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Web Accessibility Engineering Book

A technical book on web accessibility design patterns for inclusive interfaces. Available in Portuguese and French, targeting developers and UX professionals.

The book walks through the WCAG 2.1 guidelines in practical terms — from color contrast and keyboard navigation to screen reader compatibility — pairing each principle with real code examples and before/after interface comparisons. Chapters are organized around patterns developers actually build: forms, navigation, data tables, and interactive components.

It grew out of the same accessibility consulting and teaching work behind the Web Accessibility Audit and WordPress Accessibility Consulting services on this site — several chapters are adapted into the article series published here, so readers can preview the material before picking up the full book.

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The Broken Chain

In 2009, I wrote the first book on web accessibility published in Brazil. Twenty years later, I reopened it to rewrite it, and understood why the problem has barely moved.

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What is the Web Accessibility Problem?And What Can We Do About It?

Introduction This article is drawn from the first chapter of my book, “Web Accessibility Techniques,” which I’ve adapted into a series focused on digital accessibility. While the original book was written in Portuguese, this series will be made available in both English and French. Through this series, we aim to shed light on the multifaceted […]