Gerard K. Cohen
@gerardkcohen.me
Accessibility advocate. Former Engineering Manager of the Twitter a11y team.
Learn more at https://gerardkcohen.me
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Gerard K. Cohen
@gerardkcohen.me
· Jan 13
Foundations of Accessible Web Design
The web was created for everyone, but you don't have to be an accessibility expert to make your site accessible. This course will help you attain the knowledge and skills to meet web accessibility gui...
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I’m excited to announce that my latest accessibility course, Foundations of Accessible Web Design, is now available!
www.pluralsight.com/courses/foun...
This course is for EVERYONE! Design, Content, Developers, QA, and anyone that wants to learn how to make the web more accessible using WCAG v2.2
www.pluralsight.com/courses/foun...
This course is for EVERYONE! Design, Content, Developers, QA, and anyone that wants to learn how to make the web more accessible using WCAG v2.2
The way I feel prompting AI with "You are a ...."
August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The way I feel prompting AI with "You are a ...."
I wish rideshare services would include the option to not use any Tesla vehicles. I very much resent having to ride in one.
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I wish rideshare services would include the option to not use any Tesla vehicles. I very much resent having to ride in one.
Pet peeve of mine: Accessibility visitors. These are people that treat accessibility documentation like a TripAdvisor review they spent 20 minutes reading, then show up and start telling locals what to do. Or worse, start trashing the place for everyone else.
(It happens, ask me how I know)
(It happens, ask me how I know)
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pet peeve of mine: Accessibility visitors. These are people that treat accessibility documentation like a TripAdvisor review they spent 20 minutes reading, then show up and start telling locals what to do. Or worse, start trashing the place for everyone else.
(It happens, ask me how I know)
(It happens, ask me how I know)
So that Meta AI ad about Frank the fish... Meta AI was smart enough to tell the guy where the fish was bought and what it looked like, and even reminded him that Zoe's school gets out in 10 minutes...
Would it have been easier to tell him that Zoe took Frank to Show and Tell? Is this your AI king?
Would it have been easier to tell him that Zoe took Frank to Show and Tell? Is this your AI king?
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So that Meta AI ad about Frank the fish... Meta AI was smart enough to tell the guy where the fish was bought and what it looked like, and even reminded him that Zoe's school gets out in 10 minutes...
Would it have been easier to tell him that Zoe took Frank to Show and Tell? Is this your AI king?
Would it have been easier to tell him that Zoe took Frank to Show and Tell? Is this your AI king?
Happy birthday @karlgroves.bsky.social! Hopefully you’re catching waves somewhere.
June 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy birthday @karlgroves.bsky.social! Hopefully you’re catching waves somewhere.
My heart is heavy this week seeing the military used against my people. My heart is heavy for the military being used against their neighbors.
June 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My heart is heavy this week seeing the military used against my people. My heart is heavy for the military being used against their neighbors.
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👀 Robust Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by @gerardkcohen.me
#AI #agentix #a11y
gerardkcohen.me/writing/2025...
#AI #agentix #a11y
gerardkcohen.me/writing/2025...
Robust Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Writing | gerardkcohen.me
What if there was a way that AI could easily glean relevant controls, expected interactions, and predictable outcomes? What if content was robust enough that it could be interpreted by a wide variety ...
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May 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
👀 Robust Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by @gerardkcohen.me
#AI #agentix #a11y
gerardkcohen.me/writing/2025...
#AI #agentix #a11y
gerardkcohen.me/writing/2025...
I've spent my whole career discussing links vs buttons, over and over again. I never thought it would graduate to links INSIDE buttons. What kind of hell is this? #a11y
March 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I've spent my whole career discussing links vs buttons, over and over again. I never thought it would graduate to links INSIDE buttons. What kind of hell is this? #a11y
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✊🏼Know your Standards - updated 07/02/2025
"Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant."
#ARIA #a11y #HTML
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/1...
"Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant."
#ARIA #a11y #HTML
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/1...
Know your Standards – HTML Accessibility
html5accessibility.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
✊🏼Know your Standards - updated 07/02/2025
"Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant."
#ARIA #a11y #HTML
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/1...
"Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant."
#ARIA #a11y #HTML
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/1...
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🎈Always useful: all #HTML attributes, what elements they can be used on, brief description, and allowed values
html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/in...
html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/in...
HTML Standard
html.spec.whatwg.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🎈Always useful: all #HTML attributes, what elements they can be used on, brief description, and allowed values
html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/in...
html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/in...
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Do you work in tech and want to rebel against this administration?
Integrate accessibility into your product work, no matter the laws and the bullshit this administration says, no matter what your execs say.
Treat it as a given, don't ask for permission.
Integrate accessibility into your product work, no matter the laws and the bullshit this administration says, no matter what your execs say.
Treat it as a given, don't ask for permission.
February 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Do you work in tech and want to rebel against this administration?
Integrate accessibility into your product work, no matter the laws and the bullshit this administration says, no matter what your execs say.
Treat it as a given, don't ask for permission.
Integrate accessibility into your product work, no matter the laws and the bullshit this administration says, no matter what your execs say.
Treat it as a given, don't ask for permission.
MJ was right! All I want to say is that they don’t really care about us.
February 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MJ was right! All I want to say is that they don’t really care about us.
But who is paying all the people that are taking over government offices and payroll systems? Where is that money coming from?
February 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
But who is paying all the people that are taking over government offices and payroll systems? Where is that money coming from?
WCAG’s “Alternate Version” clause kinda makes thinks a little more complicated doesn’t it? 🤦🏽♂️
January 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
WCAG’s “Alternate Version” clause kinda makes thinks a little more complicated doesn’t it? 🤦🏽♂️
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I'll be delivering a talk for @deque.com's axe-con. It's a free, three day virtual conference about digital accessibility. This talk is from the heart, and I hope you can attend. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...
January 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'll be delivering a talk for @deque.com's axe-con. It's a free, three day virtual conference about digital accessibility. This talk is from the heart, and I hope you can attend. www.deque.com/axe-con/sess...
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Just going to leave this reminder here...
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just going to leave this reminder here...
My superpower is being able to break up hours of quiet and solitude by summoning the world to ping me either by text, phone call, or any type of notification that will buzz my phone/watch simply by lying down and closing my eyes to rest.
January 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My superpower is being able to break up hours of quiet and solitude by summoning the world to ping me either by text, phone call, or any type of notification that will buzz my phone/watch simply by lying down and closing my eyes to rest.
My #a11y peeps I know it seems bleak, but keep pushing! Some days you win, some days you lose. It’s a daily grind so take a break if you need to, but KNOW you make a difference to someone, even if you never hear about it. If this is the world with us, I don’t want to know the world without us. ❤️
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My #a11y peeps I know it seems bleak, but keep pushing! Some days you win, some days you lose. It’s a daily grind so take a break if you need to, but KNOW you make a difference to someone, even if you never hear about it. If this is the world with us, I don’t want to know the world without us. ❤️
I already despised Elon for what he did to me, my team, and everyone else at Twitter by killing off such an important platform. But that nazi salute shit is not funny one bit. Please unfollow me and avoid me at all costs if you try to reason around that. Fuck anybody empathetic to the other side.
January 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I already despised Elon for what he did to me, my team, and everyone else at Twitter by killing off such an important platform. But that nazi salute shit is not funny one bit. Please unfollow me and avoid me at all costs if you try to reason around that. Fuck anybody empathetic to the other side.
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Get ready! Tomorrow is Bell Let's Talk Day. Support youth mental health organizations by texting YOUTH to 45678 to donate $5 and Bell will match it. Together, let's make a difference.
bell.ca/letstalk
bell.ca/letstalk
January 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Get ready! Tomorrow is Bell Let's Talk Day. Support youth mental health organizations by texting YOUTH to 45678 to donate $5 and Bell will match it. Together, let's make a difference.
bell.ca/letstalk
bell.ca/letstalk
When learning or teaching WCAG we often hear level AA is only the bare minimum but we also say that AAA is too hard. It can be very confusing for people, and most of the good stuff happens after the bare minimum. How do people learn to reconcile the gap? We need to stop downplaying AAA.
January 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When learning or teaching WCAG we often hear level AA is only the bare minimum but we also say that AAA is too hard. It can be very confusing for people, and most of the good stuff happens after the bare minimum. How do people learn to reconcile the gap? We need to stop downplaying AAA.