Just like Atreyu’s epic quest, the journey toward digital accessibility is never truly over. Standards evolve, technologies shift, and new contributors appear out of the Nothing to add features and documentation that might undo your careful compliance. Even if your code and design follow today’s guidelines, tomorrow’s update can send you straight back into the Swamps of Sadness.
In this session, we’ll explore how to keep accessibility alive throughout the lifecycle of your open source projects, from the first line of code to ongoing maintenance. You’ll learn how to chase the next accessibility dragon without losing the magic you started with. We’ll even consult the Oracles of WCAG and peek into the mysterious new lands shaped by the European Accessibility Act to see what’s coming next for inclusive design.
Attendees will leave this adventure with:
- Ways to improve accessibility on existing projects without getting lost in the clouds over Fantasia
- Strategies for getting stakeholder and team buy-in to keep accessibility a long-term priority
- Tips on testing across browsers, devices, and assistive technologies (your modern-day luck dragons)
- A treasure map of free tools to keep your sites compliant before and after deployment
- A glimpse of what’s on the horizon for WCAG and the EAA, because this story, like accessibility, truly never ends
