54: Get Access with Aaron Cannon
This week, we talk accessibility pitfalls with Aaron Canon.Aaron is the co-founder and chief accessibility engineer at Accessible360 — where he uses his experience as a blind developer to improve real-world accessibility for all citizens of the web.He shares his first-hand experience on which practices work, which ones are bogus, where to focus our accessibility efforts, and which libraries provide the best starting point.I learned a ton. You will too.
This week, we talk accessibility pitfalls with Aaron Canon.
Aaron is the co-founder and chief accessibility engineer at Accessible360 — where he uses his experience as a blind developer to improve real-world accessibility for all citizens of the web.
He shares his first-hand experience on which practices work, which ones are bogus, where to focus our accessibility efforts, and which libraries provide the best starting point.
I learned a ton. You will too.
Featuring
Links
- Accessible360 — The digital accessibility company
- JAWS — The world’s most popular screen reader
- NVDA — Free, popular screen reader
- Aaron's YouTube channel
- Accessible360's YouTube channel
- Should I Use A Carousel?
- Reach UI — The accessible foundation of your React-based design system
- WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #7 Results
- ARIA Live Regions Screen Reader Demo | Video
- uBlock — A Fast and Efficient Ad Blocker. Easy on CPU and Memory.
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