🐍 Happy new year!

It’s a new year! It’s the Chinese year of the snake, which symbolises renewal, growth, and change. One thing that doesn’t change, though: I’ve written you a blog post; this one’s about ensuring your project works in every browser and for every user.

From the archives

I remember when I first learned that not all screen reader users are blind. At first I was surprised, then it seemed so obvious, then I realised the importance of not making assumptions about disabled people.

People use digital products in all sorts of ways, whether disabled or not, and this factoid is a great way to frame that early on in people’s accessibility journeys.

Elsewhere on the web

Here are some of the more interesting bits and bobs that I came across from around the web during January:

• What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer?
• A link on a logo in the header, what should the alt-text be?
• Accessibility of emojis for list bullets – potential issues
• The Four Most Dangerous Words to People with Disabilities
• Moving on from React, a Year Later

Anyway, here’s wishing you a happy 2025, and I’m looking forward to seeing what growth and change the year of the snake brings! Catch you again at the end of February! 🧧