Digital Accessibility Practitioner
Testing the web
so everyone
can use it.
WCAG auditor, accessibility test manager, and developer. I share tools, techniques, and field notes from real-world accessibility remediation work.
Weekly WCAG Watch
Nuanced WCAG facts from the weekly digest I run for my testing team.
Similar to 3.2.4 Consistent Identification, SC 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation only applies to navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple web pages within a set, not to navigation that appears on a single page.
Bookmarklets
View all →SC 2.4.4
Highlight Links Missing Discernible Text
Highlights anchor elements with no discernible text: no visible text, aria-label, aria-labelledby, title, or img alt. Alerts with a count of failures.
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Highlight Links Missing Discernible TextCan't drag and drop? Copy the code, then: Bookmarks → Bookmark manager → New bookmark → paste as URL
SC 1.1.1
Highlight Images Missing Alt Attribute
Highlights all images missing an alt attribute and alerts with a count. Note: does not flag images with empty alt, which may be intentional for decorative images.
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Highlight Images Missing Alt AttributeCan't drag and drop? Copy the code, then: Bookmarks → Bookmark manager → New bookmark → paste as URL
SC 2.4.7
Force Visible Focus Indicator
Injects a high-visibility red focus outline on all focusable elements. Click again to remove. Useful for testing with keyboard when focus indicators have been suppressed.
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Force Visible Focus IndicatorCan't drag and drop? Copy the code, then: Bookmarks → Bookmark manager → New bookmark → paste as URL
SC 2.4.3, 2.4.7
Focus Console Logger
Logs every focus change to the DevTools console with details about the element receiving focus.
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Focus Console LoggerCan't drag and drop? Copy the code, then: Bookmarks → Bookmark manager → New bookmark → paste as URL
Recent Posts
View all →Notes from the back of the room.
Most of what I "know" about working with disabled colleagues is stuff they've said when I happened to be in the room. This month: a math book that took 26 braille volumes, and a combobox that surprised me by surfacing a stance I hadn't expected.
Hi, I'm a non-disabled guy starting an accessibility blog. I know how that sounds.
A former bartender turned WCAG test manager introduces his accessibility blog, and the colleagues who keep quietly handing him cheat codes.
About
Matt Dyer is an accessibility test manager and developer. He conducts WCAG audits and leads remediation work across municipal and commercial clients, with a focus on CMS platforms and third-party embeds. He also builds internal tooling for accessibility workflows.