WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 Archive

Creating a Developer Culture of Accessibility

Intermediate

October 10, 2024 at 10:00 UTC

Session Video

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New applications and components in web and mobile are being built at light speed. The velocity that companies deliver is at an all time high, and accessibility is seemingly always left out or seen as “too much” for this fast pace. As much as we all want organizations development teams to just know Accessibility, it will never be sustained if we treat it like a job to be done or a prize to be won. So how can we break the mold, and make accessibility part of the norm?

Lets make it a constant force! One where if we build a culture of accessibility in our development teams it becomes second nature! It’s time to break the mold and make accessibility a seamless part of the fast pace development process! Let’s dive in for how you can bring a culture of developing accessibly to your company or dev team today!

Speakers

Jessie Frio is a white female in her 20's with long light brown hair
Accessibility Engineer, Fidelity Investments
Mark is a white man in his 30's with a black beard that is graying and a backwards white sox baseball cap.
Director of Accessibility Engineering, Fidelity Investments