Finally captions are real important. Not just for people with hearing diversity, @arush needs captions in all her videos as it is much easier to take notes from caption. Include descriptive audio for blind people. #IndieWeb

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@arush "The first rule of ARIA and accessibility is do not use ARIA. Start with semantic HTML, only use ARIA when there is not a native semantic eleme

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@arush "The first rule of ARIA and accessibility is do not use ARIA. Start with semantic HTML, only use ARIA when there is not a native semantic element. The new semantic HTML elements help us a lot, please use them #IndieWeb

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This is about progress not perfection. Just keep trying to make the web better do not give up because you think you can not do inclusive design.

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This is about progress not perfection. Just keep trying to make the web better do not give up because you think you can not do inclusive design.

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Part of job making things accessible or folks w/ disabilities but also about building for everyone else. That is difference between inclusive design &

Part of job making things accessible or folks w/ disabilities but also about building for everyone else. That is difference between inclusive design & designing for accessibility. I cant do this alone. I ask for help. Same with you, ask for help #IndieWeb

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I never knew about removing link underlines. @arush says it can be done but you need to add focus and make sure contrast is correct...just easier to k

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I never knew about removing link underlines. @arush says it can be done but you need to add focus and make sure contrast is correct...just easier to keep the link underlined. #IndieWeb

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Interesting point. @arush notes that with color contrast the users she uses prefer contrast much higher than the general guidelines. "Don't trust Goog

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Interesting point. @arush notes that with color contrast the users she uses prefer contrast much higher than the general guidelines. "Don't trust Google on accessibility. Underline your links" #IndieWeb

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@arush "this is a biggie" color contrast, this has a lot of fine print attached...this is where designers start to freak thinking color contrast may m

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@arush "this is a biggie" color contrast, this has a lot of fine print attached...this is where designers start to freak thinking color contrast may mess with pretty websites....Amanda reminds us you can be in the guidelines and still pretty #IndieWeb

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Make sure source order and visual order match in your design and your semantics. Remember sometimes your CSS doesn't matter. Most screen readers avoid

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Make sure source order and visual order match in your design and your semantics. Remember sometimes your CSS doesn't matter. Most screen readers avoid it all, (except display: none) we do not see it. Do not rely on visual source order. #IndieWeb

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@arush: The #IndieWeb community should be really proud of itself. You are helping to build a better web everyday and I hope the small community takes

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@arush: The #IndieWeb community should be really proud of itself. You are helping to build a better web everyday and I hope the small community takes off, in fact I want it to take over everything.

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@arush: n the US there are either two pathways to #a11y you either decide to do it as a commitment for everyone or you are sued into it. Using the exa

@arush: n the US there are either two pathways to #a11y you either decide to do it as a commitment for everyone or you are sued into it. Using the example of @dominos trying to sue their way out accessibility

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@arush Giving talk to #IndieWeb community different. We usually talk to people about importance of HTML and how new controllers and aria labels aren't

@arush Giving talk to #IndieWeb community different. We usually talk to people about importance of HTML and how new controllers and aria labels aren't as good. You folks are already 10 steps a head of everyone with commitment to Plain Old Semantic HTML

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@arush starts talk by telling story of open source dictation tool that works for screen readers. Day job building accessible websites from the ground

@arush starts talk by telling story of open source dictation tool that works for screen readers. Day job building accessible websites from the ground up, and when they are not I do #a11y mediation. The answer is usually look at HTML, make it semantic #IndieWeb

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Questions to leave you with, "How do we take our data with us? What privacy do you give up for convenience? How do you empower people to feel they hav

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Questions to leave you with, "How do we take our data with us? What privacy do you give up for convenience? How do you empower people to feel they have a role in digital privacy" -@amirad #IndieWeb

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