Anika Henke

We wrote down how we test for #WCAG (and #accessibility in general). We've shared it as #OpenSource at github.com/alphagov/wcag-…

I will start answering questions in half an hour at reddit.com/r/accessibilit… #GAAD #accessibility #a11y

Want to know more about how we do #accessibility in UK government? I will be doing an AMA on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD 19 May) at 12 noon BST for 24 hours. #a11y reddit.com/r/accessibilit…

To avoid being stuck with an inaccessible product put #accessibility as a requirement into your contracts.

The worst outcome of not thinking about #accessibility from the start is signing a contract with a third party who is unwilling to make changes and you are stuck with an inaccessible product. #a11y

I became a British citizen today. 🎉 (I'm also still German.) I had to say 4 sentences and then I got a certificate and some marmalade. (Yup.) 🇬🇧

@ArgosHelpers @ArgosHelpers, never mind. I've tried for over an hour via multiple methods but have given up now. I've bought what I needed elsewhere.

@ArgosHelpers @ArgosHelpers, I just installed the app on a different device. This time I get past the postcode but adding my details now gives an error. I also tried the website in incognito mode and a different browser, but that didn't help either.

@ArgosHelpers, I cannot buy anything from your website or app as every option only gives me an error message. (Neither adding a new card nor PayPal works on the website, the app won't accept my postcode.) Is there another way to order something please?

I have done a #WCAG audit of @DokuWiki: dokuwiki.org/wcag-audit. Thanks to my employer @GDSTeam for providing #volunteering days. (Although I needed to use more of my spare time in the end.) #accessibility #a11y #OpenSource

Why are there so many online shops which clear your basket after one measly hour? It's as if they don't want any customers. Imagine that in the physical world, someone taking your basket away from you after you spend more than an hour in the supermarket. #uxfail

@sonia_turcotte @shakiradamji @madebymarian @accessibleweb And the template for the spreadsheet in the screenshot was done by me.

He's saying things about me that are simply not true. For example, that I'm trying to discredit him. Or that I say he doesn't care about accessibility. Or that I call his reputation into question. I would never do any of those things! Why would I? So, why is he saying that?

'[I could say] "you missed this HMMMMM" or I could see it for what it is: a finer point to be addressed, and assume the best intentions' wrote @heydonworks. Exactly. If you could follow your own advice, please. How can we educate when any advice is misunderstood as an insult?

It's very painful for me to learn that @heydonworks blocked me after I pointed out accessibility issues in his latest video. I wasn't just "nitpicking", I spent a couple of hours providing all the fixes which he then went on using in his video. gist.github.com/selfthinker/88…

@heydonworks @vavroom @mausbun Yes, that makes sense if the video won't get watched anywhere else. You could also repeat the credits on the page instead of in an audio description or transcript.

@heydonworks @vavroom @mausbun Thank you. If it makes you feel better, I once started a sentence with "as you can all see...", pointing to something on the screen behind me during a talk. The audience included several blind people. (Ouch!)