Website accessibility matters. There are many reasons to make your site accessible: it helps people with disabilities use your site, can attract a wider audience, supports search engine visibility, and can improve the overall user experience on both desktop and mobile devices.
Website accessibility is often an afterthought at the end of a project when there is an accessibility audit or a user submits an issue. What if we switched focus and started thinking about accessibility at the beginning of a project during the initial design and development stages?
This talk presents a quick overview of website accessibility – the what, who, and why – then reviews the underlying guidelines for making a site accessible. It also shares general rules to keep in the back of your mind while designing and developing your next site, plus current Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 modules that can help you make your site accessible.