a11yTOConf2021

Making A Strong Case For Accessibility

Speaker: Todd Libby
Twitter: (@toddlibby)[https://www.twitter.com/toddlibby] Slides

• We as stakeholder, manager, designers and developer, need to do better, not only in practicing a11y, but advocating for it as well.
• Practicing a11y in your workflows and methodologies ensures people, disabled or not can access your product.
• Example of wrong a11y: accordion component that shows not scrollable content
• Example of wrong a11y: wront alt text in images
• Buy-in from stakeholders and support from executives is very crucial to practicing accessibility
• Buy-in and support from executives will continuously be successful across the organization.
• Being accessible is a differentiator
• Design systems should be used not only to ensure branding and consistency, but accessibility, inclusivivity, and understanding of code better.
• Accessibility is a right, not a privilege.