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What the First Rule of ARIA Really Means

watch on portal.gitnation.org ↗https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/what-the-first-rule-of-aria-really-means
Talkat React Summit 2026 · on Friday, 2026-06-12· at 16:35· [accessibility]

speaker

name:Abbey Perini
website:https://abbeyperini.dev

resources

video:https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/what-the-first-rule-of-aria-really-means
slides:none on file

summary

Explains the true meaning behind the guideline “the first rule of ARIA is don’t use ARIA,” clarifying when ARIA helps and when native HTML should be preferred. Covers the ARIA specification and practical decision-making about using ARIA versus built-in semantic HTML to improve accessibility.

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