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Nov 15, 2016
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UI Design
Web Accessibility: the repercussions of inaccessibility
Author Jimi Choi
Accessibility is an important and often forgotten element of building websites and digital products. While W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative lays out specific standards to follow, it’s surprising how many of those steps are left out in websites and products we use everyday. As the industry continues to make progress in creating a more inclusive web, we should all internalize these standards and own them in our day-to-day work. In this series, members of our project management, development, and design teams share honest reflections and tips on how we can champion accessibility.
To get you more familiar with what it’s like to use the web with accessibility tools, let’s start with an exercise: