May 16 · 7 min read · Posted by Huzefa Merchant — ML Engineer | linkedin.com/in/huzefa-merchant Web accessibility lawsuits in the US crossed 5,000 in 2025 — a 37% increase from the year before. Most developers hear that n
Join discussionApr 30 · 2 min read · What WCAG actually catches when you scan a top-1000 site (Wikipedia case study) I ran a fresh WCAG 2.1 scan on wikipedia.org this morning — a site that's arguably one of the most accessibility-conscious on the web. Result: 90/100, with some genuinely...
Join discussionApr 28 · 4 min read · The European Accessibility Act Is Live — Developer Guide The European Accessibility Act (EAA) entered force on 28 June 2025. By April 2026, six member states have published enforcement actions, three SMEs have received fines between €5,000 and €40,00...
Join discussionApr 26 · 2 min read · I ran a fresh WCAG 2.1 scan on wikipedia.org this morning — a site that's arguably one of the most accessibility-conscious on the web. Result: 90/100, with some genuinely instructive issues even on a site this mature. The actual report (truncated) { ...
Join discussionApr 20 · 9 min read · How to Write Alt Text with AI in 2026 (WCAG-Compliant Examples) A few years ago an accessibility audit would mean a consultant manually writing alt text for every image on a site, billing $1-3 per image, and you'd hire them for two months. The work w...
Join discussionApr 14 · 6 min read · We wrote a piece called The Complete Web Accessibility Color Contrast Guide. Then, last weekend, we ran axe-core against our own blog for the first time. It fails color contrast. Not a clever failure either. A boring one. The kind we would point out ...
Join discussionApr 7 · 3 min read · The EAA Is Live — Are Your Clients Ready? The European Accessibility Act (EAA) enforcement is now active across all 27 EU member states. Fines range from €100K in Germany to €300K in Spain. If you run a web agency, your clients are looking at you for...
Join discussionMar 31 · 3 min read · Color contrast is the most common WCAG failure. Over 80% of websites fail at least one contrast check. Here is everything a developer needs to know to get it right. Why Contrast Matters Low contrast text is difficult to read for: People with low vis...
Join discussionMar 28 · 6 min read · Why Accessibility Matters More for Non-Profits Non-profit and healthcare organisations serve diverse communities — including people with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive disabilities. For many o
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