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 ...
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
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 ...
After NDEAM: Building an Inclusive Corporate Culture
Nov 4, 2025
NDEAM is over, but the work continues. As a blind professional who uses a screen reader, I aim to demonstrate how culture and accessibility intersect in three key areas of work ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Workplace Accessibility, NDEAM, Accessibility-First Culture
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Halloween Accessibility Nightmares: 3 Real Barriers a Blind Shopper Faced in October
Oct 30, 2025
With Halloween tomorrow, it felt like the right time to share a few accessibility horror stories from real tasks I tried to complete this month. In this blog, I will describe ...
Mobile Ticketing Accessibility: Buying Haunted House Tickets with a Screen Reader
Oct 23, 2025
Around this time every year, I get that Halloween itch for a night of spooks, scares, and hair-raising fun. My family and I settled on a haunted house tour as our annual Halloween ...
