A presentation at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in in San Diego, CA, USA by Adrian Roselli
Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned from Stack Overflow rosel.li/CSUN (case sensitive) #CSUNATC18 Presented by Adrian Roselli ( @aardrian ) at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
HTML #CSUNATC18
HTML A: You can use < img alt=""> (no src attribute) to provide helpful content to screen readers. #CSUNATC18
HTML Q: Why can’t I activate a link on focus with this? <a href ="#"><div tabindex ="0">Tab focus me, then ⏎
</div></a> #CSUNATC18CSS #CSUNATC18
CSS A: You can disable link underlines that are added by user style sheets with !important . #CSUNATC18
CSS Q: I used jQuery to add border=0 to links, but everything gets a weird border. How do I remove it? #CSUNATC18
ARIA #CSUNATC18
labelledby to associate each form field with the paragraph of instructions. #CSUNATC18
ARIA Q: VoiceOver won’t announce this image. What ARIA do I need to add to make it work? < img src ="foo.gif" alt=""> #CSUNATC18
hidden="true" to every image? #CSUNATC18
Assistive Technology #CSUNATC18
Assistive Technology Q: How do I override how JAWS navigates tables and replace the keystrokes with my better keystrokes? #CSUNATC18
Assistive Technology Q: How can I check if a user has a disability or is using a screen reader? You know, to justify making a design accessible. #CSUNATC18
Survey Participants (2018) #CSUNATC18
“Physical Differences” 1.4% I am blind / have difficulty seeing 0.8% I am deaf / have difficulty hearing 0.3% I am unable to / find it difficult to walk and/or stand without assistance 0.3% I am unable to / find it difficult to type #CSUNATC18
“Mental Health and Differences” 8.5% I have a mood or emotional disorder (ex. depression, bipolar disorder) 7.8% I have an anxiety disorder 5.9% I have a concentration and/or memory disorder 2.1% I identify as autistic / a person with autism #CSUNATC18
Where Are Devs ? #CSUNATC18
trons . #CSUNATC18
Where Are A11y Pros? #CSUNATC18
Where Are A11y Pros? • Are we on Stack Overflow? • Are we at local tech events? • Are we training teams? • Are we involved in education? • We need better outreach. #CSUNATC18
Resources #CSUNATC18
Resources Search for terms in your own answers with: user:me is:answer {search term} #CSUNATC18
decoration:underline !important}',0);})() #CSUNATC18
Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned from Stack Overflow rosel.li/CSUN (case sensitive) #CSUNATC18 Presented by Adrian Roselli ( @aardrian ) at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
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