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Discussion on: Don't be a pr*ck: Frontend Engineers and Accessibility

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Billy Purvis • Edited

There are nuances with accessibility and at times it can be very tricky, but I refute there isn't good documentation.

w3.org/WAI/tutorials/
w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

The tutorials are great and you can inspect all the code. There's countless packages too that help with accessibility for different frameworks.

I really dislike the notion that there must be a reward for it to be worth it. It is morally the correct thing to do, as well as a legal (not that you care, apparently). Hundreds of thousands of people suffer with some form of disability and websites can be impossible for them to navigate. A competent developer should be able to implement basic accessible practices rather than being lazy. The web is for everyone, not just the able bodied - the more we move to a digital first approach for daily life, the harder it can be for people with disabilities if sites don't implement basic accessibility - don't exclude disabled people more than society already does. Be a good person, not a prick.