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Hey folks! Accessibility is a topic very near and dear to my heart. And as I've spent the past year speaking about it I've realized that ... Accessibility Fundamentals: Semantics and Navigating Content goo.gl/KgU3v3 One of the key goals in building an ... ARIA 1.1 Spec: goo.gl/1rGD7S ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1: w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/ Here on ... Roving tabindex is a super important technique if you're building custom controls that need deep keyboard support. Today on the ... Whenever possible you want to use native HTML elements for your custom controls. The button tag, for instance, is very easy to ... Focus is one of the main pillars of accessibility, but it's also an area that many developers are a little fuzzy on. Here's a good quote ... Read the "Using NVDA to Evaluate Web Accessibility" article: goo.gl/eGPDp Watch the "Testing for Accessibility with the ... Learning a screen reader is an important skill for developers interested in improving the accessibility of their applications. It might ... Talking about tabindex and custom controls is super fun, and we'll definitely be doing more of it in the future. But I wanted to pause ... Keyboard focus is crucially important for both motor impaired users, and visually impaired users relying on a screen reader.