Carie Fisher
@cariefisher.bsky.social
😻 Accessibility @ GitHub
🎮 HCI PhD candidate a11y + AI
💻 Recovering frontend dev
✨ Star Wars fan (obviously)
💁♀️ she/her
🎮 HCI PhD candidate a11y + AI
💻 Recovering frontend dev
✨ Star Wars fan (obviously)
💁♀️ she/her
What an incredible few days at #AllThingsOpen 🎉
Volunteered at the first accessibility summit, gave a talk with @helen.blog about the open-sourced accessibility scanner, plus watched Ed Summers deliver a keynote 🙌
Be sure to check out the a11y scanner & share your feedback 💖
👉 gh.io/a11y-scanner
Volunteered at the first accessibility summit, gave a talk with @helen.blog about the open-sourced accessibility scanner, plus watched Ed Summers deliver a keynote 🙌
Be sure to check out the a11y scanner & share your feedback 💖
👉 gh.io/a11y-scanner
GitHub - github/accessibility-scanner: Finds potential accessibility gaps, files GitHub issues to track them, and attempts to fix them with Copilot.
Finds potential accessibility gaps, files GitHub issues to track them, and attempts to fix them with Copilot. - github/accessibility-scanner
gh.io
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What an incredible few days at #AllThingsOpen 🎉
Volunteered at the first accessibility summit, gave a talk with @helen.blog about the open-sourced accessibility scanner, plus watched Ed Summers deliver a keynote 🙌
Be sure to check out the a11y scanner & share your feedback 💖
👉 gh.io/a11y-scanner
Volunteered at the first accessibility summit, gave a talk with @helen.blog about the open-sourced accessibility scanner, plus watched Ed Summers deliver a keynote 🙌
Be sure to check out the a11y scanner & share your feedback 💖
👉 gh.io/a11y-scanner
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...
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
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...
If you’re working on #Accessibility, #OpenSource, or inclusive #AI come say hi after our session 👋
2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/con...
Reposted by Carie Fisher
With just about 1 day to go, we've now scheduled the videos for all #id24 sessions.
You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign
You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
With just about 1 day to go, we've now scheduled the videos for all #id24 sessions.
You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign
You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign
Reposted by Carie Fisher
This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values.
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
Grok Code Fast 1 is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog
Grok Code Fast 1 will be available as an opt-in public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans in Visual Studio Code. Rollout will be gradual —…
github.blog
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values.
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
Your feedback matters 🙌
GitHub now remembers your tab width preferences everywhere - more choice, more flexibility, all thanks to your suggestions!
Our accessibility team is always turning your feedback into real improvements. Keep sharing - we love hearing from you! 💕
github.blog/changelog/20...
GitHub now remembers your tab width preferences everywhere - more choice, more flexibility, all thanks to your suggestions!
Our accessibility team is always turning your feedback into real improvements. Keep sharing - we love hearing from you! 💕
github.blog/changelog/20...
GitHub consistently maintains user-defined tab-width preferences - GitHub Changelog
What’s changed? Historically, users on GitHub have been able to set their preferred tab width for viewing code, but this preference was not reliably respected throughout the site. Inconsistent tab…
github.blog
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Your feedback matters 🙌
GitHub now remembers your tab width preferences everywhere - more choice, more flexibility, all thanks to your suggestions!
Our accessibility team is always turning your feedback into real improvements. Keep sharing - we love hearing from you! 💕
github.blog/changelog/20...
GitHub now remembers your tab width preferences everywhere - more choice, more flexibility, all thanks to your suggestions!
Our accessibility team is always turning your feedback into real improvements. Keep sharing - we love hearing from you! 💕
github.blog/changelog/20...
Reposted by Carie Fisher
ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...
What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine
[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning ...
www.smashingmagazine.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...
Reposted by Carie Fisher
I love the Microsoft inclusive persona spectrum graphic for accessibility. Since bartender and cataracts don’t fit my main audience of K12 education, I adapted it and thought I would share. @edusky.bsky.social #Edusky #a11y
June 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I love the Microsoft inclusive persona spectrum graphic for accessibility. Since bartender and cataracts don’t fit my main audience of K12 education, I adapted it and thought I would share. @edusky.bsky.social #Edusky #a11y
GitHub just launched enhanced contrast controls — now everyone can customize their theme, even when logged out 🎉
Adjust contrast on light/dark modes to reduce eye strain and boost readability. One more step toward a more inclusive GitHub experience 💪
github.blog/changelog/20...
Adjust contrast on light/dark modes to reduce eye strain and boost readability. One more step toward a more inclusive GitHub experience 💪
github.blog/changelog/20...
Control contrast for all GitHub themes - GitHub Changelog
Enhanced contrast settings! 💻 GitHub is committed to being the home for all developers, and that means ensuring our platform is accessible and inclusive for everyone. Today, we’re providing improved…
github.blog
June 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GitHub just launched enhanced contrast controls — now everyone can customize their theme, even when logged out 🎉
Adjust contrast on light/dark modes to reduce eye strain and boost readability. One more step toward a more inclusive GitHub experience 💪
github.blog/changelog/20...
Adjust contrast on light/dark modes to reduce eye strain and boost readability. One more step toward a more inclusive GitHub experience 💪
github.blog/changelog/20...
🌈 Color in CSS: More Than Just Pretty Palettes 🎨
Yesterday, I hosted May’s @a11ytalks.com with @aubreysambor.com, who gave an excellent talk on how color impacts accessibility—covering contrast, color-contrast(), oklch(), and more!
Be sure to catch the replay: youtu.be/153_6jGZjwc
Yesterday, I hosted May’s @a11ytalks.com with @aubreysambor.com, who gave an excellent talk on how color impacts accessibility—covering contrast, color-contrast(), oklch(), and more!
Be sure to catch the replay: youtu.be/153_6jGZjwc
Color in CSS - Aubrey Sambor (A11yTalks - May 2025)
YouTube video by Accessibility Talks
youtu.be
May 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌈 Color in CSS: More Than Just Pretty Palettes 🎨
Yesterday, I hosted May’s @a11ytalks.com with @aubreysambor.com, who gave an excellent talk on how color impacts accessibility—covering contrast, color-contrast(), oklch(), and more!
Be sure to catch the replay: youtu.be/153_6jGZjwc
Yesterday, I hosted May’s @a11ytalks.com with @aubreysambor.com, who gave an excellent talk on how color impacts accessibility—covering contrast, color-contrast(), oklch(), and more!
Be sure to catch the replay: youtu.be/153_6jGZjwc
Last week was heavy — celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day while saying goodbye to talented colleagues, including people on our accessibility teams.
I’ve shared more thoughts and how you can help/support in my full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/carief...
I’ve shared more thoughts and how you can help/support in my full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/carief...
May 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Last week was heavy — celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day while saying goodbye to talented colleagues, including people on our accessibility teams.
I’ve shared more thoughts and how you can help/support in my full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/carief...
I’ve shared more thoughts and how you can help/support in my full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/carief...
Day 5 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series is here 🚀
Meet Kelly, a blind tech expert who built custom apps for retirement planning and image descriptions with help from Copilot 📊
When the tools don’t exist, Copilot helps you build them 🤖 github.com/orgs/communi...
Meet Kelly, a blind tech expert who built custom apps for retirement planning and image descriptions with help from Copilot 📊
When the tools don’t exist, Copilot helps you build them 🤖 github.com/orgs/communi...
How to use GitHub Copilot to build apps [Day 5] · community · Discussion #159465
Kelly has found current apps don’t meet his needs, he works with GitHub Copilot to build apps to help him plan his retirement and get visual image descriptions. Copilot_Accessibility_Kelly_FINAL_No...
github.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Day 5 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series is here 🚀
Meet Kelly, a blind tech expert who built custom apps for retirement planning and image descriptions with help from Copilot 📊
When the tools don’t exist, Copilot helps you build them 🤖 github.com/orgs/communi...
Meet Kelly, a blind tech expert who built custom apps for retirement planning and image descriptions with help from Copilot 📊
When the tools don’t exist, Copilot helps you build them 🤖 github.com/orgs/communi...
Sitting outside enjoying a cup of coffee today when a bird decided to bless me — not once, but twice 💩🐦
They say it’s good luck when a bird poops on you…but does getting hit a second time negate that luck? 🍀🫠
They say it’s good luck when a bird poops on you…but does getting hit a second time negate that luck? 🍀🫠
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sitting outside enjoying a cup of coffee today when a bird decided to bless me — not once, but twice 💩🐦
They say it’s good luck when a bird poops on you…but does getting hit a second time negate that luck? 🍀🫠
They say it’s good luck when a bird poops on you…but does getting hit a second time negate that luck? 🍀🫠
Today is day 4 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series 🚀
Meet tech lead Chris, always looking for ways to level up his skills. Whether he’s diving into Google Cloud or breaking down APIs, he turns to GitHub Copilot to supercharge his self-guided learning 🎓
Meet tech lead Chris, always looking for ways to level up his skills. Whether he’s diving into Google Cloud or breaking down APIs, he turns to GitHub Copilot to supercharge his self-guided learning 🎓
How to use GitHub Copilot to document [Day 4] · community · Discussion #159374
@Ckhanoyan saves time by using GitHub Copilot to help him document a new instance in Google Cloud, get commands for API, and more! Copilot_Accessibility_Chris_FINAL_Captions.mov This video is part ...
github.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today is day 4 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series 🚀
Meet tech lead Chris, always looking for ways to level up his skills. Whether he’s diving into Google Cloud or breaking down APIs, he turns to GitHub Copilot to supercharge his self-guided learning 🎓
Meet tech lead Chris, always looking for ways to level up his skills. Whether he’s diving into Google Cloud or breaking down APIs, he turns to GitHub Copilot to supercharge his self-guided learning 🎓
Reposted by Carie Fisher
A little purr floating your way
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May 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A little purr floating your way
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Day 3 of the #GAAD GitHub Copilot Series 🚀
Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌
github.com/orgs/communi...
Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌
github.com/orgs/communi...
How to use GitHub Copilot to understand a codebase [Day 3] · community · Discussion #159232
Select Topic Area Show & Tell GitHub Feature Area Copilot Body @TomSmail uses GitHub Copilot to get a deeper understanding of his codebase’s analytics which helps him build more quickly 🚀. This vid...
github.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Day 3 of the #GAAD GitHub Copilot Series 🚀
Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌
github.com/orgs/communi...
Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌
github.com/orgs/communi...
Day 2 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot video series 🚀
Meet @meryl.bsky.social — speaker & accessibility champ who was born deaf & relies on captions 🧏♀️
Note-taking during calls plus reading captions? Tricky. Thankfully she had a copilot to help her summarize the key points 🗒️
github.com/orgs/communi...
Meet @meryl.bsky.social — speaker & accessibility champ who was born deaf & relies on captions 🧏♀️
Note-taking during calls plus reading captions? Tricky. Thankfully she had a copilot to help her summarize the key points 🗒️
github.com/orgs/communi...
How to use GitHub Copilot to get meeting transcripts [Day 2] · community · Discussion #159086
@merylke shows us how she uses GitHub Copilot to serve as a sidekick for notetaking during calls. Copilot_Accessibility_Meryl_FINAL_Captions.mov This video is part of our Five ways you can use GitH...
github.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Day 2 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot video series 🚀
Meet @meryl.bsky.social — speaker & accessibility champ who was born deaf & relies on captions 🧏♀️
Note-taking during calls plus reading captions? Tricky. Thankfully she had a copilot to help her summarize the key points 🗒️
github.com/orgs/communi...
Meet @meryl.bsky.social — speaker & accessibility champ who was born deaf & relies on captions 🧏♀️
Note-taking during calls plus reading captions? Tricky. Thankfully she had a copilot to help her summarize the key points 🗒️
github.com/orgs/communi...
Each day this week, we’re spotlighting a new video featuring a person with lived experience using GitHub Copilot to solve real-world challenges. These stories show how AI can reduce barriers, boost productivity, and unlock creativity in coding and beyond ✨
github.com/orgs/communi...
github.com/orgs/communi...
Five different ways you can use GitHub Copilot · community · Discussion #158705
Less than six months ago we launched GitHub Copilot Free for all our users, starting a new era of possibilities. So many possibilities in fact that it can be easy to miss all the great ways you can...
github.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Each day this week, we’re spotlighting a new video featuring a person with lived experience using GitHub Copilot to solve real-world challenges. These stories show how AI can reduce barriers, boost productivity, and unlock creativity in coding and beyond ✨
github.com/orgs/communi...
github.com/orgs/communi...
Accessibility + Design Systems = Better Together 💡
Even great components can lead to inaccessible designs. @janmaarten.com shows how it happens — and what to watch for.
📖 Read Part 1: github.blog/engineering/...
Even great components can lead to inaccessible designs. @janmaarten.com shows how it happens — and what to watch for.
📖 Read Part 1: github.blog/engineering/...
Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
github.blog
May 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Accessibility + Design Systems = Better Together 💡
Even great components can lead to inaccessible designs. @janmaarten.com shows how it happens — and what to watch for.
📖 Read Part 1: github.blog/engineering/...
Even great components can lead to inaccessible designs. @janmaarten.com shows how it happens — and what to watch for.
📖 Read Part 1: github.blog/engineering/...
Just dropped! Dive into “Building a More Accessible GitHub CLI” by Ryan Hecht and Andrew Feller @andyfeller.bsky.social - a must-read for command line fans and accessibility champions alike 🧑💻
github.blog/engineering/...
github.blog/engineering/...
Building a more accessible GitHub CLI
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.
github.blog
May 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just dropped! Dive into “Building a More Accessible GitHub CLI” by Ryan Hecht and Andrew Feller @andyfeller.bsky.social - a must-read for command line fans and accessibility champions alike 🧑💻
github.blog/engineering/...
github.blog/engineering/...
It's not too late to join the GitHub 4-week accessibility challenge leading up to Global Accessibility Day 💖
Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗
Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕
github.com/orgs/communi...
Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗
Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕
github.com/orgs/communi...
Learn how to contribute to open source accessibly :accessibility: [Student Skills Series] · community · Discussion #156342
Hey students! Open source is for all and a great way to be a model contributor is by making sure you’re contributing in a way that people of all abilities can access. With Global Accessibility Day ...
github.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's not too late to join the GitHub 4-week accessibility challenge leading up to Global Accessibility Day 💖
Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗
Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕
github.com/orgs/communi...
Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗
Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕
github.com/orgs/communi...
Loved getting to design a custom shirt and award as a small thank-you to the many folks — both visible and behind the scenes — who work hard every day to make GitHub more inclusive to all 💜👕✨
So glad you like the shirt @brittanyellich.com 😊
So glad you like the shirt @brittanyellich.com 😊
New swag to celebrate being a @github.com Accessibility Champion. This may be my favorite GitHub shirt yet, which is saying something because I have a ton of them 😂
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Loved getting to design a custom shirt and award as a small thank-you to the many folks — both visible and behind the scenes — who work hard every day to make GitHub more inclusive to all 💜👕✨
So glad you like the shirt @brittanyellich.com 😊
So glad you like the shirt @brittanyellich.com 😊
This is so good! Thanks for this write-up on choosing the right AI model for the job @cassidoo.co 🐙😸
I wrote up this blog on AI models for GitHub Copilot in case y'all aren't sure which ones to pick!
github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...
github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...
Which AI model should I use with GitHub Copilot?
Ever wondered which AI model is the best fit for your GitHub Copilot project? Here are some things to consider.
github.blog
April 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is so good! Thanks for this write-up on choosing the right AI model for the job @cassidoo.co 🐙😸
Reposted by Carie Fisher
Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com
Shell Little
Senior Accessibility Specialist, Inclusive Design Leader, and international keynote speaker.
shellelittle.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com
Do you use GitHub Copilot and have lived experience? This is your chance to share your story with others 💖
We're creating short videos showcasing how Copilot enhances workflow or daily tasks, to be featured on the GitHub accessibility community board 🚀
github.com/orgs/communi...
We're creating short videos showcasing how Copilot enhances workflow or daily tasks, to be featured on the GitHub accessibility community board 🚀
github.com/orgs/communi...
Recruiting for a video opportunity! · community · Discussion #156238
Are you a GitHub user with lived experience? Do you use GitHub Copilot? Then GitHub wants to hear from you! We’re looking to record people with lived experience using Copilot for a brief demo video...
github.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Do you use GitHub Copilot and have lived experience? This is your chance to share your story with others 💖
We're creating short videos showcasing how Copilot enhances workflow or daily tasks, to be featured on the GitHub accessibility community board 🚀
github.com/orgs/communi...
We're creating short videos showcasing how Copilot enhances workflow or daily tasks, to be featured on the GitHub accessibility community board 🚀
github.com/orgs/communi...
Thanks for sharing this work 🙌
Using a screen reader? Check out our new guides to help efficiently navigate and interact with GitHub repos and issues, plus GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code.
accessibility.github.com/documentation
accessibility.github.com/documentation
GitHub Accessibility Documentation
GitHub is committed to developing technology that empowers everyone, including people with disabilities, and helps customers find the essential information they need to use GitHub.
accessibility.github.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for sharing this work 🙌