This post is part of an ongoing effort to monitor public websites as a web accessibility professional. It is written with the goal of improving information accessibility and advancing technology — not as a political statement. I only recently found out the Cheong Wa Dae website had been redesigned. Life gets busy, and I was a bit late to the news — but as soon as I heard, I was curious enough to check it out. ...
Every year, April 20 is Disability Day in Korea. I’ve been working on web accessibility at a university since 2010, but honestly, I never made a point of marking this day. I’d catch news about events held under the banner of Disability Day, but my own work felt like something that lived inside a monitor — far removed from those in-person gatherings. Then this year, on that very day, I received Korea’s Minister of Education Commendation. ...
Analyzing accessibility issues on Google Antigravity's homepage — behind the flashy text animations Image: AI-generated Google takes accessibility seriously. Android’s TalkBack, Chrome’s accessibility developer tools, Lighthouse’s accessibility audits… Google-built tools are used by developers worldwide every day. The same goes for Microsoft — Accessibility Insights, Narrator, Windows high-contrast mode. When it comes to accessibility tooling, these two companies are in a league of their own. ...