Remember that one time you were going through your twitter timeline and you came across the #a11y hashtag and have always wondered what it meant? O...
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
One of the biggest arguments I find to use with people who try yo push back against a11y: accessible websites benefit everyone, not just those with disabilities. It's known as the drop curb (or curb cut) effect.
Drop curbs were installed originally to benefit wheelchair users, but actually ended up benefitting far more people, such as those with pushchairs, delivery drivers, even skateboarders!
Same thing occurs with closed captions/subtitles. Ever been on a bus without headphones trying to watch a video? Ever tried to watch a film at night without waking the kids?
Good accessibility is good UX. Good colour contrast helps all people in bad lighting conditions, image
alttext helps everyone on slow or metered connections. The list goes on!Thanks a lot for Ashley
The main problem here is always the same: clients are rarely willing to pay for accessibility compliance. At least here (Italy).
When I give them my estimate for a project, they always say: "That's too much man-days! Why is that so?" And the first things they cut out are tests and accessibility 😔
Oh wow. Sorry about that.
I don't know if this help, but for me, I try not to mention explicitly that I'll be handling accessibility. I just make sure the amount paid for workmanship covers that