Léonie Watson
@tink.uk
Accessibility engineer, Director of TetraLogical, Chair of W3C Board of Directors, W3C WebApps WG co-chair, writer and speaker, screen reader user, tequila drinker and crime fiction junkie.
36 years after the ADA, accessibility stands at a crossroads. The next chapter depends on innovation, action, and inclusion. www.dennisdeacon.com... #Accessibility #ADA36 #DigitalAccessibility #Inclusion #DisabilityRights #A11y #ADAAnniversary
Thirty-Six Years Later: The ADA at a Crossroads - Dennis Deacon
The ADA turns 36 amid quiet enforcement erosion. A look at the threats facing disability rights today, and why persistence still wins.
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Should a native app screen title be a heading? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Graeme Coleman explores what works, and what doesn’t, across mobile platforms. tetralogical.com/blog/2026/07... #Accessibility #MobileAccessibility #A11y
Should native app screen titles be headings? - TetraLogical
Many screens in native apps include a screen title that summarises the contents of the screen, but these titles are often not identified as headings to screen readers. In this post, we look into some ...
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Playing with Green PT - an AI with sustainability and privacy, plus European data sovereignty and a remarkably screen reader accessible website too: https://greenpt.com/
Meet the @ffconf.org speakers (part 1) - @cydstumpel.nl answered a few of our questions, we spotlight @tink.uk's excellent talk from 2024 and followed up with her recent post and few other good reads: ffconf.org/articles/202...
Meet our speakers (part 1), AI & Accessibility, and Polyfills
FF Conf - the UK's best web conference in Brighton.
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#AccessibilityIsResistance https://tink.uk/accessibility-is-resistance/
The 11th WebAIM Screen Reader Users Survey is open until 31 August: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/ If you use a screen reader, it'll take about 10 minutes to contribute to the body of knowledge around screen readers, which ones are used, and how.
I saw a great introduction to CSS Grid Lanes, aka Masonry Layouts, by @patrickbrosset.com at CSS Day 2026. I liked the versatility of its use cases, but I was also concerned that it's inaccessible by default. matuzo.at/blog/2026/gr...
Your Grid Lanes will likely fail WCAG 2.4.3 - Manuel Matuzovic
I’m a frontend developer, consultant, accessibility auditor, blogger, teacher, and book author from Austria.
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Well, it finally happened... I refused a cup of tea this afternoon. I know, right? It's 35C outside and almost 32C in my office. I am not designed to cope with this reality.
Thank you to all the lovely folks who submitted a talk proposal for the next Inclusive Design 24. We worked through nearly 100 submissions for our initial selection. We'll be in touch in the coming days to let you know! #id24 #inclusiveDesign #accessibility #a11y
> inaccessible by default I don't like the smell of this…
Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · last mo.I saw a great introduction to CSS Grid Lanes, aka Masonry Layouts, by @patrickbrosset.com at CSS Day 2026. I liked the versatility of its use cases, but I was also concerned that it's inaccessible by default. matuzo.at/blog/2026/gr...
Huge thanks also go to our sponsors @tetralogical.com, @debugbear.com, and @zeroheight.com, plus community sponsors Grandmalytics, @scott.is's Mindful Design, @set.studio, and @vivaldi.com. An event like this isn't possible without your support! 🙏
With the first follow-up, Designing accessible documents, already out: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/28/designing-accessible-documents/
Léonie Watson@tink.uk · last mo.Introduction to creating accessible documents by Catriona Morrison kicks-off a new series on the @TetraLogical.com blog: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
With the first follow-up, Designing accessible documents, already out: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/28/designing-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
Léonie Watson@tink.uk · last mo.Introduction to creating accessible documents by Catriona Morrison kicks-off a new series on the @TetraLogical.com blog: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
With the first follow-up, Designing accessible documents, already out: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/28/designing-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
Léonie Watson@tink.uk · last mo.Introduction to creating accessible documents by Catriona Morrison kicks-off a new series on the @TetraLogical.com blog: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
With the first follow-up, Designing accessible documents, already out: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/28/designing-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
Léonie Watson@tink.uk · last mo.Introduction to creating accessible documents by Catriona Morrison kicks-off a new series on the @TetraLogical.com blog: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
Introduction to creating accessible documents by Catriona Morrison kicks-off a new series on the @TetraLogical.com blog: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/ #accessible #usable #documents
Just finished the audio book of Everybody Loves Our Dollars - How Money Laundering Won , read by the author Oliver Bullough. Print version info: https://guardianbookshop.com/everybody-loves-our-dollars-how-money-laundering-won-9781399618090/ If you think the money being spent on AI is a crime...
It's taken two days and a large G&T in the garden, but I think I've sufficiently recovered from being introduced to @brucel.bsky.social's gold hotpants to make it through to Monday 😂
“A button without a name does not work. A form field without a label does not work. A page that cannot be navigated non-visually does not work.”
“But accessibility is not a favour. It is not a nice extra. It is not a charitable flourish added after the real work is done. It is part of whether the thing works.” www.applevis.com/forum/access...
If Accessibility was treated like engineering or a right, not a favour! | AppleVis
If accessibility were treated like engineering, we would not still be writing newsletters in 2026 saying: “Here are the five most common accessibility issues. Please try harder.” We have known these i...
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A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
memories of Hockney's A Bigger Splash have stayed with me since I stopped seeing the world. The sunlight reflecting off translucent blue water, makes me feel good. David Hockney #RIP https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockney-a-bigger-splash-t03254/understanding-david-hockneys-bigger-splash
There’s a corner of the internet where you can enjoy a massive multiplayer online rave, with a retro video game vibe, different areas for different music styles, and, I love that such websites still exist. WARNING sound + flashing lights once you enter hallucinate.site/
@tink.uk opening #TheWebYouWant: > AI is compensating for where the web has failed The most insightful, critical, and sincere account of LLM usage for “computer vision” and sight accessibility I have heard so far. #AI #LLM #a11ty #accessibility #Web #WebA11ty
Looking forward to kicking off The Web You Want with a little good humoured provocation in my keynote 😇 It's on Wednesday in Amsterdam and tickets are #free so come and join us? https://the-web-you-want.org/ #TheWebYouWant
“This is not a hypothetical. You are less free now. Your security, dignity, and safety is in the hands of nasty, petty, monumentally stupid bigots. They can take it from you at a whim.”
The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse
It's never just one minority.
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Noodling over ideas for my talk... see you there 💜
Cyd Stumpel@cydstumpel.nl · 3mo agoIf you’re going to @cssday.nl (or @jsnation.gitnation.org) don’t miss out on our free pre-css day event at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences; the web you want! the-web-you-want.org Writing my talk as we speak! ✨
My brain finally came up with the reason the title of the 2026 #Eurovision winning song from Bulgaria, Bangaranga, sounded so familiar... it's almost identical to the battle-cry of The Lost Boys in the 1991 Spielberg film Hook, Bangarang!
There's as much chance of getting this right as winning a game of 52 Card Pick-up, but PerlBod and I are calling it for #Sweden, #Austria, #Belgium for the top three at #Eurovision 2026.
