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5 Website Accessibility Issues You Can Fix Today, Without Touching Code
Accessibility isn’t just for developers. You don’t need to know HTML, ARIA roles, or keyboard focus management to start making your website better for more people. In fact, some of the most common accessibility barriers can be fixed with nothing more than good content choices and a few smart edits. Whether you’re a freelance UX…
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The UX Designer’s Guide to Speaking a Small Business Owner’s Language
If you’ve ever tried to explain “heuristics,” “cognitive load,” or “Fitts’ Law” to a small business owner and watched their eyes glaze over… you’re not alone. Early-career UX designers often make one critical mistake when trying to land real-world projects: They speak design. Small business owners? They speak survival. When a business owner is juggling…
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Why “Start Local” Is the Best UX Career Advice No One Talks About
When you’re trying to break into UX, most of the advice you’ll hear starts with the same script: But there’s one approach that I think is far more powerful (and far less talked about):Start local. I don’t just mean geographically (although that’s part of it). I mean look around you. Talk to people. Notice problems.…
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What Is WCAG (and Why Should You Care If You’re Not a Developer)?
If you’ve ever heard someone mention “making a website accessible” and thought, “That’s a developer thing, right?”—you’re not alone. Accessibility often gets shoved into the tech bucket: coding problems, screen reader fixes, lawsuits, overlays. But at the heart of it is something much simpler (and much more human): Can people actually use your website? That’s…
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How to Present Like a Pro: The UX Designer’s Guide to Sharing Accessibility Findings with Confidence
You did the work. You evaluated the website. You documented the accessibility issues.Now comes the part that freaks out a lot of designers—presenting your findings to a client or stakeholder. Let me tell you something: the skill of presenting your work is one of the most underrated superpowers in UX. Especially when it comes to…
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Why Accessibility Skills Are the UX Career Advantage No One’s Talking About
This is me shuffling over in front of you and firmly planting my soapbox before stepping into it with my megaphone. The UX Industry Is Shifting—and Accessibility Is the Secret Weapon If you’re a UX designer wondering how to futureproof your career, you’re asking the right question. And if no one’s told you this yet,…
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How to Audit Your Website for Accessibility (Even If You’re Not a Developer)
Accessibility Is Everyone’s Job—Not Just Developers You don’t need a comp-sci degree or fancy tools to start evaluating your website for accessibility. What you do need is a willingness to learn, a curious eye, and a keyboard. You’ve already got that! This post will show you how to perform your own accessibility audit—without writing a…
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What Is Practical Accessibility? A Plain-Language Guide for Non-Developers
If you’ve ever felt like web accessibility is a maze of technical jargon and legal threats, you’re not alone. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Let me introduce you to a concept I call Practical Accessibility. It’s a simple and effective way to start making any website more inclusive today, without needing to…
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Links vs. Buttons vs. Submit Inputs: The Accessibility Breakdown
One of the most common questions I hear in website evaluations is: “Is there a clear benefit to using a link over a button, or is it just personal preference from a front-end developer’s perspective?” And let me tell you—this isn’t just a stylistic choice. There’s a real accessibility and usability reason why you should…
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6 Steps to Make Your Website Actually Accessible (According to the DOJ)
Y’all, the Department of Justice just dropped some SUPER practical guidance about digital accessibility programs, and I am absolutely geeking out about it! While it was technically written for state and local governments, this is pure gold for any business wanting to make their website accessible (which should be all of you, just saying). Let…