Looking into the 

of Accessibility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)#/media/File:JAWS_Movie_poster.jpg

A11y Camp 2016

@RhianaHeath

350,000 people 

in Australia

are blind or

vision impaired

CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

http://www.sistelsrl.it/software/jaws_screen_reader.htm

Internet

Explorer

Firefox

Safari

Chrome

<div role="navigation">
  <ul>
    <li>Home</li>
    <li>Contact us</li>
  </ul>
</div>

<div role="main">
  <h1>Our Website</h1>
  <p>Some content goes here</p>
</div>

W3 HTML Aria Table

<a href="github.com" 
   class="header-logo" 
   aria-label="Homepage" ... >

    <svg ...></svg>

</a>

<a href="github.com" 
   class="header-logo"  
   aria-label="Homepage" ... >
    <svg ...></svg>
    <span class="sr-only">Home Page</span>
</a>

.sr-only {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0,0,0,0);
  border: 0;
}

<a href="help.github.com/terms" 
   class="text-white"  
   target="_blank">

   terms of service

   <span class="sr-only">
    (link opens new window)
   </span>
</a>

Slides:       https://slides.com/rhianaheath

Twitter:     @rhianaheath

Website:   rhiana.heath.cc

Images:     Wikimedia Commons, Flickr

Thanks!

Stats:      Webaim Survey

HTML5:  W3 HTML Aria Table

Aria:        WAI ARIA cheat sheet

sr-only:  Bootstrap accessibility classes

angular: ngAria

Additional Resources