54: Get Access with Aaron Cannon

This week, we talk accessibility pitfalls with Aaron Canon.

Aaron is the co-founder and chief accessibility engineer at Accessible360 — where he uses his experience as a blind developer to improve real-world accessibility for all citizens of the web.

He shares his first-hand experience on which practices work, which ones are bogus, where to focus our accessibility efforts, and which libraries provide the best starting point.

I learned a ton. You will too.

Featuring

• Aaron Cannon — Twitter, Website, Accessible360
• Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website

Links

• Accessible360 — The digital accessibility company
• JAWS — The world’s most popular screen reader
• NVDA — Free, popular screen reader
• Aaron's YouTube channel
• Accessible360's YouTube channel
• Should I Use A Carousel?
• Reach UI — The accessible foundation of your React-based design system
• WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #7 Results
• ARIA Live Regions Screen Reader Demo | Video
• uBlock — A Fast and Efficient Ad Blocker. Easy on CPU and Memory.

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