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Discussion on: Things You Shouldn't Say to a Disabled Person About Why Your App Isn't Accessible

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Tim Bachmann

This post made me think about accessibility and how much I don't know about it. Could you point me to some, in your opinion good resources on how to get started with accessibility, especially in web apps?

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Ashlee (she/her)

To add to the other comment:

Also, there are various extensions within all of these links that you can use to test accessibility. Lighthouse is a pretty cool one I learned about through the Gatsby tutorials.

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Robert Komaromi

I found the following resources to be useful for me:

I read through some articles / tutorials as I needed them and skimmed through others. The Inclusive Components articles are lengthy, but all good reads!

This is also a good reference:

And don't neglect the actual specs when you're stumped on something specific:

And last but not least, get familiar with HTML sectioning:

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Ashlee (she/her)

Thank you for sharing all of these links! I need to add them to Google Keep or bookmark them so I can come back later...

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