welcome
Thank you for purchasing the MEAP of Architecting Accessibility. Kudos to you for wanting to build a better digital world. This book is born of my love for building technology that works for people, and I am grateful that you are joining me as it is still taking shape. By picking up this early version, you are not only choosing to learn more about web accessibility – you are also helping shape a book whose purpose is to make the web work better for more people.
This book provides practical guidance to help you and your team plan and deliver accessible web applications. During the writing process, I have adopted a pragmatic approach – building up incrementally from fundamentals to more advanced scenarios – to help you develop confidence without overwhelming you with legal and technical jargon. My hope is that this book will help make accessibility feel less like a separate task or late-stage checklist, and more like a natural part of building high-quality digital products. Throughout the chapters, you will meet real accessibility barriers that people face on the web, and you will see how thoughtful design and implementation decisions can remove them.