--- title: Accessibility date: 2021-02-16T05:00:00-05:00 author: Sean Smith canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-5/accessibility/" section: Podcast --- <!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-BEGIN\]\]>[Skip to main content](#main-content)![Matsuko Friedland](https://website101podcast.com/uploads/hosts/_200x200_crop_center-center_none/matsuko-friedland.jpg)Guest Matsuko Friedland Matsuko is the Lead Accessibility Engineer at Craft CMS, a flexible, user-friendly content management system (CMS) for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matsuko/) Season 04 Episode 5 – Feb 16, 2021 39:21 [Show Notes](#show-notes) ## Accessibility LISTEN0:00 0:00 [](//dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/website101podcast.com/uploads/mp3/accessibility-draft-1.mp3) We discuss accessibility, with Matsuko Friedland, in websites, why it's important both for users and website owners, as well as some tips on how to ensure your website is accessible. ### Show Notes Matsuko starts off by explaining what accessibility is and why it's important. We also talk about what a screen reader is and how a screen reader works. - Why should we care about accessibility other than the legal requirements - The three levels of WCAG compliance - Semantic HTML - Header Order is important - Accessibility is good for SEO - Color Contrast - Placeholder content - Pixel and Tonic, CraftCMS, selected by the W3C for accessibility ### Show Links - [Accessibility Why It's important](/episodes/season-01/episode-9/accessibility-why-its-important/) - [Curb Cut Effect](https://medium.com/@mosaicofminds/the-curb-cut-effect-how-making-public-spaces-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-helps-everyone-d69f24c58785) - [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0](https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/) - [Building the most inaccessible site possible with a perfect Lighthouse score](https://www.matuzo.at/blog/building-the-most-inaccessible-site-possible-with-a-perfect-lighthouse-score/) - [Empathy Prompts](https://empathyprompts.net/) - [Accessible Colors](https://accessible-colors.com/) - [Contrast Checker](https://contrastchecker.com/) - [Axe Browser Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe-web-accessibility-tes/lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd) - [Lighthouse Browser Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lighthouse/blipmdconlkpinefehnmjammfjpmpbjk?hl=en) - [Accessibility Insights](https://accessibilityinsights.io/) - [Don’t Use The Placeholder Attribute](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/06/placeholder-attribute/) - [Trackback](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback) - [W3C Selects Craft CMS for Redesign Project](https://wptavern.com/w3c-selects-craft-cms-for-redesign-project) - [HTML: The Inaccessible Parts](https://daverupert.com/2020/02/html-the-inaccessible-parts/) - [Accessibility Checklist](https://www.a11yproject.com/checklist/) Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? 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