Accessibility with Ben Myers
0:00 Introduction
1:44 What does it mean for web applications and websites to be accessible?
3:22 Why accessibility is for everyone
6:45 Checklist to create accessible applications
11:14 Common assistive technologies used with the web
17:10 Pitfalls to avoid in web accessibility
19:38 How the accessibility community keeps up with complex development
23:45 Exciting things coming to the accessibility space
27:19 The accessibility community
29:35 Including people with disabilities in development
32:30 Organizational commitment to accessibility
33:28 Separating accessibility from developer preference
34:57 Steaming on Twitch and creating accessibility content
About the episode
Ben Myers is an accessibility advocate, a Software Engineer at Microsoft, host of Some Antics (a weekly Twitch show), and a moderator on both the Lunch Dev Discord and the Frontend Horse Discord. Ben joins us on PodRocket to talk about all things accessibility, streaming, and more.
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