As web developers, a large part of what we can do to improve the accessibility of our sites and apps, is in markup. In this talk, you'll learn how the markup we write impacts the Document Object Model (DOM) and Accessibility APIs. We'll look at specific examples and how to optimise them for end users. Lastly, we'll peak into upcoming changes: how will the Accessibility Object Model (AOM) help us in the future?

Hidde works in Sanity’s developer relations team. He is interested in web standards, browsers and authoring tools, as well as how they can work together to build a web that puts people first. Hidde writes about these things and more on hidde.blog.