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My Heart Is In the Right Place, but the DOM Isn't

watch on portal.gitnation.org ↗https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/my-heart-is-in-the-right-place-but-the-dom-isnt-2997
Talkat React Summit 2025 · on Tuesday, 2025-06-17· at 18:00· [accessibility]

speaker

name:Kyle West
website:https://kylewest.dev

resources

video:https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/my-heart-is-in-the-right-place-but-the-dom-isnt-2997
slides:none on file

summary

A developer recounts real-world accessibility failures in React apps, showing specific examples where correct intentions produced harmful or confusing DOM implementations (including cases causing user nausea). The talk examines what went wrong in those implementations and extracts practical accessibility best practices to avoid the same mistakes.

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