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Why it’s important to manually test for Accessibility
"There are many issues that the automated tools do not catch on their own. The best way to know if something is accessible is to use it the way users who use accessibility features use it."
Accelerating Digital Accessibility: Free Axe-con virtual conference Feb 24-25
Join fellow developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals... You will learn the latest trends in tech, global compliance, and more as we focus on building, testing, and delivering accessible digital experiences.
Inclusive Design Training – Microsoft Learn
Inclusive design courses for developers.
Digital Accessibility joins the Winter Olympics!
"These Games quietly acknowledge something essential: accessibility isn’t about “special features” for a few, it’s about how millions experience sport, information and belonging.'
Your form is unusable without labels
Your form might look clean, but if it's missing proper labels, it's unusable for a lot of people.
Automated Accessibility Testing for React - Tools and Best Practices you can use
Learn about "tools, scripts, frameworks, services and libraries... to automate these accessibility checks"