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YES! Your site can (and should) be accessible

YES! Your site can (and should) be accessible

London Web Standards. March 2017. Lessons learned in building FT.com. Video at: https://vimeo.com/215169705

Laura Carvajal

March 20, 2017
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  1. Laura Carvajal Senior Developer, Financial Times @lc512k YES! Your site

    can be accessible Lessons learned in building FT.com SHOULD
  2. Accessibility in CI From “0 Errors” to AA Common issues

    How not to sell it to the business Making it long-lasting
  3. Laura Carvajal @lc512k Node - apps GitHub - Repository Circle

    CI - Continuous Integration Heroku - Deployment
  4. “ The only evidenced business case […] is avoiding litigation ” Alice

    Bartlett speakerdeck.com/alicebartlett/what-is-the-business-case-for-accessibility
  5. 1. A11y doesn’t just happen 2. Train your people 3.

    Throw away your mouse 4. Sell it right (if you must) 5. Don’t take it all on yourself 6. Talk about it 7. Diversity matters