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It’s the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities (#IDPD)! This week we ask if you will share free online W3C WAI accessibility resources in 35 languages. Curious about new WAI staff? Find out about #a11y resources, translations, and staff from:

Want to help spread digital accessibility understanding in your native language? 🌍 #a11y We're seeking volunteer translators for #W3C #WAI accessibility resources. Here’s the starting place for info: (And you can be listed in )

Free registration closes today (Monday 13 Nov) for two events this week: Evaluating Accessibility: Meeting Key Challenges on 16 Nov 2023 WAI-CooP Project Meeting on 14 Nov 2023 Note: register for each separately

2 opportunities to learn and share about digital accessibility next week: Evaluating Accessibility: Meeting Key Challenges on 16 Nov 2023 WAI-CooP Project Meeting on 14 Nov 2023 Register free (separately for each) by 13 Nov

You are invited to W3C WAI’s “Evaluating Accessibility: Meeting Key Challenges” Research Symposium online 16 November 2023. Registration is free and required by Monday 13 November 2023. Please see the program, schedule, and registration link at: #a11y

Linee guida per l'accessibilità dei contenuti Web (WCAG) 2.2 -- the Italian Candidate Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (#WCAG) 2.2 -- is available for review. See - #a11y

WCAG 2.2 is now published as a Web Standard (“W3C Recommendation”)! For an introduction to WCAG, see WCAG 2 Overview There are a few updates in #WCAG 2 FAQ And new "In briefs" in What's New in WCAG 2.2

RT @w3cdevs: Accessibility is an integral part of W3C Inc.'s mission and vision, and during #w3cTPAC, @shawna_slh gave an activity update f…

@pauljadam The wording that's now in updated WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.0 Errata is: "This Success Criterion should be considered as always satisfied for any content using HTML or XML."

WCAG 2 update: We're in the process of updating a few things for WCAG 2. Today we updated WCAG 2.1. Info is in the FAQ: Remember the starting place to get official up-to-date WCAG 2 info is (which links to the FAQ :-) #WCAG

W3C Accessibility Specialist job posting info is at: Reminder that the current application deadline is Tuesday 19 September 2023.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Accessibility Research Symposium 2023 report provides videos and transcripts of the international online event exploring the positive and negative impacts of AI in digital accessibility. #a11y #ai see:

WCAG 2.2 Update: We might publish WCAG 2.2 in September 2023 or later in 2023. We are processing new comments that we received in August. For the latest info, please see: What's New in WCAG 2.2 - Status, Timeline, Changes

WCAG2ICT is Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies, including documents and software. The in-progress draft update for WCAG 2.1 (and WCAG 2.2 coming) is available for your review. Start from: WCAG2ICT Overview

Updated WCAG 3 Working Draft better communicates what is exploratory. It includes a possible approach to testing and conformance, with questions. See more about this draft in e-mail: For future up-to-date info: WCAG 3 Introduction