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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Dec 14, 2019 2:16PM

Howdy!

Heading structure is one of my main topics in the general accessibility
presentations I give.

I always profess their should be 1 heading level 1 on a page (at the
beginning of the main region) that matches the <title> of the page - then
the sections of the page should be marked as heading level 2 with
subsections at heading level 3 and sub-subsections at heading level 4.

It's not difficult to provide semantic heading structure. It's difficult to
create the awareness that it is important.

I think the most difficult aspect, at least for me as a blind developer and
a11y enthusiast, is to convince sighted developers that they can always
adjust styling through CSS in a properly formatted digital document. CSS is
simple but not all sighted folks know how to use it. I don't know how to use
it either so I'm super empathetic. I can't tell if I'm causing text
collisions with my styling adjustments.

It's a bit of a conundrum, no?

Best,
David