Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

Today, (May 19, 2022) is the 11th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day

In the spirit of raising awareness for this celebration dedicated to raising awareness of digital access and inclusion, here are some of our favorite past a11y posts on DEV.

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Not sure where to start? Start here

This primer on accessibility basics from @alenanik is explained simply and clearly.

Accessibility: a gentle introduction

Alena Nik Oct 7 '21 5 min read

#a11y #frontend #inclusive

A thorough digital accessibility listicle handbook

101 high-quality tips, no filler! Thanks to @inhuofficial for compiling this truly impressive resource

101 Digital Accessibility (a11y) tips and tricks

InHuOfficial Jul 30 '21 68 min read

#webdev #html #a11y #beginners

Auditing existing features for accessibility

In this informative post, @abbeyperini documents the process of making their blogs dark mode toggle feature screen reader-accessible. Check out the whole series!

An Accessible Dark Mode Toggle in React

Abbey Perini Nov 6 '21 9 min read

#a11y #react #css #webdev

Improving the accessibility of our own code

A little over a year ago Forem introduced End to End (E2E) testing to the app using Cypress. Here are Frontend Engineer @s_aitchisons takeaways from the process:

What Cypress E2E testing has taught us about our code

Suzanne Aitchison for The DEV Team May 18 5 min read

#javascript #testing #a11y #webdev

That ugly outline is actually important!

A quick tip on aesthetics and accessibility from @colabottles.

Stop Removing Focus

Todd Libby Apr 27 2 min read

#css #a11y #webdev #programming

An examination of the problems of ARIA-first development

The first rule of ARIA: dont use ARIA. Confused? @steady5063 will explain:

A Tangled Web of ARIA

Mark Steadman Oct 9 '21 5 min read

#javascript #a11y #webdev #html

Happy GAAD, everyone!

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