What is it?

An Accessible App...

• Is usable by those with various disabilities
• Is usable w/out a pointing device
• Functions according to accepted conventions & standards

Why don't we do it?

Main Reasons

• Apathy
• Too laborious
• Low priority
• High barrier-to-entry

Why should we do it?

Some Reasons

• The "right" thing to do
• Benefits everyone

How do we do it?

Ongoing: Use HTML Correctly

• Use <a> and <button> where appropriate
• Wrap form fields in <label>
• Use <ul> and <ol> for lists
• Use <table> for tabular data
• <div> is not the only tag in the HTML spec

Step 1: Low-Hanging Fruit

• Fix your markup
• Run auditing tools like WAVE
• Use a screen reader (e.g. VoiceOver on OSX)

Step 2: Read

• Read MDN's accessibility section
• Try to read the spec - it's not too bad
• Follow experts on a11y on twitter