Articles and Interviews
Article Topics
- General web accessibility
- Accessibility during the build of a web site
- Cognitive Disabilities accessibility
- Mental Health Disabilities accessibility
- CAPTCHA
- Design and accessibility
- Images and accessibility
- Interactive maps and accessibility
- Links and accessibility
- Mobile accessibility
- PDFs and other downloadable documents
- Slideshows
- Social media accessibility
- Travel
- Video
- VPATs
- WCAG2
- WCAG2.1
General web accessibility
From guide dogs to guide robots (2024)
The five stages of grief, AKA accepting accessibility (2022)
Communicating with People with Disabilities (2021)
Accessibility Basics Part 1: Overview of accessibility (2021)
Accessibility Basics Part 2: WCAG (2021)
What’s wrong with having a separate site for people with disabilities (2018)
Accessibility during the build of a web site
Prioritising web accessibility during the build of a web site (2014)
Cognitive Disabilities accessibility
The needs of people with cognitive disabilities (2025)
Mental Health Disabilities accessibility
The needs of people with mental health disabilities (2025)
CAPTCHA
Accessibility issues with CAPTCHA (2025)
CAPTCHA: Inaccessible to Everyone (2013)
CAPTCHA: How to do it right (ie. don’t use CAPTCHA!) (2014)
Design and accessibility
Design and accessibility: Use of colour (2014)
Images and accessibility
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: When Not to Use ALT Attributes (2011)
Interactive maps and accessibility
Did someone say map? Making interactive maps accessible (2014)
Links and accessibility
Making Accessible Links: 15 Golden Rules For Developers (2014)
Mobile accessibility
Mobile Site and Native App Accessibility Testing articles:
- Introduction (2024)
- Step 1: Identifying devices (2024)
- Mobile Site: Step 2: Identify site type and variations (2024)
- Native App: Step 2: Define application functionality (2024)
- Step 3: Test critical issues (2024)
- Step 4: Test mobile-specific issues (2024)
- Step 5: Test mobile assistive technology and feature support (2024)
- In detail: Step 3: Test critical issues – Exit trap – Day Eight (2024)
- In detail: Step 3: Test critical issues – Swipe and / or Scroll Trap (2024)
- In detail: Step 3: Test critical issues – Layer trap (2024)
- In detail: Step 3: Test critical issues – Text-to-speech traps (2024)
- In detail: Step 3: Test critical issues – Headset traps (2024)
iOS Voice Control saves the day! (2022)
Mobile accessibility fails: Do we need a WCAG3? (2015)
PDFs and other downloadable documents
Part One: Accessibility of PDFs and other downloadable documents (2026)
Part Two: Why PDFs are not a suitable solution (2026)
Slideshows
The Unbearable Inaccessibility of Slideshows (2015)
Social media accessibility
Social media accessibility features (2020)
Social Media Accessibility: Turning Off Autoplay (2020)
Overview of social media accessibility (2019)
Social media screen reader accessibility compliance testing (2019)
Travel
US Department of Transport Rule for Web Accessibility in Air Travel (2015)
Video
But what does she look like? A commentary on subpar audio descriptions (2022)
The importance of captioning (2020)
Video Player testing results article and matrix (2018)
8 steps to Creating Accessible Video (2014)
VPATs
How to read a VPAT (2019)
WCAG2
We should be celebrating our victories (2014)
WCAG2.1
Level A
- Success Criterion 2.1.4: Character Key Shortcuts (2025)
- Success Criterion 2.5.1: Pointer Gestures (2025)
- Success Criterion 2.5.2: Pointer Cancellation (2025)
- Success Criterion 2.5.3: Label in Name (2025)
- Success Criterion 2.5.4: Motion Actuation (2025)
Level AA
- Success Criterion 1.3.4: Orientation (2025)
- Success Criterion 1.3.5: Identify Input Purpose (2025)
- Success Criterion 1.4.10: Reflow (2025)
- Success Criterion 1.4.11: Non-Text Contrast (2025)
- Success Criterion 1.4.12: Text Spacing (2025)
- Success Criterion 1.4.13: Content on Hover and Focus (2025)
- Success Criterion 4.1.3: Status Messages (2025)
Interviews with Gian Wild
CSUN 2023
Gian and AccessibilityOz Operations Manager Sheryl Dwyer chat during the CSUN 2023 panel “Working Internationally: How Accessibility Differs in Australia and the US.” The video includes the entirety of CSUN 2023’s Wednesday Morning Broadcast—Gian and Sheryl’s segment goes from 0:00 to 36:04.
Women in Tech Summit MidAtlantic 2023
UX Australia 2020
UXA Episode 10: Gian Wild UXA Interview
M-Enabling
Testing and Monitoring: End Users in Action (Expert Panel) (2019)
Codemotion Milan
Making accessible apps: Gian Wild reflects on challenges and solutions (2018)
CSUN
Dave Gardy interview with Gian Wild prior to CSUN, talking about web accessibility (video) (2016)
Blind Bargains interview Gian Wild, talking accessibility tools and testing procedures (mp3) (2015)
WebStock
Sponsor interview – AccessibilityOz (2014)
The West Australian
Edge of the Web (2011)
Other
Get Inspired! TABS Newsletter Winter (2019)