Getting started with web accessibility with Ashlee Boyer

Kevin Powell β€’ July 2, 2021
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Helping you learn how to make the web, and make it look good while you're at it. With weekly videos and shorts, I'll be bringing you How Tos and Tutorials, as well as simple tips and tricks, with a big focus on helping people see how wonderful CSS is!

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Accessibility is a big topic that can seem hard to get into because there is so much to learn! Being far from an accessibility expert myself, but doing my best to learn more about it, I interviewed Ashlee Boyer to talk about what accessibility is, why it matters, and how we can get started with it without feeling overwhelmed. πŸ”— Links βœ… Follow Ashlee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshleeMBoyer βœ… The a11y Project: https://www.a11yproject.com βœ… Tatiana Mac's article on prefers-reduced-motion: https://tatianamac.com/posts/prefers-reduced-motion βœ… WAI-ARIA authoring practices: https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.2 Spoon theory - https://happiful.com/what-is-the-spoon-theory/ ⌚ Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - Introduction to Ashlee 03:52 - What does "improve accessibility" mean? 05:32 - The four categories of disabilities 07:18 - Visual disabilities 09:14 - The importance of semantic HTML 10:49 - Auditory disabilities 13:35 - Motor disabilities 16:08 - Cognitive disabilities 20:37 - ARIA roles 24:17 - You don't have to learn it all at once 28:30 - Dark mode #a11y -- Come hang out with other dev's in my Discord Community πŸ’¬ https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK Keep up to date with everything I'm up to βœ‰ https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter Come hang out with me live every Monday on Twitch! πŸ“Ί https://www.twitch.tv/kevinpowellcss --- Help support my channel πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“ Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses πŸ‘• Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/making-the-internet-awesome πŸ’– Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell --- My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ --- I'm on some other places on the internet too! If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel, make sure to follow me on Instagram and Twitter. Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinJPowell Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/ Github: https://github.com/kevin-powell --- And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on making your corner of the internet just a little bit more awesome!

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