@svinkle

Accessibility Specialist, ex-Shopify

 Toronto, Ontario
scottvinkle.com
Joined December 2008
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Simek@Simek24 May 2024
Accessibility is key to ensuring that anyone can use the great apps you develop without any hiccups or annoyance in the process! @13ritta from @Shopify debunks the usual misconceptions about what it means to build a truly inclusive app and how to do this efficiently.
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Is accessibility a topic for #js developer? "Accessibility: Why You Should Learn About WCAG" is Mathilde Buenerd's talk. Mathilde is Senior Frontend developer @ @Shopify #jsday24 #jsday @grusp
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Have you ever wondered how screen readers interact with browsers to provide accessible experiences?💥 In this talk, Mathilde Buenerd, a Frontend Developer at @Shopify, will demystify 💫 the process in which browsers generate & update the accessibility tree.

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App.js Conf
@appjsconf2 Apr 2024
Our next talk will focus on accessibility! @13ritta will go beyond the standard advice and provide real-life examples from the @Shopify app, blending personal narrative, technical expertise, and hands-on experience. Read more: appjs.co/#Speakers
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Shopify
@Shopify31 Jan 2024
ctrl + alt + build introducing the Shopify Keyboard. pre-order it now shopify.supply/products/shop…
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✨ New on the blog: "A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-conformant focus indicators" sarasoueidan.com/blog/focus-… — Completely rewritten and updated to reflect the most recent changes in WCAG 2.2 criteria. #a11y #CSS

A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-conformant focus indicators

– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer

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GitHub
@github13 Jun 2023
An image with no textual description presents an accessibility barrier. The accessibility-alt-text-bot (which you can add to your repositories today!) is designed to help create a more inclusive open source environment. github.blog/2023-06-12-make-…

Make your GitHub projects more accessible with accessibility-alt-text-bot

The accessibility-alt-text-bot leaves automated reminders in a comment when a user shares an image without providing meaningful alt text.

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Drew Haas@DrewHaas6 Jun 2023
Accessibility on  Vision Pro will knock your socks off! Learn about our accessibility features and soak up all the guidance on how to create an impressive accessibility experience for your apps on visionOS! #WWDC23 developer.apple.com/wwdc23/1…
A still image from my WWDC23 session. I'm is standing in an Apple office, smiling, and wearing a hunter green sweater

ALT A still image from my WWDC23 session. I'm is standing in an Apple office, smiling, and wearing a hunter green sweater

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Cat Noone
@imcatnoone5 Jun 2023
"Ableism looks like calling people 'inspiring' for navigating a system that is designed for exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable." — @carson_tueller OP: linkedin.com/posts/puneet-si…
Quote from advocate, speaker, and former policy advisor Carson Tueller that says: "Ableism looks like calling people 'inspiring' for navigating a system that is designed for exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable."

ALT Quote from advocate, speaker, and former policy advisor Carson Tueller that says: "Ableism looks like calling people 'inspiring' for navigating a system that is designed for exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable."

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Maayan Ziv@maayanziv8 Sep 2022
I got off a plane to find my independence stripped from me. This cannot continue happening to disabled people. This #wheelchair is my mobility. My entire life is powered by this wheelchair. Another flight, another broken wheelchair damaged by #airlines.
A power wheelchair mangled by the airplane

ALT A power wheelchair mangled by the airplane

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Quick Accessibility Tip: Keyboard. Keyboard. Keyboard. Want to have a massive impact on accessibility for your product, right away? Do sprint demos/reviews with a keyboard only. No mouse. #accessibility #ProductManagement #a11y #inclusion
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Una 🇺🇦
@Una3 Aug 2022
🚨 Chrome 105 is a HUGE release! (stable Aug 30) 🤯 :has() & size container queries are BOTH landing! These are 2 powerhouse APIs for responsive, component-based design. Together they unlock so many possibilities! I wrote a post on how to combine them: developer.chrome.com/blog/ha…

@container and :has(): two powerful new responsive APIs landing in Chromium 105  |  Blog  |  Chrome...

"Container queries and :has() are a match made in responsive heaven. Luckily, both of these features are landing together in Chromium 105. This is a huge release with two highly-requested features...

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Josh Miele@BerkeleyBlink8 Jun 2022
Making an experience accessible isn’t a 1-and-done effort — it requires continual care and attention. Like security, privacy, usability, or any other aspect of trust that matters, #accessibility must be an ongoing commitment to maintain and improve over time. #a11y
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📣 Brand new Apple Human Interface Guidelines! 📣 That’s right, we’ve completely redesigned the HIG to be more cross-platform, easier to search, and completely reorganized from high level design principles down to low-level component guidance.🧵 developer.apple.com/design/h…
Home Screen of the new design tab of the Apple developer website

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All #AbilitySummit sessions online now! Three keynotes, nine breakout sessions. Please don't ask me which is my favourite, they're all incredible! Thank you again to 90+speakers who helped bring this to life. Watch👇 youtube.com/user/MSFTEnable
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This article has great examples on how skipping race in image descriptions can deny blind people access to critical information. Thanks for writing this, @tolu_xyz! #a11y
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Adrián Bolonio@bolonio16 Nov 2021
📢 I have some big news!! 🚀 We've just released the very first accessibility settings page of the history of GitHub. We're making @github a better place for everyone. 💪I'm so proud of being part of the Accessibility Team at GitHub. #Accessibility #a11y #GitHub #GitHubA11y
A screenshot of the new accessibility settings of GitHub, where you can manage keyboard shortcuts choosing to disable "character key shortcuts". This turns off the keyboard shortcuts that only use single characters like s, g c, and . (the period key). Shortcuts which make use of modifier keys like command and control are not affected by this setting.

ALT A screenshot of the new accessibility settings of GitHub, where you can manage keyboard shortcuts choosing to disable "character key shortcuts". This turns off the keyboard shortcuts that only use single characters like s, g c, and . (the period key). Shortcuts which make use of modifier keys like command and control are not affected by this setting.

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MeMi 🥃@CodeAndWhiskey5 Nov 2021
Your website might not be accessible, but that's none of my business... oh wait, it is! Love my new #a11y swag by @svinkle ! Thanks @bethannon !
Meg holding up a white coffee mug that says "alt=white mug"

ALT Meg holding up a white coffee mug that says "alt=white mug"

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Glenda Sims@goodwitch27 Oct 2021
Happiness is...Peace, Love, & #a11y! Thanks @merylkevans for asking if we could take my fav email sign-off and turn it into a t-shirt and then asking @svinkle to make it a reality! scottvinkle.me/products/peac…
Peace. Love. Accessibility. Glenda wearing a hot pink t-shirt with 3 symbols in white. 1st symbol is a peace sign. 2nd symbol is a heart. 3rd symbol is the simple accessibility icon of a person standing with arms raised to each side.

ALT Peace. Love. Accessibility. Glenda wearing a hot pink t-shirt with 3 symbols in white. 1st symbol is a peace sign. 2nd symbol is a heart. 3rd symbol is the simple accessibility icon of a person standing with arms raised to each side.

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National Disability Employment Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of empowering people with disabilities in the workplace. Thank you @jennylayfluffy for leading our #NDEAM celebrations.
Jenny Lay-Flurrie@jennylayfluffy1 Oct 2021
Today marks start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month #NDEAM. Love this years theme “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion", reinforces importance of creating inclusive workplace for people with disabilities in US and around the world. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…

With workers with disabilities being able to be paid as little as $2 an hour in 42 states, National...

More than 40 million people in the United States have a disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people with disabilities, exacerbating what the World...

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