Ashlee 🤟🏻
@ashleemboyer.com
Deaf, ND, multiply disabled.
W3C Invited Expert participating in WCAG 3.
Software eng. & consultant:
@ashlee.semanticfish.com
Blog:
ashleemboyer.com
More writing:
@semanticfish.net
Interests: crip theory & critical access/disability studies.
W3C Invited Expert participating in WCAG 3.
Software eng. & consultant:
@ashlee.semanticfish.com
Blog:
ashleemboyer.com
More writing:
@semanticfish.net
Interests: crip theory & critical access/disability studies.
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
For anyone who thinks AI is new, *MY MOM* wrote a bibliography of the literature on AI in 1959. Yes, MY 93-YEAR-OLD MOM. Yes, I'm proud of her.
www.google.com/books/editio...
www.google.com/books/editio...
A Concise Bibliography of the Literature on Artificial Intelligence
www.google.com
October 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
For anyone who thinks AI is new, *MY MOM* wrote a bibliography of the literature on AI in 1959. Yes, MY 93-YEAR-OLD MOM. Yes, I'm proud of her.
www.google.com/books/editio...
www.google.com/books/editio...
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
New newsletter issue will be hitting your inboxes shortly. It's a while since I last checked in, but you can start expecting more frequent emails (but too many) starting today. ✨
October 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
New newsletter issue will be hitting your inboxes shortly. It's a while since I last checked in, but you can start expecting more frequent emails (but too many) starting today. ✨
Rough day, will send tomorrow! #TheAccessibilityPond
Hey it’s Wednesday! That means the next issue of #TheAccessibilityPond is going out when? Tomorrow!
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
The Accessibility Pond
More than a newsletter. Find community, support, resources, and co-conspirators. From Ashlee at Semantic Fish Creative Group.
buttondown.com
October 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Rough day, will send tomorrow! #TheAccessibilityPond
Just a girl paying her Gerber premium that her Grandma purchased 2 weeks after she was born because her Grandma isn't here to pay it anymore
October 23, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Just a girl paying her Gerber premium that her Grandma purchased 2 weeks after she was born because her Grandma isn't here to pay it anymore
Hey it’s Wednesday! That means the next issue of #TheAccessibilityPond is going out when? Tomorrow!
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
The Accessibility Pond
More than a newsletter. Find community, support, resources, and co-conspirators. From Ashlee at Semantic Fish Creative Group.
buttondown.com
October 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Hey it’s Wednesday! That means the next issue of #TheAccessibilityPond is going out when? Tomorrow!
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
If you’d like to sign up or check out the latest issue, you can do it here: buttondown.com/the-accessib....
Last week, I outlined my 90-day plan for the pond and my first 6 months in AGWG.
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group minutes for October 20, 2026: www.w3.org/2026/10/20-a.... #a11y #accessibility #wcag
AGWG Teleconference – 20 October 2026
www.w3.org
October 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group minutes for October 20, 2026: www.w3.org/2026/10/20-a.... #a11y #accessibility #wcag
WCAG 3 Guidance Documents Task Force minutes for October 19, 2026: www.w3.org/2026/10/19-a.... #a11y #accessibility #wcag
Guidance docs TF – 19 October 2026
www.w3.org
October 20, 2026 at 3:22 AM
WCAG 3 Guidance Documents Task Force minutes for October 19, 2026: www.w3.org/2026/10/19-a.... #a11y #accessibility #wcag
Ooooooooo I'm adding this to the top of my reading list.
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages: Studies in Honor of Ceil Lucas.
Published September 2026
gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Soci...
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages: Studies in Honor of Ceil Lucas.
Published September 2026
gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Soci...
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages honors the remarkable career of Ceil Lucas, a pioneering sociolinguist whose research, teaching, and mentoring profoundly influenced the study of sign langua...
gupress.gallaudet.edu
October 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Ooooooooo I'm adding this to the top of my reading list.
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages: Studies in Honor of Ceil Lucas.
Published September 2026
gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Soci...
Sociolinguistic Pathways in Sign Languages: Studies in Honor of Ceil Lucas.
Published September 2026
gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/S/Soci...
This is EXCELLENT reporting
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is EXCELLENT reporting
If October 2025 Ashlee could see where October 2026 Ashlee is 🥹
October 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM
If October 2025 Ashlee could see where October 2026 Ashlee is 🥹
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
Tomorrow, October 16th, marks Practical Accessibility's third birthday. 🎂
To celebrate, I am gifting everybody 25% off for the next 48 hours 🎁 Individual and team licenses alike!
The discount is automatically applied during checkout—no code is needed.
👉🏻 practical-accessibility.today
Enjoy! #a11y
To celebrate, I am gifting everybody 25% off for the next 48 hours 🎁 Individual and team licenses alike!
The discount is automatically applied during checkout—no code is needed.
👉🏻 practical-accessibility.today
Enjoy! #a11y
The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
October 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Tomorrow, October 16th, marks Practical Accessibility's third birthday. 🎂
To celebrate, I am gifting everybody 25% off for the next 48 hours 🎁 Individual and team licenses alike!
The discount is automatically applied during checkout—no code is needed.
👉🏻 practical-accessibility.today
Enjoy! #a11y
To celebrate, I am gifting everybody 25% off for the next 48 hours 🎁 Individual and team licenses alike!
The discount is automatically applied during checkout—no code is needed.
👉🏻 practical-accessibility.today
Enjoy! #a11y
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
Braille maps for all the bathrooms, even the dog bathrooms! The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is the first US airport to install tactile maps by every restroom. Which airport should be next? #AccessibleTravel #a11y youtube.com/shorts/7piRe...
The Airport Dog Bathroom has a Braille Map
YouTube video by Haben Girma
youtube.com
October 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Braille maps for all the bathrooms, even the dog bathrooms! The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is the first US airport to install tactile maps by every restroom. Which airport should be next? #AccessibleTravel #a11y youtube.com/shorts/7piRe...
Issue #3 of #TheAccessibilityPond is out!
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
[The Accessibility Pond] Issue #3: October 14, 2026
It’s been a while. Issue #2 went out January 28, 2025. Why has it been so long? The short answer: 2025 was the hardest year of my life. For the medium...
buttondown.com
October 16, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
Issue #3 of #TheAccessibilityPond is out!
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
[The Accessibility Pond] Issue #3: October 14, 2026
It’s been a while. Issue #2 went out January 28, 2025. Why has it been so long? The short answer: 2025 was the hardest year of my life. For the medium...
buttondown.com
October 16, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Issue #3 of #TheAccessibilityPond is out!
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
What's in store this week:
- The Pond’s first 90 days
- My first 6 months as a W3C Invited Expert
- My week in AGWG
buttondown.com/the-accessib...
Indianapolis feels kinda inaccurate tbh 😭
Sacramento is, by these metrics, the best value and some of the highest quality of life anywhere in the west.
California incomes and sunshine with Portland’s prices and Denver’s access to nature is I guess a ranking-friendly combo?
California incomes and sunshine with Portland’s prices and Denver’s access to nature is I guess a ranking-friendly combo?
October 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Indianapolis feels kinda inaccurate tbh 😭
Dang! Wrote the next issue of #TheAccessibilityPond. I’m sending it out either tomorrow or Thursday!
Where to sign up if you want it in your inbox: buttondown.com/the-accessib...
Where to sign up if you want it in your inbox: buttondown.com/the-accessib...
October 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Dang! Wrote the next issue of #TheAccessibilityPond. I’m sending it out either tomorrow or Thursday!
Where to sign up if you want it in your inbox: buttondown.com/the-accessib...
Where to sign up if you want it in your inbox: buttondown.com/the-accessib...
Is "we're just getting started" a gen-AI signal now?
October 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Is "we're just getting started" a gen-AI signal now?
I think I'd completely forgotten how to blog for a couple years there but the feeling might finally be coming back to me?? I hope, because if so that's a lovely sign from the executive function part of my brain!
October 14, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I think I'd completely forgotten how to blog for a couple years there but the feeling might finally be coming back to me?? I hope, because if so that's a lovely sign from the executive function part of my brain!
Before we totally abolish DHS, let’s outline accessibility impacts that’d have if not mitigated:
The DHS Trusted Tester Process is one approach to testing accessibility to Section 508 (legally required in US edu and gov).
DHS offers training & certification for identifying trusted testers.
The DHS Trusted Tester Process is one approach to testing accessibility to Section 508 (legally required in US edu and gov).
DHS offers training & certification for identifying trusted testers.
Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.
Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP
The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.
truthout.org
October 14, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Before we totally abolish DHS, let’s outline accessibility impacts that’d have if not mitigated:
The DHS Trusted Tester Process is one approach to testing accessibility to Section 508 (legally required in US edu and gov).
DHS offers training & certification for identifying trusted testers.
The DHS Trusted Tester Process is one approach to testing accessibility to Section 508 (legally required in US edu and gov).
DHS offers training & certification for identifying trusted testers.
Text literacy isn’t a sign of intelligence. It’s a sign of fluency in a written language.
You can be very intelligent and lower fluency in a written language. Fluency is a skill & there are many ways to grow it.
1/2
You can be very intelligent and lower fluency in a written language. Fluency is a skill & there are many ways to grow it.
1/2
October 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Text literacy isn’t a sign of intelligence. It’s a sign of fluency in a written language.
You can be very intelligent and lower fluency in a written language. Fluency is a skill & there are many ways to grow it.
1/2
You can be very intelligent and lower fluency in a written language. Fluency is a skill & there are many ways to grow it.
1/2
Nearly 400,000 people in Indiana have paid to have their license plates easier for flock cameras to read. 👍🏻
www.wfyi.org/statewide/20...
www.wfyi.org/statewide/20...
Indiana makes nearly $13M from blackout license plates, plans to reinvest
Indiana has sold nearly 400,000 blackout license plates since 2025. Gov. Mike Braun says it will bring nearly $13 million back to the BMV.
www.wfyi.org
October 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Nearly 400,000 people in Indiana have paid to have their license plates easier for flock cameras to read. 👍🏻
www.wfyi.org/statewide/20...
www.wfyi.org/statewide/20...
Is there a database of book cover descriptions somewhere? Sometimes book covers are too niche for me to describe on my own. (For alt text accessibility.)
October 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Is there a database of book cover descriptions somewhere? Sometimes book covers are too niche for me to describe on my own. (For alt text accessibility.)
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it:
- Slow Internet on an airplane
- I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is
- Bluesky broke images again
- My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise
- Conveys further context and authorial intent
- Slow Internet on an airplane
- I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is
- Bluesky broke images again
- My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise
- Conveys further context and authorial intent
October 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it:
- Slow Internet on an airplane
- I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is
- Bluesky broke images again
- My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise
- Conveys further context and authorial intent
- Slow Internet on an airplane
- I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is
- Bluesky broke images again
- My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise
- Conveys further context and authorial intent
Miss her terribly 💔
She is my first and last thoughts every single day. Every single day, such heavy thoughts. I love to picture her smile and laugh, even though those images quickly remind me of the cold permanence of her absence.
October 10, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Miss her terribly 💔
Reposted by Ashlee 🤟🏻
Think I’ll have to make photo essays be part of my first book. This strip of Franklin Road has so many memories.
Like this specific DQ where I got countless medium vanilla cones dipped in chocolate.
Across the street I got foil-wrapped Hershey bars and Extra gum. And tiger tails at Village Pantry.
Like this specific DQ where I got countless medium vanilla cones dipped in chocolate.
Across the street I got foil-wrapped Hershey bars and Extra gum. And tiger tails at Village Pantry.
April 23, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Think I’ll have to make photo essays be part of my first book. This strip of Franklin Road has so many memories.
Like this specific DQ where I got countless medium vanilla cones dipped in chocolate.
Across the street I got foil-wrapped Hershey bars and Extra gum. And tiger tails at Village Pantry.
Like this specific DQ where I got countless medium vanilla cones dipped in chocolate.
Across the street I got foil-wrapped Hershey bars and Extra gum. And tiger tails at Village Pantry.