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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 01, 2026

"98% of readers prefer imperfect-yet-authentic human writing; most will stop reading, block you, and downvote you if they suspect AI [..] TL;DR Readers really despise and distrust articles that seem shaped by AI. They not only stop reading, but also block and punish the author." ☝🏻 Report: How developers react to AI-scented blog posts https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reaction-to-ai-blog-posts Bookmarked.

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · May 15, 2026

Replying to @critter_in_flux@fluffs.au

@critter_in_flux@fluffs.au Thank you! I'm clearly biased but I promise you that it *is* very comprehensive! I hope you can join in! (I gotta add that Convince my Boss letter to the website!)

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · May 15, 2026

Replying to @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social

This is the first of only two sales that I run per year. So if you've been thinking about buying the course, or know someone who wants to learn #a11y, this is a good time to seize this opportunity to get the course at a discounted price, as the next sale won't come around for another six months. #GAAD

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · May 15, 2026

Replying to @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social

The discount is automatically applied during checkout. No code needed.

40+ actionable, in-depth lessons
More than 15 hours of video + Text adaptations
30-day money-back guarantee
Purchasing Power Parity is available
Group discounts are available @ https://practical-accessibility.today/team/

#GAAD

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · May 15, 2026

This morning I sent an email newsletter out 📬 announcing a soft-launch of this year's Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD promotion:

For the next two weeks, the Practical Accessibility course is going on sale!

25% off ($299 instead of $399) 🎁
Sale ends on June 1st ⏳

https://practical-accessibility.today

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @timsev@mastodon.social

@timsev Congratulations! Brecht also mentioned iO digital on Bluesky, and I forwarded it to my student. I think there's interest!

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 24, 2026

Boosted by

hypebot @hypebot@tacocat.space

Friends in Europe, Like many around the globe, one of my course students recently has lost his job and is now looking for a new opportunity. ✨ Do you know any good companies in Belgium that are looking for a Frontend developer with a passion for UI/UI and Accessibility to connect him with?

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social

If you need #accessibility support—for compliance reasons or otherwise, and I hope that you do, keep in mind that "Web Platform Baseline offering does not track browser support for accessibility features built into the web platform." @aardrian #a11y https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 19, 2026

"If you are planning a project today, what’s the launch date? [..] that might be six months to a year from now. Rather than tying yourself to what’s Widely available today, you can probably include anything that will be Widely available on that date." @rachelandrew@front-end.social

https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/03/20/look-into-the-future-of-the-web-platform/

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 11, 2026

Replying to @annaecook@mastodon.social

@annaecook@mastodon.social Anna, do you have a link I can check out to read more about this?

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @aardrian@toot.cafe

@aardrian He was indeed. I'm honored to have conversed with him about many accessibility-related topics in the last couple of years, and even more honored that I get to name him among the people who have reviewed a couple of chapters for my course. He's been so supportive and kind and generous with his knowledge. 😔

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @aardrian@toot.cafe

@aardrian Noooo I swear I have tears in my eyes right now! 😭 He was one of the best in the field, and one of my favorite people in this community. I've learned so much from him and will always be grateful I had the pleasure of knowing him, albeit not long enough. What a kind soul and such a sad loss. 😔 So much news of death today... both IRL and online. 😢

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @knowler@sunny.garden

@knowler I just noticed that the Mastodon New Post form opens in what's supposed to be a new page (URL changes, and Back button works)

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @knowler@sunny.garden

@knowler Another excellent example, yes! Thank you! 🙌🏻

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @diondiondion@indieweb.social

@diondiondion Oh excellent example! And also glad it'll be fixed 🫶🏻

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @AmeliaBR@front-end.social

@AmeliaBR Yes, correct. I'm looking for examples of forms asking users for information without any label or description. I have never seen one like this before so I'm curious if they exist. Programmatically, many forms are lacking accNames, but I'm curious if this also happens visually.

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 21, 2026

Replying to @darrell73@mastodon.online

@darrell73 Not the ones I see. There's always a heading preceding the form or at least some form of description. @prism

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 21, 2026

Replying to @janus@norden.social

@janus search is self-explanatory I would say especially if the element is used. I'm thinking more like s that don't have headings describing their purpose.

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 21, 2026

Replying to @iamdtms@mas.to

@iamdtms yes more like the former: heading before the form.

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Mar 21, 2026

Hey friends #lazyWeb,

Have you come across any forms that don't have a visible label or title that describes what the purpose of the form is? Do you have any examples you can share? Links?

Thank you!

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Feb 18, 2026

Replying to @Thain@mastodon.social

@Thain@mastodon.social Same same!!!

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Oct 14, 2025

In my conversation with @kevinpowell@front-end.social a few weeks ago I mentioned that one of the ways to get people to care about #accessibility is to help them understand it better. And one way to help them understand it better is to debunk common accessibility myths.

This post by the folks at @TetraLogical@a11y.social is a fantastic article that debunks common misconceptions about screen readers (& their users)

"Common misconceptions about screen readers"

https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10/14/common-misconceptions-about-screen-readers/

Highly recommended read. #a11y

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Sep 12, 2025

Replying to @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social

We covered defining web accessibility and why it matters, my accessibility origin story, raising awareness and addressing common pushback by debunking accessibility myths, HTML semantics and ARIA, screen readers and the accessibility tree, new CSS features and how CSS affects accessibility, keeping up with CSS, course creation and the Practical Accessibility course, and we talked a little bit about our shared interest in cooking, fermentation, nutrition, and our favorite meals 🍲

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Sep 12, 2025

🎥 New (Video) Podcast: "Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan", with
@kevinpowell@front-end.social

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGKjhzmLXc

I finally sat down with Kevin for a long-overdue, in-depth conversation about web #accessibility, and we had a blast!

Kevin and I been planning this podcast for months and our schedules finally aligned and we made it happen.

We originally planned to chat for a bit… but we had so much fun that almost two hours flew by without us noticing 😅

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 06, 2025

Replying to @yatil@yatil.social

@yatil This looks very good I hope you'll do a writeup on this. I didn't get a chance to experiment this weekend but I heard from someone who worked with the Playground I shared in a previous post and he told me that it should be pretty straightforward to use in my 11ty setup. The editable code is a huge plus for the course so I'll give that one a try.

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 05, 2025

Replying to @yatil@yatil.social

@yatil 👀 @aardrian @svenja @joshwcomeau

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 05, 2025

Replying to @aardrian@toot.cafe

@aardrian iframes are what I'm using right now for this new chapter update but I want to maintain some consistency so I'll probably keep Codepen until I can replace all my demos + provide links to download.

Over on Bluesky, folks have suggested two options that look promising but I haven't tested either yet:

@yatil @svenja @joshwcomeau

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 04, 2025

Replying to @voxpelli@mastodon.social

@voxpelli @joshwcomeau 🥲

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Jul 04, 2025

OK so looks like I will be moving away from Codepen for my live demos—particularly those in my accessibility course—as it's been acting kinda funny lately.

I will probably need help implementing a custom code playground using Sandpack, something akin to what @joshwcomeau@front-end.social described in this post https://www.joshwcomeau.com/react/next-level-playground/

Are you or do you know someone who's experienced with Sandpack and who might be available for hire sometime in the coming weeks? #lazyWeb

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Dec 01, 2022

Replying to @pipoprods@fosstodon.org

@pipoprods@fosstodon.org Hi Sébastien! Thanks so much for your interest in getting the team package ✨ There have been delays with getting them out because my back-end dev had a health emergency and had to enter to the hospital this week. 🥹 So now I'm waiting for him to get back on his feet to get it out. I'll send an email with updates as soon as we're ready! <3

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 28, 2022

Replying to @marcus@mastodon.social

@marcus@mastodon.social absolutely! 💜

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 28, 2022

When developing for #a11y, performing manual testing with a screen reader (SR) is important to catch issues that can’t be caught by automated checkers.

I published an excerpt from #PracticalA11y on how to set up a SR testing environment on ur computer ✨

https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing-environment-setup/

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 23, 2022

Replying to @MarkCodesTheWeb@techhub.social

@MarkCodesTheWeb@techhub.social thanks so much Mark! I appreciate that 🐥

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 23, 2022

Replying to @miffens@front-end.social

@miffens@front-end.social Yess! Thank you! I'll send out an email update as soon as team packages are available (we're still implementing the infrastructure for that!)

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 23, 2022

Replying to @addyosmani@indieweb.social

@addyosmani@indieweb.social Thank you, Addy! <3

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Sara Soueidan @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social · Nov 23, 2022

Replying to @Sareh88@front-end.social

@Sareh88@front-end.social Thank you Sareh!! Appreciate you being an early bird 🐥💕

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