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Mike McCaffrey

@mikemccaffrey@a11y.social

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Web developer with a strong focus on #accessibility and how assumptions baked into technology can intersect with #disability. Writes about the impact #disasters can have on website #usability.

Additional interests: #UX #UserTesting #Screenreaders #AltText #HTML #CSS

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Joined December 31, 2022

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Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · May 12, 2026

I had not thought about how the pan flute could be a particularly accessible instrument.

https://youtube.com/shorts/DDVXibCrKiY

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · May 10, 2026

Damn, that is a serious all-terrain #wheelchair.

https://youtube.com/shorts/v7bSL0JKHfo

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · May 05, 2026

Hard to imagine something other than the tab key being used to move between fields/windows.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · May 02, 2026

An unique way to illustrate how a ramp is not accessible.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXuH2r-gNs0/

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · May 01, 2026

I suppose this is one way to avoid the expense of a #wheelchair lift.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXuYPe8CF7F/

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 30, 2026

Horrifying how #MetaAI disregards what a label actually says if a container looks like something else more common. This could lead to #blind people consuming things that they should not be eating or drinking.

https://youtube.com/shorts/C_cAWpTYYG0

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 30, 2026

This really makes me appreciate the ADA in the US, because having a bell to call someone to install a temporary ramp for #wheelchair users to get up one step seems like a terrible system (especially since that angled step seems dangerous for everyone).

https://youtube.com/shorts/LEF0H261bgU

#accessibility

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 28, 2026

Well, I guess that is one way to lose a leg.

https://youtube.com/shorts/s8j-oSWjLDI

#CarisaHendrix #LucyDarling

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 27, 2026

I love the fact that people are building elevators for #accessibility out of materials they have at hand (though ideally we as a society would decide to give them safer solutions).

https://youtube.com/shorts/YZHrDqvgi18

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 25, 2026

More animals should come with an #ergonomic carrying handle.

https://youtube.com/shorts/4gZi7EzlC90

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 24, 2026

Props to this lady for going through all the hurdles to eventually destroy this cop in court.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU_P2A0jueo/

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 24, 2026

Infuriating that transit organizations can't develop a process to reliably assist wheelchair users.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XGVPoqggsOE

That #accessible taxi at the end is just beautiful though.

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 23, 2026

@VeeRat@zeroes.ca People care a lot about what other people think, which isn't an issue until there is a conflict between what they think and what is actually good for them.

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 23, 2026

@aardrian@toot.cafe I'd love to hear about any WCAG violations that you have spotted!

It looks like accessibility scanners are flagging a couple of issues that we should fix at some point, but they seem exclusively related to nitpicks about the ARIA specification, which—more often than not—fail to correspond directly to any actual usability impacts that would violate WCAG rules.

cc @Kalamuna@mastodon.social

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 23, 2026

@VeeRat@zeroes.ca I think for most people, the "right" thing to do isn't the logical thing, it is whatever all the other people around you are doing.

Since society has normalized not caring about covid, you have to be neurodiverse to be willing to stand out and wear a mask or tell a group that you aren't willing to eat with them indoors.

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 23, 2026

Watch out, plungers from #Amazon are not high enough quality for use with #Prosthetics.
https://youtube.com/shorts/dVHMyo-ieuI

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 21, 2026

Good that #GenerativeAI can help people with #TBI to keep track of things while they are writing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/s/SiSWaaj1o0

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Apr 02, 2026

I'm going to side with the robot on this one. #BegButtons are inherently #inaccessible and unfriendly to pedestrians.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUleqvjZR3/

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Aug 26, 2024

Replying to @mhoye@mastodon.social

@mhoye 🤯

Mike McCaffrey @mikemccaffrey@a11y.social · Aug 21, 2023

Replying to @cabel@social.panic.com

@cabel@social.panic.com how did you get the site to show you that window? I'd love to try it myself!

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