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Why Blind Shoppers Struggle With Online Product Returns

The weeks after the holiday season are one of the busiest times of the year for product returns. Gift exchanges, extended return windows, and unwanted purchases all increase the ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience

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Why Blind Shoppers Can’t Complete Online Checkout

At the end of last year during the holiday shopping season, I wrote a series of posts covering different areas of retail websites and the accessibility difficulties I encountered ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Ecommerce

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Scheduling Healthcare Appointments as a Blind Patient

Almost every modern healthcare experience now involves technology. From appointment scheduling to patient portals and billing, critical parts of managing health happen online.

Healthcare

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Common Ecommerce Website Accessibility Issues (and How to Fix Them)

Ecommerce accessibility issues don't announce themselves as compliance violations. They show up as abandoned carts.

Web Accessibility

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Ecommerce Website Accessibility Guide: ADA, WCAG & Best Practices

Why Ecommerce Website Accessibility Matters When a customer can't read your product descriptions, navigate your menu with a keyboard, or complete checkout using a screen reader, ...

Web Accessibility, ADA Website Compliance, WCAG

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Mobile Banking Accessibility Failure: A Screen Reader User’s Online Banking Disaster

This article shares a firsthand account from a blind screen reader user who encountered critical mobile accessibility failures during an online banking identity verification ...

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

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Canada’s ACA Digital Accessibility Deadlines: What to Do Now

Canada’s new Digital Technologies Accessibility Regulations under the Accessible Canada Act (ACA) introduce specific technical requirements for websites, mobile apps, software, ...

Web Accessibility

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ADA Web Lawsuit Trends for 2026: What 2025 Filings Reveal

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

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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