fantastic article, here in brazil there are accessibility laws, but even de government don't give a f*ck, which is incredibly frustrating, because my brother have visual disability and still strugle with screen readers output, always confusing or with a lot of missinformation or even none information at all.
TBH i'm ashamed, that as a developer, for many times i did not contribute to change it, even for my brother. there are no excuses for it, they will say, "it's not our priority", "we can do it later", "we have to achieve in time to market"... then accessiblity falls by the wayside again in every project.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
It is similar here in the UK, we have the laws, everybody ignores them.
It is why I am trying to change the perspective from “you must think about accessibility” to “thinking about accessibility benefits you”.
I am working on a series to help developers put accessibility higher up the priority list by helping them persuade their boss / clients that it is in their benefits...watch this space and we will see if it is any good! 😜
Thank you for sharing, don’t feel ashamed, as I said, most of us are just trying to get by!
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fantastic article, here in brazil there are accessibility laws, but even de government don't give a f*ck, which is incredibly frustrating, because my brother have visual disability and still strugle with screen readers output, always confusing or with a lot of missinformation or even none information at all.
TBH i'm ashamed, that as a developer, for many times i did not contribute to change it, even for my brother. there are no excuses for it, they will say, "it's not our priority", "we can do it later", "we have to achieve in time to market"... then accessiblity falls by the wayside again in every project.
It is similar here in the UK, we have the laws, everybody ignores them.
It is why I am trying to change the perspective from “you must think about accessibility” to “thinking about accessibility benefits you”.
I am working on a series to help developers put accessibility higher up the priority list by helping them persuade their boss / clients that it is in their benefits...watch this space and we will see if it is any good! 😜
Thank you for sharing, don’t feel ashamed, as I said, most of us are just trying to get by!