In this talk, we’ll be talking about prioritizing accessibility when developing for the web. Despite what we envision, not every user is 100% comfortable as far as mental and physical capabilities go – and there’s no excuse for ignoring that. Building an accessible product almost always leads to a much more well-architected product – so it’s a win-win.

We’ll cover the tools and strategies you can use to aid users with visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor impairments. We’ll discuss contrast, colors, content, keyboard flows, screen readers, section 508 – as well as skip menus, the accessibility tree, hover and focus indicators, ARIA properties, and more.

There’s a lot that developers and designers can do to aid users with impairments – so let’s do it!

I’ve worked with Accessibility pretty extensively back from 2014 - 2017, and also gave a talk about it in 2019 at OKC Design + Tech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiEeSl2C4c&t=1s). I work with a bunch of talented front-end devs that are experts in a11y, and I would plan to combine my research with their experiences when building this talk.