About
Hi, I'm Adam - an accessibility developer based in Leeds, UK. I specialise in building user interfaces which are inclusive, performant and robust.
During work hours, I spend my time finding and fixing accessibility issues to improve company products. In my spare time I enjoy making music, swimming and table-top gaming.
Skills
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- WAI-ARIA
- WCAG
- Automated testing tools: Wave, ARC, axe
- Assistive technology: JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Inclusive Design
- Cross browser testing
- Manual accessibility testing
Recommendations
There are so many great web accessibility resources available these days. Here are some of my regular go-tos:
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Adrian Roselli's Blog
Adrian has a massive collection of accessibility posts on his blog dating all the way back to 1999! There is a treasure trove of information here as Adrian is incredibly thorough with his research and explanations. As a bonus, he often updates his posts when the situation changes (as it often does with web development).
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Scott O'Hara's Blog
Scott has a relaxed writing style to his blog which makes reading complex topics easily digestable. He frequently deep dives into particular issues and has a wealth of knowledge about a range of accessibility topics.
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Léonie Watson's Blog
Léonie writes about a range of accessibility topics and she has a knack of covering a topic without it becoming overly verbose. She also provides valuable in-depth information about what using the web is like as a screen reader user.
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HTMHell
HTML Hell describes itself as 'a collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites'. This is such a great resource, not only for marvelling at the astoundingly bad markup choices some websites have but also to see the elegent solutions that the contributors give.
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Inclusive Components
This site is somewhere between a component library and a blog. For each post, Heydon take a deep dive into a common website component and discusses it at length. The amount of detail in these posts is exhaustive and they cover almost any question you could have.
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GDS Design System
Whenever I want to see a good example of a website component I go the GDS. Everything they have on here is based on rigourous user testing with every decision being informed by the advice of real users. These are all examples of battle-tested, very robust components.
Contact
You can find me on Twitter, Linkedin or by email at acnorrisuk@gmail.com