Accessibility isn't hard; getting people to see it's easy can be with Sarrah Vesselov
summary
Argues that accessibility is table stakes, not a special project, and gives concrete practices: adopt WCAG AA as a baseline, embed accessibility in the Lattice design system with per-component guidance, add tab and keyboard navigation to dropdowns, enforce acceptance criteria so features that fail do not ship, and roll color-contrast fixes out in waves. Cites a Pew stat (~54% of adults with disabilities online) to broaden scope, recommends engineer accessibility guides, real-user testing, checklists and backloging fixes.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Accessibility culture intro
- 2:20Accessibility not a special project
- 3:25Accessibility myths debunked
- 6:06Accessibility in design
- 9:57Accessibility standards
- 13:37Accessibility in workflows
- 16:40Accessibility in development
- 17:42Beyond color accessibility
- 18:23Q&A
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