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 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 ...
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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 ...
AI will be a Big Win for Blind Users, Not a Shield From ADA Lawsuits
Nov 18, 2025
AI is rapidly becoming a transformative force for blind users navigating the web, and the latest announcements from JAWS underscore just how significant that shift may be. In this ...
