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Re: What to tell developers about accessibility?

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From: Alistair Duggin
Date: Apr 17, 2012 3:28PM

Hi Karen,

I'm a developer and have recently begun blogging as a means of raising
other developers' awareness of accessibility.

You may find some of the content and links in my blog useful.

My approach so far has been:

1. Explain why interoperability and accessibility matters, how to
approach it as a developer (progressive enhancement) and tests a
developer can do to check there web pages
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/accessibile-interoperable-webpage-1/

2. Blogs for keeping up to date with accessibility - including lots of
technical ones.
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/accessibility-blogs/

3. Personas to help teach accessibility. Developers are more likely to
respond if they can see how people can be affected by their
inaccessible web pages.
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/using-personas-to-teach-accessibility/

4. Screen reader demos and research. Again to set context and details
of how to use a screen reader for testing.
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/screenreader-resources/

5. Examples of common accessibility issues caused by code - and how to
fix them:
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/quick-accessibility-and-usability-improvements-to-a-blog/

Hope that helps

Cheers,
Alistair