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Axe-con 2026 itself may be over, but the momentum continues to grow.

From poignant stories about ableism to revelatory insights around the impact of AI on accessibility velocity, it’s been an incredible event.

Check our day-two recap here! https://www.deque.com/blog/day-two-at-axe-con-2026/ #axecon #a11y

Accessible line charts, stacked bar charts, legends, labels, use of color and patterns, focus, containers, and tables. Ambika Yadav has you covered with tangible advice to help make your chart components accessible. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/making-platform-react-chart-components-accessible/ #axecon

Mark Stimson shows practical methods to get your vendors to provide you with accessible products. Catch his session to learn exactly what to look for. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/changing-the-world-through-procurement-accessibility/ #axecon

“Because of how ubiquitous PDFs are (and how notorious they are for inaccessibility), your level of PDF accessibility is a great litmus test for overall maturity. Give me an orgs PDFs, I can paint you a picture of their commitment to a11y.” - Destin Hubble https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/never-judge-a-pdf-by-its-cover-layer/ #axecon

"ASU's personalized graduate admissions process saw AT users rate their satisfaction 5 points higher than non-AT users. Why? It transforms a long difficult process into something simple and easy." - Victoria Polchinski https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/csat-as-a-tool-for-accessibility-insights-lessons-from-arizona-state-university/ #axecon

Carmel Heydarian, Alyssa Shock, and Arielle Silverman break down a bunch of real-life experiences from more than 1,000 people with disabilities reflecting on their use of AI and AI powered tools. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/if-ai-is-the-key-to-the-future-are-disabled-people-locked-out/ #axecon

"If everybody build building for the web would test their pages by tabbing from top to bottom, the web would be a better place." - Greg Gibson https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/testing-web-experiences-with-your-keyboard-2/ #axecon

"Important things to remember is what might be a minor annoyance for neurotypical users might really be stress and anxiety inducing for the neurodivergent." - Bhuvana Narayanamurthy https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/adapting-web-based-cognitive-accessibility-guidelines-for-mobile-care-experiences/ #axecon

Amanda Bolton outlines how to get an accessibility program off the ground at a mid-sized SaaS. Watch now: https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/small-team-big-shift-lessons-learned-from-four-years-of-building-an-accessibility-program-at-a-mid-sized-saas/ #axecon

For the 180 million devs on GitHub, Ed Summers has tips for accelerating accessibility with the help of Copilot. https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/building-without-barriers-on-github/ #axecon

Extremely informative panel discussion on supporting ADA Title II programs in higher education with Alisa Shtromberg, Emilie Berglund, and Kyle Shachmut. Tools are one of many common requirements discussed. Catch the recording now: https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/ada-title-ii-panel-discussion/ #axecon

Jennifer Gorfine has taken over as a gameshow host testing "accessibility impostors." Can you compete? https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/the-accessibility-impostors-game-show/ #axecon

"Today as AI reshapes how we design and build, it's essential to understand where automation adds value and where human judgment remains critical." - Cherisha Agarwall https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/when-inclusion-meets-automation-lessons-from-microsoft/ #axecon

“The most accessible and usable products communicate in layers. We cannot just use color or text. We want to communicate our intentions and functionality in as many layers as we can to make sure people can understand them in whatever way that they can.” - Daniel Yuschick https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-adventures-the-lost-secrets-of-forced-colors-mode/ #axecon

"Fixing accessibility at the end [of the software dev lifecycle] costs a lot of money, working on accessibility from the beginning can cost zero." - Noa Nitzan https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/better-together-ux-and-accessibility-in-action/ #axecon

“To be a more inclusive leader, educate yourself. Because knowledge is really a key to open up to understanding others.” - Paulina Bergman https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/designing-for-everyone-ikeas-journey-toward-inclusive-digital-experiences/ #axecon

"Common accessibility failures are entirely predictable. That is a good thing. This is good news for us because predictable problems can be prevented." - Jeremy Rivera https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/building-accessible-enterprise-applications-a-developers-playbook/ #axecon

"Human review and correction has to be used [with AI]. If we make it too difficult to for humans to change those mistakes that AI makes, we are increasing the burden." @wilco@mastodon.nl https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/axe-innovations-harnessing-ai-responsibly-to-automate-accessibility-testing/ #axecon

“The only way to systematically prevent both technical and legal risks is by having the governance in place.” - Alex Haidar https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/the-european-accessibility-gap-measuring-private-sector-compliance-with-the-eaa-using-axe-core/ #axecon

"Sighted users web experiences are prioritized not just by web developers but also by browser vendors, web standards and documentation." - Lola Odelola https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-compact-data-project/ #axecon

"What creates durable, adaptable systems? It’s accessibility infrastructure. Accessibility is the architecture that makes usable systems and variability scalable.” - @annaecook@mastodon.social https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-in-the-end-of-deterministic-design-again/ #axecon