Bogdan Lazar

Bogdan Lazar

@bogdanlazar.com

I help product teams kill accessibility rework. ✨ Grab a free accessibility resource → https://bl2.li/free-a11y

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- About half of images still have either empty alt attributes or alt text shorter than 10 characters - Roughly 8.5% of alt texts are just filenames - Use of the native  main  element reached about 47% - About 66% of pages use aria-label - Around 33% of sites now use aria-live

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AI is now firmly part of the accessibility story: tools generate alt text and captions, scan code (for example, GitHub’s accessibility tooling), and help triage backlogs. But they inherit bias and accessibility issues from their training data.

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Some stats that might make you go "what" or "shit" or "wow" - Only about 31% of mobile sites meet minimum WCAG color contrast requirements - 19% of mobile sites and 21% of desktop sites still restrict zoom or scaling - About 86% of sites correctly declare a page language It goes on...

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- 67% of sites now override or remove default browser focus outlines - Roughly 24% of pages have a detectable skip link - About 35% of mobile inputs are labeled - Over half of inputs on desktop (53%) and 55% on mobile rely solely on placeholder text for naming

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The tooling is there and it's good enough. The legal pressure is real as well. So the remaining gaps are mostly about governance and the day‑to‑day decisions about what to prioritise.

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The European Accessibility Act is now in effect. But nothing really changed for the web as a result. It will probably take more time for websites to align. Or to care.

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Overall, the Lighthouse scores are up. 85/100. But the same four issues keep showing up everywhere: poor colour contrast, unclear link naming, broken heading hierarchies and missing or meaningless alt text on images.

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I started renovating our new house with a strict plan. Then all sorts of shit went wrong. Rigid plans, especially for accessibility, often fail because you can't fully know the problem until you start. I’d rather stay nimble! You don’t know what you don’t know. #ProjectPlanning #WebAccessibility

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I've got a "don't forget to" list for shipping accessible websites. It covers everything from heading structure and alt text to keyboard navigation, screen readers and colour contrast. This helps me make sure everyone can use my site. #WebAccessibility #DevTips

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Workshops need action plans to be effective. I use "The three ones" exercise to quickly define who does what by when. Participants suggest tasks for one day, one week, one month, then take them on. It's great for clear next steps! #Workshops #Accessibility bogdanlazar.com/daily/effect...

bogdanlazar.comEffective Accessibility Workshops: How to build an action plan | Bogdan LazarThe last step in an effective accessibility workshop is to build an action plan to solve the problem.
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I lost 20kg by taking small consistent steps. This approach also works for web accessibility: set a vision, break it down, prioritise, keep moving, learn, celebrate and involve everyone. Often, small consistent efforts beat big sporadic pushes. #WebAccessibility #Consistency

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Someone asked about the hardest part of my job. It's not the tech or the WCAG or the standards. It's the daily grind. Pushing through when recommendations are ignored, explaining things repeatedly and feeling minimal progress. That's what's truly tough for me. #Accessibility

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They stop making decisions until they ask AI about it. And AI will happily agree with them. And why wouldn’t it? Its whole spiel is to get you to write another prompt.

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I’ve seen people stop thinking form themselves. They stop thinking they can do things that just a few short months ago they had no problem doing. And I’m not talking about mundane things. They stop doing their jobs.

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I know my family is one of many in this situation. I have to do what I can to help my family change it. Thanks for any leads.

linkedin.comWe’re down to 10 weeks … here’s my spouse’s background. And here’s mine.… | Meryl Evans, CPACC (deaf)We’re down to 10 weeks … here’s my spouse’s background. And here’s mine. https://lnkd.in/dF_cnu99 Grateful for leads. 🙏 P.S. Happy birthday to my rocket scientist who is about to graduate from…

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Meryl K. Evans, CPACC
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Didn't want to do this, but facing challenging times. If you've been thinking about bringing me on as a speaker, trainer, or consultant in communications, marketing, and accessibility ... this is the time to do it. Open to opportunities. Thanks!

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Someone asked me earlier this week what the hardest part of my job was. Laws? Standards? WCAG? Stakeholder management? The technicals? No. The hardest part in web #accessibility isn't knowing what to do. It's doing it every day, even when you don't feel like it. bogdanlazar.com/daily/the-ha...

bogdanlazar.comThe hard part in accessibility | Bogdan LazarThe hardest part in web accessibility isn't knowing what to do. It's doing it every day, even when you don't feel like it.

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