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While building websites we must make sure that our HTML is semantically correct, but we also need to make sure that we are designing with accessibility in mind.

Multimedia such as video, audio, objects, and documents can have their own accessibility challenges.

The canvas element renders data as pixels on a screen the same way as a .jpg or .png would. While it is supported in all browsers, it is not readily accessible to screen readers without adding some JavaScript, ARIA or having an internal fallback in the content.

Icon fonts are fonts that contain symbols and glyphs rather than numbers or letters. Just like images we must ensure to apply some best practices to make them accessible to all our users.

Scalable Vector Graphics can help provide a number fo features to benefit individuals who experience low vision or color blindness.

Some users may not be able to access images directly, so as developers we need to ensure that we are providing an HTML-based alternative for this content.

Important things to keep in mind when building HTML tables, Lists, Iframes and more!

This week I have been going over the importance of semantic HTML. Some of the topics I will discuss in this blog post will be focused towards page titles, languages, and landmarks.

Having the appropriate mark up and functionality for headings, links and how your page navigate are important things to keep in mind when building out a site.

This past week or so I have been trucking through my third Deque University WAS Prep Course, Designing for an Accessible User Experience.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is an international standard that covers a wide range of recommendations for making web content more accessible.

As I truck through the accessibility fundamentals course by Deque I have started to learn more and more about various disabilities and the ways these types of users may navigate and interpret our sites and applications.