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Biohacker, weston price diet follower, weight lifter, cat whisperer, hearing aid wearer. Head of Accessibility Innovation @makeitfable. Views my own.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined March 2009
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
1 year
The accessibility community has become less and less active on X and I'm finding the LinkedIn accessibility community very rewarding to be a part of. I'm pausing my X updates, but you can find me on LinkedIn:
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I have over 20 years of experience turning accessibility into a driver of innovation and… · Experience: Fable · Location: Toronto · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Kate Kalcevich’s profile on...
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2 years
A step-by-step guide to creating accessible comboboxes from @PopeTechA11y
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What keyboard interactions and ARIA is needed for an accessible combobox widget.
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
contrast-color() is a good thing, but also solving the problem at the wrong layer by @ericwbailey (in short, browsers need better a11y supports) https://t.co/xlMT9k2fWV
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Browsers are a failure of imagination.
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2 years
A case study on ensuring enlarged text fit nicely within the UI and the team's workflow by Steven Basset at AirBnB
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Airbnb has made significant strides in improving web accessibility for Hosts and guests who require larger text sizes.
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2 years
Choosing the right mobile keyboard for user input impacts usability and accessibility! Ksenia Toloknova dives deep into all the options in @uxdesigncc
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uxdesign.cc
A guide to iOS and Android keyboards.
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2 years
A 3D model accessibility exploration by @svinkle
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
When does an element need to be keyboard focusable? This article explains the use cases for tabindex="0"
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
A guide to screen reader pronunciation of special characters: https://t.co/RdRhw39yjx Note that you don't need to override pronunciation. Instead, rely on user feedback and testing to discover what makes sense.
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
Use popovers and get aria-expanded and aria-details built-in! Details here:
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
Using HTML elements with accessibility built-in is an easy way to avoid barriers (most of the time). Here are some tips and tricks for using <dialog> from @chriscoyier https://t.co/2ZCfHkYCo2
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
What's proposed for ARIA 1.3? @abbott567 reviews the new draft:
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
Darin Senneff tested a few ways to announce dynamic changes to a button label and found lots of inconsistencies with screen reader output:
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darins.page
I recently needed to test the support of a dynamic accessible description – a element’s description that is initially one (or no) value, then changes to…
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
Doug Abrams explains how to test for reflow issues on small screens and more importantly how to design with reflow in mind
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Reflow issues can be tricky to fix. Knowing what the usual suspects are is half the battle. TPGi's Doug Abrams highlights 4 red flags to watch out for.
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Kate Kalcevich (she)
2 years
Making text accessible is one of the core foundational and oldest approaches to web accessibility (circa 1990 when the web was JUST text).
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blog.pope.tech
Learn how to create accessible text in your web content.
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TPGi
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Making your web page keyboard-operable is one of the most fundamental aspects of accessibility. Learn more about making content accessible for keyboard users: https://t.co/6hNE6cfqVi #Accessibility #WebDev
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Making your web page keyboard-operable is one of the most fundamental aspects of accessibility. Andrew Nevins teaches you how to avoid some common pitfalls.
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