A starting guide to web accessibility

What is web accessibility really? Web accessibility means that every person can use your website, regardless of ability, disability, device, or situation. That includes someone using a screen reader, someone navigating with only a keyboard, someone with low vision, or someone in bright sunlight trying to read their phone. It's not an extra feature you bolt on at the end. It's a fundamental part of how the web was designed to work in the first place. The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, said it best: The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone, regardless of disability, is an essential aspect. Accessibility is often shortened to "a11y" in the developer community, the "11" represents the 11 letters between the "a" and the "y". You'll see this everywhere. Who needs accessible websites? Most developers think of accessibility as helping "people with disabilities." But it's far broader than that. A person who is blind and uses a screen reader to navigate t