I'm a front-end engineer and web accessibility specialist who is passionate about creating user experiences that are intuitive, beautiful, and accessible
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Chicago
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
That's an interesting challenge - I would try and figure out a way to get your developers to empathize with your users who might need accessibility accommodations.
I personally always recommend developers read "A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences", as it has some great examples of how different types of users might need accessibility.
One other thing that I find helps is to show developers that accessible code isn't just more usable for everyone, it's also often cleaner code! Using semantic HTML for instance often makes it a lot easier to read and understand a page's HTML.
Yeah thanks for the tip! I'm starting with a talk this week to introduce them to some tools and resources that can help them get incorporate a11y check into their everyday workflow. Trying to lower the bar of entry. Yeah I'm trying to code in a way to show them that it can help with readability and cleaner code.
Try getting them to access and find information from the website they're working on while, for instance, blindfolded, or wearing a pair of glasses that are the wrong prescription.
It's a start, I suppose.
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Great list! Trying to introduce a11y into development in my team, it's not easy to convince them to add time to finish a component or task.
That's an interesting challenge - I would try and figure out a way to get your developers to empathize with your users who might need accessibility accommodations.
I personally always recommend developers read "A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences", as it has some great examples of how different types of users might need accessibility.
One other thing that I find helps is to show developers that accessible code isn't just more usable for everyone, it's also often cleaner code! Using semantic HTML for instance often makes it a lot easier to read and understand a page's HTML.
Yeah thanks for the tip! I'm starting with a talk this week to introduce them to some tools and resources that can help them get incorporate a11y check into their everyday workflow. Trying to lower the bar of entry. Yeah I'm trying to code in a way to show them that it can help with readability and cleaner code.
Try getting them to access and find information from the website they're working on while, for instance, blindfolded, or wearing a pair of glasses that are the wrong prescription.
It's a start, I suppose.