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WCAG2.1 Addition – Success Criterion 2.5.4: Motion Actuation (Level A)

The goal here is to remove the need for users to manually move their mobile devices. Features such as shake-to-undo are problematic because they can be accidentally triggered by users who may not be able to hold their devices steady. Alternatively, requirements for device movement will be impossible for people who have their devices affixed to other objects, such as their wheelchair.

Accessibility issues of CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It is a system that almost always relies on a user’s vision to determine whether the user of a web site is a human or a bot. Unfortunately, due to its inherently visual nature, when CAPTCHAs were initially developed they were

The needs of people with mental health disabilities

Mental health disabilities (sometimes called “psychosocial disabilities”) are often overlooked when people think about accessibility. In fact, WCAG2 does not reference the needs of people with mental health disabilities at all. According to Healthdirect Australia, the main groups of mental health disabilities are: mood disabilities (such as depression or bipolar disorder) anxiety disabilities personality disabilities