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September 23 is the International Day of Sign Languages. Catalan Sign Language (LSC) was approved by Parliament in 2010. In Spain, sign language interpretation is not mandatory on websites, but subtitles are. WCAG criterion 1.2.6 (level AAA) recommends sign language interpretation in video content.

TOTHOMweb participated in the 7th Senior Programmes Meeting of the Red Vives network (University of Girona). David Sabaté addressed universal accessibility, technological solutions to improve the quality of life of older people and innovation projects in senior learning.

TOTHOMweb participated in a web accessibility workshop for public sector bodies organised by Siteimprove, aimed at meeting Royal Decree 1112/2018 before 23 September 2020. The event covered the state of the art in Spain, available tools and featured the UAB as a success case.

Screen readers read emojis aloud. Since 2019, emojis representing disability exist and are especially useful for deaf people and those with cognitive disabilities. Hashtags should be placed at the end of a tweet and kept to a minimum to ease reading for screen reader users.

Making content accessible on social media will allow you to reach many more people, avoid discrimination and promote good SEO positioning.

People with deafblindness navigate using Braille displays. Traditional captchas are barriers for this group. Honeypot fields and Google reCAPTCHA are more accessible alternatives, but honeypot fields must be hidden with aria-hidden to avoid confusing screen reader users.

The Spanish Senate accepted a bill to regulate cognitive accessibility. TOTHOMweb welcomes this progress. WCAG 2.1 and the Easy Read standard UNE 153101:2018 already include easy-read criteria, including criterion 1.4.12 on text spacing, to improve cognitive accessibility in websites.

Albinism causes low vision and requires websites with sufficient contrast, scalable fonts, visible keyboard focus and no flashing content. In many parts of the world, people with albinism also face discrimination and dangerous superstitions. The UN approved specific protection measures in 2013.

During COVID-19, TOTHOMweb voluntarily made the Canal Salut (Catalan Health Channel) PDF documents accessible. These files contain coronavirus recommendations and protocols, now accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities who rely on assistive technologies.

Smartphones include screen readers (VoiceOver on Apple, TalkBack on Android) that enable people with disabilities to use apps. TOTHOMweb evaluates mobile app accessibility to meet legal requirements, which became mandatory for the public sector from June 2021.

Twitter implemented accessible image descriptions for people with visual impairments. The article explains how to enable image description writing on twitter.com and how to add them to tweets, with a limit of 420 characters per description.

TOTHOMweb shifted to full remote work following COVID-19 health recommendations. The company already had flexible hours and work-from-home measures in place to support work-life balance, so the transition was seamless and had no negative impact on the team's activity.