The Human Side of Accessibility
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Argues that accessibility is engineering work with measurable impact: WCAG is widely adopted, roughly 1 billion people with disabilities globally and 65 million visually impaired, Domino’s accessibility lawsuit and Evernote blocking Android web show real losses. Demonstrates common failures — color contrast fails in ~80% of pages, headings misordered, missing alt text, keyboard traps — and practical fixes and tools: use axe-core, run Chrome Lighthouse, respect the reduced-motion media query, manage focus on client-side routing and increase touch targets.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:50Awareness
- 9:52Accessibility
- 16:00Developer Experience
- 17:41User Experience
- 18:53User Needs Pyramid
- 22:55Practical Side
- 23:44Color Contrast
- 29:01Animations
- 32:30Semantics
- 37:12Links
- 40:10Outline
- 41:51Focus
- 44:03Touch Area
- 45:05Screen Readers
- 45:37AxeCore
- 46:14Lighthouse
- 47:31Ritchie
- 48:01Inclusive Components
- 48:22Learning and Baking
- 49:04Inspiration
- 49:24Take Ownership
- 49:44Takeaway
- 50:03Questions
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