It's Spelled 'Accessibility', not 'Disability'
summary
Argues that accessibility is universal design with concrete wins: adding WebVTT closed captions and using the browser SpeechSynthesis API takes minutes and works across devices; a review of the top 1M sites finds 60 million accessibility errors (≈60 errors/page, 98% of sites affected); simple JS demos under 100 lines, VoiceOver triple‑click testing, TensorFlow ASL→Alexa demos, and platform semantics (use select/options, input type=email) fix most problems and can recover ~20% of users.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:02Scott Davis
- 0:38Google Maps
- 1:31Why Inclusive Design Matters
- 5:21Universal Design
- 10:58Curb Cut Effect
- 14:36Lawsuits Filed against Websites under the Americans with Disabilities Act
- 20:00Unordered List
- 28:35Ingredients
- 28:48Instructions
- 38:17Meaning of Span
- 39:54How Can We Tell if We'Re Using a Span Wrong It Has no Meaning
- 47:47Are There any Materials than the Html Specs That You Would Recommend for Learning the Core of Accessibility
- 48:10Web Accessibility Initiative
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