Less ‘Help’, More ‘Yelp’: When Accessibility Enthusiasm Actively Harms - Pixel Pioneers 2024

In this talk, Lloydi looks at a variety of things that developers and designers do on their websites with the great intention of improving accessibility for their visitors, but unintentionally cause problems. Markup and coding practices that seem like they would be helpful can ultimately frustrate and, ironically, end up racking up more WCAG failures. The presentation includes demonstrations using assistive technology (screen readers, voice control) that show how ‘help’ becomes a hindrance.

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