Long COVID and What it Means
summary
Evidence shows COVID attacks the nervous system and commonly reduces gray matter with a 20–70% chance of post‑infection cognitive decline affecting frontal lobe functions, attention gating and short‑term memory via the parahippocampal gyrus. Web accessibility data show 97.4% accessibility errors in the top million sites and about 45% (4.4M) sites with form label problems. Practical fixes demonstrated include explicit label for inputs, restoring focus rings, using axe/wave/lighthouse/ARC, and an accessible drag‑and‑drop built as a button with space/arrow keyboard controls that works.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:10COVID’s impact on accessibility
- 7:41Disabilities and invisible barriers
- 11:59Long COVID and cognitive effects
- 21:51Accessibility mistakes in UI design
- 28:58Predictable user interfaces
- 35:41Short-term memory and form design
- 44:54Semantic markup and headings
- 47:24Good design benefits everyone
- 49:40Accessibility is a spectrum
- 50:35Start small with accessibility fixes
