My Slides from Accessibility Camp NYC

If the embedded slides are not working, you can get to them directly at SlideShare. There is also a video of my talk (and all the other talks) available, or you can watch it below:

Errata

Note that I adjusted slide 89 before I posted it to SlideShare, thanks to Dylan Barrell catching a JavaScript error in my example. He made a JSFiddle to demonstrate it:

During the Q&A, I was asked about how to decide when an image gets alternative text. I referenced a decision tree which I removed from my slides. I am happy to say that a link to that decision tree is at the bottom of slide 101, along with a couple others. Or directly, Text alternatives for images: a decision tree along with the verbose HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives</cite>.

Finally, in her talk Svetlana Kouznetsova noted that the number of Americans with hearing loss in the U.S. is closer to 50 million, not the 36 million I cite on slide 11. I did not update my slides because I don’t have a source to verify it.

Ego Tweets

The tweets I found that mentioned my talk:

Selfish #accessibility by @aardrian pic.twitter.com/glerdVRKN4

— holistica11y (@dylanbarrell) September 26, 2015

@aardrian from W3C HTML Working Group starting talk on "Selfish Accessibility" #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian demonstrates "Accessible Beige" from his talk "Selfish Accessibility" #a11ynyc pic.twitter.com/EdOMOUM3q8

— Thomas Logan (@TechThomas) September 26, 2015

@aardrian Showing statistics on how disability and impairment increase with age, so #a11y is also future proofing the web #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian Also reminding us that accidents, injuries can cause temporary or permanent disability at anytime #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian sharing his hierarchy for monitoring #accessibility change #a11ynyc camp. pic.twitter.com/RJBjeOh1Q1

— Aria Live (@Aria_Live) September 26, 2015

@aardrian #a11y makes life easier and more productive for everyone #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian #a11y Accessibility also great for multilingual communities @adho #dh2016 #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian 1. Accessibility is not a checklist. 2. Accessibility is a continual process. #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian is KILLING! it in his Selfish Accessibility talk at #a11ycampnyc! Lots I knew but spectacular framing and humor!!

— NataliePatriceTucker (@NataliePatriceT) September 26, 2015

.@aardrian "Accessibility helps future you." #a11ynyc #selfisha11y

— Christopher Edwards (@xtopher1974) September 26, 2015

Selfish user stories by @aardrian #a11ynyc pic.twitter.com/W2k49hKgMc

— holistica11y (@dylanbarrell) September 26, 2015

#Accessibility is not a checklist You can comply to a checklist and being not accessible at all #a11ynyc @aardrian http://t.co/OQLKSgIPZr

— Arthur Rigaud (@arigaud_ca) September 26, 2015

@aardrian totally "stealing" selfish user stories!!! @a11yCampNYC #a11ycampnyc

— NataliePatriceTucker (@NataliePatriceT) September 26, 2015

@aardrian Not all images need alt tag, only if they carry semantic value. Visual flourishes should be elided on a screen reader #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

@aardrian's message for EVERYONE on why #accessibility shouldn't be ignored by YOU. #a11ynyc camp pic.twitter.com/IrVuzcH3cc

— Aria Live (@Aria_Live) September 26, 2015

@aardrian Talking about WAI-ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite https://t.co/Vx4kbAZWfG #a11yNYC

— Jean Bauer (@jean_bauer) September 26, 2015

Call out to @MarcoInEnglish and@jared_w_smith #a11ynyc by @aardrian pic.twitter.com/mVyYUum26R

— holistica11y (@dylanbarrell) September 26, 2015

.@aardrian "The new <div>itis is <section>orrhea." #accessibility #seononsense #a11ynyc

— Christopher Edwards (@xtopher1974) September 26, 2015

#a11yNYC @aardrian reminds us of the Five Rules of WAI ARIA use #a11y

— Arthur Rigaud (@arigaud_ca) September 26, 2015

Let’s Share More #Accessibility Experiences from @aardrian http://t.co/uU3E6rXfY2 #webdev #webdesign #a11ynyc

— Sarah Horton (@gradualclearing) September 26, 2015