Building in accessibility for broader value to all
summary
Argues for pushing accessibility shift left into discovery, design and requirements rather than as an add‑on, citing WCAG 2.1 AA, 15% of the world (1.3 billion) classified as disabled, and the $13 trillion purple dollar market. Recommends starting with simple fixes (fonts, contrast, consistent layout), using Pa11y, Selenium and Google Lighthouse which cover 80% with automated tools, and testing with real users to reach the final 10–20%. Live phone captions plus real‑time translation demo works in practice.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 5:13Key facts about accessibility
- 16:03Where to start? Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.1
- 21:35Testing - don't base on assumption
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