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Understanding Accessibility: WCAG’s 13 Guidelines

12-04-20 Kasey Bonifacio

Improve accessibility in your projects through understanding WCAG’s 13 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility is critical, but it can be confusing. In this presentation for Sparkbox’s 2020 UnConference, I demystify the 13 WCAG 2.1 guidelines and show examples of each guideline in action, empowering you to improve accessibility in your projects.

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After this presentation, I answered more questions about web accessibility. Check out the Understanding Accessibility Q&A session here.

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