Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan
General Musings with Kevin Powell · Kevin Powell
September 12, 20251h 41m
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Show Notes
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Sara Soueidan, a renowned expert in web accessibility. Our conversation was a deep dive into the nuances of making the web more inclusive and accessible for everyone.
Follow Sara:
- Her course, Practical Accessibility: https://practical-accessibility.today/
- Her newsletter: https://www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/
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Things we mentioned during our conversations:
- Making the web sweeter with Food Network and Cupcakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2l56RmQAQE
- Blockquotes in screen readers https://adrianroselli.com/2023/07/blockquotes-in-screen-readers.html
- The Blockquote element https://heydonworks.com/article/the-blockquote-element/
- The HTML Living Standard https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html
- WCAG Quick Reference (contains links to Understanding and Techniques docs) https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/
- HTML AAM https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aam-1.0/
- ARIA 1.3 https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.3/
- My course :D https://practical-accessibility.today
- My newsletter https://sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/