Conversations around web accessibility
Short discussions with disabled people about the barriers they encounter on the web. Hear about web accessibility in our own words!
Lē Silveus McNamara says consuming Tech has a stimulant effect on the nervous system and the overconsumption of a stimulant, like technology [is] bad for your health.
Sam asks “why people who produce content where they have the script, they have the content, they have the time, they have the resources, don’t provide captions that are accurate?”
Barry says he has to guess a lot about what elements do what on a site, because semantically meaningful markup isn’t being used.
John says, among other things: “Let the user choose. Don’t ever dictate to someone’s assistive technology”.
Robert says: “The message I had to give folks if it was just one is don’t make assumptions about how people with disabilities use the web”.
Jessie says that accessibility does not mean just catering to a specific group of people. Accessibility is not just for people with disabilities, accessibility is for everyone!
Justin asks us to think outside of our use case, and that not everyone uses the web the way we do.
Matt says only gather necessary data on web forms. Break down the form into multiple steps. Let user come back and add information when they are able to. This will lead to a higher completion rate.
Iris tells us that “The web has gotten more and more inaccessible over my lifetime”.
