My Journey of Testing, Learning & Growing!

I was learning about Accessibility Testing last week. My Inspiration to learning on A11y is Michael Larsen (https://www.mkltesthead.com) Accessibility  Standards:   WCAG, W3C Standards,  Section 508, European Accessibility Standard EN 301 549 Why Accessibility Testing? There are different types of disabilities, the users can get impacted. Visual - Blindness, Low Vision, Color Blindness Hearing - Mild to Moderate to Severe Physical - Limited Hand Movement, Muscular Dystrophy, No Limb, Hand or Fingers  - Not able to use mouse or use touch screen. Cognitive - Autism, Mental Challenges. Speech - Accessibility Testing Check: Keyboard Only  Compatibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/keyboard/   Physical and Vision Challenges: Mouse Testing : Use a tab key on keyboard, no additional software required. Navigate entire the webpage using tab key. Tab and Shift Tab will take you through Next and Previous Controls on the screen Enter or Spacebar for S...

Subject: Accessibility Testing Topics: The tool used to evaluate the web application for Accessibility. WAVE - http://wave.webaim.org/ Understanding the tool, how it works. Exercise: Enter the URL of the website and Hit Enter. The summary will display errors, warnings, information, etc.

Subject: Accessibility Testing Topics: Learning about Diversity of Disabilities Different Disabilities: Visual Auditory Physical Cognitive Learning Emotional Definition: A  disability is defined  as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Specifically, a qualified individual with a disability is someone who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.