Accessibility Gotchas: Common Barriers to Web Access and What You Can Do to Fix

ByKim White

Many thanks to Spell for sharing his years of experience. It was obvious in this presentation Spell’s passion for accessibility and making the web inclusive for everyone!

Get the slides with all the links here:Download

Resources, Tools and Tips

● Not sure when to include alternative text? Use the Alt Decision Tree
● Automated: axe DevTools
● Automated: Web Developer Toolbar
● Automated: WAVE
● Automated: W3C Validator
● Manual: Test with your keyboard.
● Manual : Listen to your work! Use a screen reader.
● Manual : Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA)
● Manual & Automated: Your Browser DevTools

Read Spell’s thoughts on whether you should use an accessibility overlay!

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