This week’s accessibility meme is at the intersection of “Ouch, that hurts” and “Damn, that’s so true.”
If you ask me to point at one single problem behind the 97% rate of inaccessible websites is as simple as this: developers don’t know how to make things accessible. The topic of accessibility isn’t required or even covered in any four year design or engineering college degree.
That needs to change, or the pace at which inaccessible sites are created will always exceed the rate at which they are remediated.
alt: Family Feud meme in four frames:
Frame 1, Steve Harvey says, “We asked 100 developers” with the two contestants in the button with their hands ready to bang the buzzer with an answer.
Frame 2, Steve Harvey says “to name one of the 50 WCAG guidelines”
Frame 3 shows the answer board with a big red X meaning that neither of the contestants could answer the question. Frame 4 has Steve doubling over in laughter.