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How I want to get from a11y minded to a11y expert

Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE on May 14, 2022

From the beginning of my self-taught front-end developer journey, I was interested in how to create apps and websites with accessibility in mind. I...
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GrahamTheDev • Edited

Welcome to the team! hehe.

I look forward to seeing all of your a11y articles, what you learn etc. etc.

You should connect with @abbeyperini on here / Twitter (if you haven't already) as they love a11y too and are making some really great content on a11y at the moment!

Also connect with @savvasstephnds and @colabottles as they are also real pros when it comes to accessibility stuff!

Oh and I know a few bits and pieces when it comes to a11y, so I am happy to help if you ever need it! ❤

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Savvas Stephanides

Greg! Thank you so much for the mention! It made my day. Although, I wouldn’t call myself an expert on accessibility, not by a long shot. I’m more than happy to help with regards to a11y if anyone ever needs any help! 💙

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Thanks, Savvas 🙂

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GrahamTheDev

Graham bud, but I will answer to Greg if you want 😜🤣

Of course I mentioned you, you are doing yourself down, you are certainly very well versed in accessibility and I always enjoy your articles! ❤️

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Savvas Stephanides

Oh yeah, sorry. The fact that you don’t have your real name here doesn’t help my dude 😆

Hearing you enjoy my articles means a lot to me! 💜

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Andrew Bone

I think I'm gonna call Graham Greg from now on too, less syllables 😜

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GrahamTheDev

🤣🤣 I have been called far worse!

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Abbey Perini

OMG look how cute SOS Animals is!

Deque's providing free Accessibilty training next week for GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day)!

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Thanks for your kind words 🙃

Oh, good to know, I will check it out 😯 Thank you!

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Thank you so much for your respond and greae suggestions 🙂

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Todd Libby

Thanks for the mention, Graham! Truly appreciate the shout out! I'm always willing to help out in the community when and where I can!

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Ben Sinclair

My goal would be to be known for my accessibility skills and be responsible for a11y at work

In my place, one of my colleagues did this. A few of us were half-heartedly trying to get people to make more accessible designs and build more accessible components but it never really got much traction until she pitched it as an in-house a11y comittee to the management. We pushed the idea that it should be part of the product and not an after-thought, and ended up hosting a couple of small conventions. Good luck!

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Thanks for sharing your story :)

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Isabel Costa

This is a great plan! And inspiring to see. Can't wait to see you achieving this Julia 💪🏾

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Thanks Isabel!

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deltd3v

Fascinating

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Chris Bongers

Wohoo, that's the spirit!
Can't wait to follow your journey 💖
Currently also doing a whole series on accessibility, so hope we can learn a lot from each other.

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Julia 👩🏻‍💻 GDE

Sounds great, Chris 💯

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Andrew Baisden

Looking forward to it I really enjoy following other developers journeys it is always full of insight. All these accessibility articles are making a difference.