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Mark Steadman
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Squad Leader, Accessibility Squad
at Fidelity Investments

Accessibility automation, Mobile iOS/Android A11y

Check out my articles: http://dev.to/steady5063
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scopicengineer.com
I finally get to announce that I wrote a chapter for the upcoming book titled “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech." The book will be published on March 26, 2026, and is available for pre-order

#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #Ethics #accessibility #Disabilit
Book cover with the title and subtitle in blue letters at the top reading Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. Below the title, taking up about 2/3 of the cover is a painting. The painting features arcs of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. The lower half of these swaths of bright colors are populated by abstract figures, circles, and building-like shapes. According to the artist, the work uses sheet music as a foundation, creating an abstract typographical interpretation of musical notation through bold design and color. Resting on the top left corner of the images are the words Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet. On the bottom right corner are the words CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
Never did I ever think I would see the northern lights in central Illinois. Unreal
Red colored northern lights with a touch of green just over a set of houses in central Illinois
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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robinkanatzar.bsky.social
The latest Appt Mobile Accessibility Newsletter is out! This time written by
@dadederk.bsky.social
appt.news/appt-news-ac... #iOS #Android #Accessibility #A11y
Appt News (Accessible Mobile Apps) - Issue #75
Hey y'all, In this edition, we have a special guest bringing you the latest in accessibility news! Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats is an iOS engineer and native accessibility expert. You may know him fr...
appt.news
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
steady5063.bsky.social
Can people just give a damn about making their content Accessible?

Even at a minimum level. It’s 2025. There are tools, guidance, and articles galore. Start giving a damn about making your applications in web and mobile accessible for everyone!!!

#Accessibility #Inclusion #A11y
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Reposted by Mark Steadman
steady5063.bsky.social
The iOS Automated #Accessibility Example library has been updated! 🎉 🎉

The latest example is a snapshot test example.
The AccessibilitySnapshot library allows you to add an #A11y snapshot test.

github.com/Steady5063/i....
GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues. - GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
github.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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intopia.bsky.social
In Australia, 4.4 million people live with a disability. It is estimated that 80% of these individuals have an invisible disability.

Invisible disabilities can include chronic pain, ADHD, mental health, epilepsy, and many others.

Resource: intopia.digital/articles/mak...
Intopia. 20-24 October. Invisible Disabilities Week. Not all disabilities are visible.
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
steady5063.bsky.social
The iOS Automated #Accessibility Example library has been updated! 🎉 🎉

The latest example is a snapshot test example.
The AccessibilitySnapshot library allows you to add an #A11y snapshot test.

github.com/Steady5063/i....
GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues. - GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
github.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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aardrian.bsky.social
“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A deep, well-researched & cited piece detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.

#a11y
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
If you are developing native applications. Please remember that #Accessibility hints are made for extra context. NOT for key information.

Believe it or not, plenty of users of Talkback and VoiceOver disabled hints as they have become to cumbersome
October 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
It is maddening how many mobile applications currently have so many fundamental issues when being used with assistive technologies

Here are trends I am seeing: (a thread)
October 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reposted by Mark Steadman
cariefisher.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking at #AllThingsOpen with @helen.blog on “Continuous AI for Accessibility: Build Better, Faster, Inclusive Software with GitHub” 🚀

If you’re working on #Accessibility, #OpenSource, or inclusive #AI come say hi after our session 👋

2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/con...
Continuous AI for Accessibility: Build Better, Faster, Inclusive Software with GitHub • All Things Open 2025
Accessibility issues don’t have to surprise you — or your users. Continuous AI for Accessibility is an approach to building accessible products by embedding tools, AI, and best practices directly into...
2025.allthingsopen.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
The iOS Automated #Accessibility Example Lib is FINALLY here! I have been working on this for a bit, and I finally have my first example pushed. This library will house the different types of automation you can use with #iOS native application development.

github.com/Steady5063/i...
GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues. - GitHub - Steady5063/iOS-Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib: Example iOS project testing our accessibility issues.
github.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Mark Steadman
matthiasott.com
🎧 Listening (at 1.5x speed … 😅) to a wonderful conversation of two of my favourite people: @kevinpowell.co navigating the world of web #accessibility with @sarasoueidan.com 👏 #webdev #a11y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGK...
Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan
YouTube video by General Musings with Kevin Powell
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
Been messing with Guidepup this week, it is super cool!

It has it's flaws, but it is a really cool concept of trying to do some automated testing for screen reader functionality. Keyword, functionality, doesn't replace actual screen reader testing

www.guidepup.dev
Screen reader driver for test automation | Guidepup
Reliable automation for your screen reader accessibility test workflows with Guidepup. Drive VoiceOver and NVDA a11y tests with ease
www.guidepup.dev
September 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
There is an old term that comes to mind with AI, and that is "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", which means "Who watches the watchers".

An #Accessibility problem i can already see, are developers taking suggestions of tools and not knowing the impact. So who is watching AI to make sure its right?
August 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Automated #Accessibility library has been updated!! 🎉

Puppeteer example is now out! Puppeteer is still one of the most popular testing frameworks, and luckily adding #A11y tests is easy! Check it out!!

github.com/Steady5063/A...
Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib/Integration/Puppeteer at main · Steady5063/Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib
Library of accessibility automation examples that use multiple different testing frameworks - Steady5063/Automated-Accessibility-Example-Lib
github.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Mark Steadman
motherjones.com
“Eliminating this option through an executive order would not only be unconstitutional, it would add to the barriers many disabled voters already face, from inaccessible polling places to health risks.

Elected leaders should be expanding accessible voting options, not dismantling them.”
Trump's promise to end vote-by-mail is yet another attack on disabled voters
The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really.
www.motherjones.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
steady5063.bsky.social
Dev teams are always looking for something that is fully automated. "Can we fully automate #A11y?" is always asked to me. No, we cannot.
However, are there ways to maximize the results to get the most value out of it to enforce good #Accessibility coding practices? You bet!

dev.to/steady5063/c...
Creating Effective Automated Accessibility Test Cases
One of the biggest fallacies in UI testing, especially when it comes to accessibility testing, is...
dev.to
August 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
steady5063.bsky.social
Pretty neat the layers of automation that Reddit is using for mobile iOS #Accessibility. check it out!

www.reddit.com/r/RedditEng/...
From the RedditEng community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the RedditEng community
www.reddit.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
On vacation in Northern Wisconsin. Might not come back with these temps!
49 degrees in birchwood Wisconsin
August 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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rnib.bsky.social
📣 We’d like to hear from you!

Bluesky is rolling out age verification as part of the Online Safety Act, which aims to reduce the risk of children seeing harmful content.

We’ve heard that blind and partially sighted folks are unable to verify their age because it’s inaccessible. Have you tried?
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
Its pretty amazing the trend of testing frameworks for web flipping over the last 5 years. In years past, WDIO, selenium and Puppeteer were tops. Now Cypress, Playwright are far and away the leaders. The dope part is Cypress and Playwright both have #Accessibility testing features :)
Chart comparing Cypress, playwright, puppeteer, selenium, and webdriverio. Where WDIO, selenium are at the bottom and Playwright and cypress are at the top
July 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by Mark Steadman
retconnc.bsky.social
For National Disability Awareness month we wanted to share the site caniplaythat.com. This site is dedicated to writing reviews and publishing news for all things related to video game accessibility. Keep up with what the industry is doing to keep their games accessible for the community!
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
steady5063.bsky.social
Super pumped to be doing this talk at WebAIM's, 'Web Accessibility in Mind' Conference. It's virtual and free on September 16th and 17th!

If you wanna see what happens when you don't care about semantic HTML and just use ARIA, then check this talk out!

#Accessibility #A11y
WebAIM Accessibility in Mind Conference, Mark Steadman Fidelity Investments 'A Tangled Web of ARIA'
July 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We're happy to finally unveil the full schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 24 hour online event on the 25 September 2025 inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
July 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM