Santhosh Kumar

Digital Accessibility Specialist

About Me

Here are some things that you should know about me.

I'm Santhosh, Digital Accessibility Specialist. The internet has the potential to make our world a more open and connected place, but only if everyone is able to use it. That's why I've spent the last 15 years working to create websites and apps that are available to everyone, no matter how they access the web. I have extensive experience in making websites accessible to people with disabilities, and I am always looking for ways to improve my skills. I am a certified IAAP - Web Accessibility Specialist and a W3C Schools developer, and I am always up-to-date on the latest accessibility standards.

Skills

Experience

Over 15 years of professional experience in User Interface/Frontend development and Digital Accessibility Engineering.

Development

Experienced in HTML5, CSS3, and Front-end Frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation with JQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, and JSON.

Accessibility

Good knowledge of accessibility compliance; followed WCAG 2.2 compliant with Level-AAA.

Guidelines

Accessibility user testing for Digital products, conducting Accessibility Audits against WCAG 2.2 levels AA to AAA, writing Accessibility Guidelines.

Project Management

Familiar with estimation techniques, involved in planning estimations, preparing proposals, gathering requirements, creating prototypes and POCs.

Trends

Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, technologies and Good insight into current web & app design trends and related creative spaces.

Things that I'm good at

HTML
80%
CSS
80%
JS/jQuery
75%
Accessibility
90%
WCAG 2.1
85%
WAI-ARIA
90%
Program Management
75%
Audits
80%

Blog

My thoughts.

Accessibility logo printed on a wall

Benefits of web accessibility: 8 reasons why every business should prioritize it

Understanding the advantages of web accessibility and why every company should prioritize it

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Trends Shaping the Future of Digital Accessibility

As a Digital Accessibility Specialist, who started as a web developer with experience dating back to the early days of web design..

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Accessibility Checklist

Web Accessibility Checklist

This checklist aims to quickly help identify the most obvious accessibility issues for WCAG 2.0 AA compatibility. It is not intended to be exhaustive but should act as a way to quickly assess a page in a multi-pass approach.

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