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ADA Web Lawsuit Trends for 2026: What 2025 Filings Reveal

Jan 8, 2026
Each year, we review every ADA lawsuit we can find. Not summaries or press releases, but the actual complaints filed in federal and key state courts.

Web Accessibility, ADA Website Compliance

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What Holiday Shopping in 2025 Revealed About Accessibility: A Screen Reader User’s Experience

Jan 5, 2026
Michael Taylor is a blind screen reader user who writes about real-world digital accessibility barriers based on firsthand experience. Summary: In this first-person recap of the ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Ecommerce

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Web Accessibility in 2026: Five Predictions Shaped by How the Web Is Changing

Dec 30, 2025
The key web accessibility trends in 2026 won’t start with accessibility teams, compliance checklists, or standards updates. Instead, these trends will begin with how websites are ...

Web Accessibility, AI

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Retail Search Accessibility: A Screen Reader User’s Holiday Shopping Experience

Dec 17, 2025
With online traffic peaking for the holidays, many shoppers are landing on retail homepages at the same time regulators are evaluating those same journeys. In Sweden, the Post and ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce, European Accessibility Act

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Norway’s HelsaMi Case: Daily Accessibility Fines and EAA-Era Compliance

Dec 12, 2025
In December 2025, Norway’s digital accessibility regulator announced that the operator of a major patient portal now faces daily fines of NOK 50,000 if it fails to fix outstanding ...

Web Accessibility, European Accessibility Act

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Shopify Accessibility Lessons from a Small Business Saturday Purchase

Dec 8, 2025
Small Business Saturday 2025: Accessibility Lessons for Shopify and Small Online Stores When the holiday shopping season begins, national chains and big retail brands dominate the ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Shopify, Ecommerce

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Mobile Accessibility Narration: A Frustrating Shopping Experience

Dec 1, 2025
I have been shopping early Black Friday deals for the better part of a month. I recently made a purchase of some holiday decor from a fairly large online housewares retailer using ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce, European Accessibility Act

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Retail Homepage Accessibility and the European Accessibility Act

Nov 26, 2025
With online traffic peaking for the holidays, many shoppers are landing on retail homepages at the exact moment regulators are doing the same. In Sweden, the Post and Telecom ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce, European Accessibility Act

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Screen Reader Accessibility Q&A: October 2025 Webinar

Nov 19, 2025
In October 2025, my colleague Joe from UsableNet led a live webinar where he demonstrated what it is like to use a screen reader on a real website. During the session, Joe ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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