Jesse Beach highlighting their 96.7% solve rate fixing accessibility lint violations.
"We gave our AI coding tools examples of good a11y fixes that we fixed with our rules previously, and then it applied systematically across our code base... Our solve rate for a11y labels jumped to 90% range solving nearly all of them automatically." www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
Jesse Beach presenting about design systems making AI coding faster, more consistent and higher quality for product building tasks.
"Point your AI to your component library, a11y docs, now it can make good choices.. This is where design systems become infrastructure for AI coding. Structured context transforms confident but naive code generation into consistent a11y product dev." Jesse Beach www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #axecon
