Kat Shaw

01/13/2026

Monica Flores (Nikki), Javier Reartes, and I are excited to announce that our session "Future-Proofing Accessibility: Strategies for Government & University Platforms" was accepted! We'll be discussing how to integrate as a mindset and framework into government platforms, such as for the states of , , and , and higher education, such as Amherst and . Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/emUVrKBF

11/19/2025

This is a great interview with actor talking about his amazing son James who lives with Angelman Syndrome. I found his experiences as a father of a son with special needs, and his ultimate goals for his son to be profound.

Colin Farrell shares his personal journey as the father of his 20-year-old son, James, who has been diagnosed with Angelman syndrome, a rare and debilitating...

10/03/2025

Exciting news! The digital platform project won the 2025 Web Excellence Awards in the Accessibility Design, Editorial Experience, and Website User Experience categories. Our team worked diligently to incorporate and into this project from start to finish, and it shows. Bravo and congrats! 🎉

When the State of Iowa set out to modernize more than 70 agency websites serving 32 million annual visits, they faced a big challenge: inconsistent design, outdated content, and a frustrating user experience for both the public and the editors managing these sites. Lullabot partnered with Iowa to cr...

07/25/2025

As promised, here are my slides from my talk "Understanding 'The Why' in Accessibility" at . I had a great time with a great audience. Thank you all! 🙏 https://bit.ly/dcc2025-understanding-the-why-a11y

Understanding “The Why” in Accessibility Explaining why we do what we do for accessibility https://bit.ly/dcc2025-understanding-the-why-a11y DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 | Denver, Colorado Tivoli Student Union, Auraria Campus Photo credit: Thomas Morse on Unsplash | Colorado Rocky Mountains with Fal...

07/25/2025

Today's the day! I'm giving my talk "Understanding 'The Why' in " at 2025 at 10:25AM - 11:30AM MST US. Putting focus back on disabled community is my goal. Let's go...! 🤘 (Slides coming soon!) https://drupal-colorado.org/sessions/understanding-why-accessibility

If you or someone you work with has ever asked you these types of questions:Why do we work to make things accessible?What's the point of making this change only to be accessible?Why can't I just make that accessibility fix later?...or anything similar, this talk is right for you.

07/23/2025

Wow folks! DrupalCamp Colorado is happening this Friday! Can you believe it? I can't. 😬 I'm ready to go. Refocusing the conversation on who we're working for with is so important. (Hint: It's not the government, bosses, or stakeholders) Hope to see you there! If not, I'll be posting slides soon.

If you or someone you work with has ever asked you these types of questions:Why do we work to make things accessible?What's the point of making this change only to be accessible?Why can't I just make that accessibility fix later?...or anything similar, this talk is right for you.

06/12/2025

I’ve traveled to to give two training talks to the Teachers Retirement System of (State of Georgia) on making presentations & videos accessible. Pretty exciting! (Photo: Atlanta skyline with Georgia Statehouse in the background by Kat Shaw)

05/27/2025

Adding live captions to Google Slides is easy & it helps everyone in your audience, especially those who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. They're not perfect, but they're better than nothing. Thank you for the tip years ago! Check out this video from Google. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGJQ5UO2Bk

Ever needed to present, and wanted to make sure that your message was clear to your audience? In this episode, Laura Mae Martin will go over how to add close...

05/23/2025

The wonderful folks at have posted the video for my talk “What the Heck is ARIA?”. Check it out! I had such a blast! Katherine Shaw

Let's face it...ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) can be very overwhelming. Because of this, we can end up using it incorrectly, or not at all.Some of you may have heard of the first rule of ARIA: Don't use ARIA. We should always default to native HTML. There is a time and a place for usi...

05/19/2025

I hope to see you at my talk "What the Heck is ARIA? A Beginner's Guide to ARIA for Accessibility" at I’ll present on what you should and shouldn't do with to make your code accessible. See you there! https://www.midcamp.org/2025/topic-proposal/what-heck-aria-beginners-guide-aria-accessibility

Let's face it...ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) can be very overwhelming. Because of this, we can end up using it incorrectly, or not at all.Some of you may have heard of the first rule of ARIA: Don't use ARIA. We should always default to native HTML. There is a time and a place for usi...

05/15/2025

Hey folks. I’m on the board of a new company called , a marketplace who will bring different clothing brands into one location. We need your feedback & we have a raffle! Check out https://forms.gle/P2aSvoKgdmSGhwRX7
Photo credit: Zachary Kyra-Derksen on https://unsplash.com/

05/13/2025

I'm thrilled to give a talk tomorrow on "Understanding 'The Why' in " to the georgia.gov for their very cool conference. Thank you for sponsoring this event and for sending me along. rocks! We must spread the word about digital accessibility!

Registration is open for this year’s GOVTalks event, presented by GTA's Office of Digital Services & Solutions. We’ll dive deep into accessibility to help Georgia state organizations comply with the 2026 deadline for the DOJ ADA Final Rule.