Accessibility Myths

Sergei has debunked 22 accessibility myths.

After I read the entire thing, I remind myself that web accessibility is not only about HTML and CSS. It is also about user experience, web design, and content.

This is the biggest lie:

Only accessibility experts can implement accessibility fixes

If web accessibility is not accessible, it already fails to give a good example. It becomes inaccessible web accessibility.

The truth is that learning web accessibility takes lots of time. You do not need an expert to fix any accessibility issues. I can prove it to you. I believe you can make sure each page only has one HTML heading one element (<h1>) and one HTML main element (<main>).

I do know there are hard accessibility issues such as dealing with many screen readers with different settings and browsers. But if you use the right HTML elements, you are already doing a great job on web accessibility.

If you are new to web accessibility, a checklist from The A11Y Project is a good starting point to test your website's accessibility.

You do not need to know everything at once. Web accessibility is about gradual improvements. It is not about perfection.

Knowing about accessibility myths is also one way to learn about web accessibility.