Make the internet a better place - with coding for accessibility
summary
Claim: most of the web excludes people with disabilities so fixable changes must be standard practice. Cites Web aim finding that 96% of the top 1M sites fail and WHO 16% prevalence. Recommends three concrete steps: test mouse keyboard screen reader, use semantic HTML and ARIA and add tabindex/keyboard handlers for custom divs, and combine automated scanners with manual keyboard and screen reader tests. Shows a custom tab component where adding arrow key handling and tests makes it work for keyboard users.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Internet needs better accessibility
- 3:54Journey to accessible development
- 6:02Reasons for accessible websites
- 8:31Fixing internet's accessibility
- 9:12Test with keyboard and screen reader
- 11:39Use semantic HTML properly
- 19:29Manual testing beyond scanners
- 24:44Summary and call to action
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