Retrofitting Accessibility into Existing Products Talk Resources
Thank you for attending K15t’s talk at Atlas Camp 2025. Here are a handful of useful resources to start your accessibility journey.
Introduction to web accessibility: https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/
Accessibility, usability and inclusion: https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-usability-inclusion/
Accessible patterns: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/
Web accessibility evaluation tool list: https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/tools/list/
WCAG-EM report tool: https://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/report-tool
How to meet the WCAG 2.2 (Quick reference): https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/
Overview of accessibility laws by WCAG: https://www.wcag.com/compliance/
The <dialog> element: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dialog and you can check more semantic HTML elements in this link.
A complete guide to accessible front-end components: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/03/complete-guide-accessible-front-end-components/
Atlassian’s overview of the accessibility program: https://www.atlassian.com/accessibility
With this resources you will be in no time ready to start your a11y journey.
a11y: It’s a numeronym for "accessibility", where the "11" represents the 11 letters between "a" and "y" in the word. Similar numeronyms include i18n for "internationalization" and l10n for "localization."
A fun coincidence is that a11y also sounds like "ally"—which is pretty fitting! Advocating for accessibility means being an ally to people with disabilities, ensuring that digital spaces are inclusive and usable for everyone.