Journey of a Disabled Web Developer

She's written 79 posts

• TIL #4: VS Code Key Bindings, tab-size CSS Property, and Void Elements

  Posted Jul 14, 2024

  3 min read

• A Quick-ish Accessibility Review: shadcn/ui Charts

  Posted Jul 9, 2024

  6 min read

• An Accessibility Bookmarklet for Testing 200% Text Size

  Posted Nov 3, 2023

  3 min read

• Why You Should Use px Units for margin, padding, & Other Spacing Techniques

  Posted Nov 2, 2023

  7 min read

• Don't Use Fixed CSS height or width on Buttons, Links, or Any Other Text Containers

  Posted Oct 7, 2023

  4 min read

• How TypeScript Can Improve Developer Accessibility

  Posted Sep 9, 2023

  6 min read

• Yes, Deaf People Can Listen to Music

  Posted Sep 5, 2023

  1 min read

• TIL #3: Fleegle heel, Right-Lifted Increase, Left-Lifted Increase, and Slip Slip Purl

  Posted Aug 17, 2023

  2 min read

• TIL #2: grid-auto-rows CSS property and Judy's Magic Cast-On

  Posted Aug 5, 2023

  2 min read

• TIL #1: Figma Boolean Operations, Knitting Duplicate Stitch, & Next.js Absolute Imports

  Posted Aug 4, 2023

  3 min read

• Being Vulnerable Is Traumatic: What the Push for Storytelling in DEI Misses

  Posted Jul 24, 2023

  5 min read

• My Neurodivergent Narratives #1

  Posted Mar 27, 2023

  5 min read

• Don't Overwrite Visual Labels With `aria-label`

  Posted Sep 1, 2022

  9 min read

• Should I Use a Button or a Link?

  Posted Aug 29, 2022

  14 min read

• What a Jar of Buttons Is Teaching Me About Trust

  Posted Jan 20, 2022

  6 min read

• 2021 in Review

  Posted Jan 2, 2022

  5 min read

• Speaking My Truth -- I Did Not Leave for Personal Reasons

  Posted Oct 20, 2021

  15 min read

• What the heck is "web a11y"?

  Posted Jul 6, 2021

  3 min read

• My Writing and Planning Process

  Posted Feb 15, 2021

  8 min read

• Set up a React App for Testing with Jest and Enzyme

  Posted Dec 1, 2020

  2 min read

• Accessible, Smooth Scroll-to-top Buttons with Little Code

  Posted Nov 26, 2020

  3 min read

• Challenge Accepted! Just F*ing Ship It.

  Posted Oct 1, 2020

  1 min read

• 10 Questions I'm Asking All Companies Before Scheduling Any Interviews

  Posted Aug 3, 2020

  1 min read

• Three Starting Points for Making Accessible Digital Content

  Posted Jul 26, 2020

  4 min read

• Build an Accessible Breadcrumb Component -- Part 1 in the Accessible React Component Series

  Posted Apr 25, 2020

  14 min read

• Build an Accessible React Component -- The Live Series

  Posted Apr 19, 2020

  2 min read

• My Favorite Resource for Making Accessible Custom Components

  Posted Feb 7, 2020

  5 min read

• 2019 Blog in Review

  Posted Jan 1, 2020

  4 min read

• How to Dynamically Create Many Similar CSS Classes with Sass

  Posted Dec 19, 2019

  2 min read

• Dear Women & Girls

  Posted Dec 4, 2019

  1 min read

• How to Come out of Burnout

  Posted Oct 27, 2019

  3 min read

• Udemy Needs to Review Courses and Vet Instructors

  Posted Sep 16, 2019

  4 min read

• How I Keep Coding When I'm Low on Spoons

  Posted Sep 3, 2019

  6 min read

• Build a React & Firebase Blog Site Part 3

  Posted Sep 2, 2019

  6 min read

• Build a React & Firebase Blog Site Part 2

  Posted Aug 27, 2019

  7 min read

• Build a React & Firebase Blog Site Part 1 -- Setup and Read Data

  Posted Aug 26, 2019

  8 min read

• Re-Create an Image with Colorful Text

  Posted Aug 11, 2019

  5 min read

• My Journey Into Software Engineering

  Posted Jul 2, 2019

  3 min read

• Why isn't our world more accessible?

  Posted Jun 25, 2019

  2 min read

• Working in Circle City, Day 4 -- Community

  Posted Jun 20, 2019

  3 min read

• Working in Circle City, Day 3 -- "Do Better Work"

  Posted Jun 19, 2019

  3 min read

• Working in Circle City, Day 2 -- Be Nice to People in Traffic

  Posted Jun 18, 2019

  2 min read

• Working in Circle City, Day 1 -- Many Firsts

  Posted Jun 17, 2019

  1 min read

• Get Started with HTML Video Captions

  Posted Jun 14, 2019

  3 min read

• How I Get Things Done When I'm Feeling Overwhelmed

  Posted Jun 12, 2019

  2 min read

• It's OK to Change Your Mind

  Posted Jun 11, 2019

  2 min read

• Why and How You Should Use Twitter for Networking

  Posted Jun 7, 2019

  3 min read

• Get to Know the People You Pay

  Posted Jun 6, 2019

  3 min read

• I Tried the Top 5 Coding Challenge Websites

  Posted Jun 5, 2019

  2 min read

• How to Handle touchstart Events with Stacked Elements

  Posted May 31, 2019

  2 min read

• I Know You're Tired

  Posted May 30, 2019

  1 min read

• After 30 Days of Writing on DEV.to

  Posted May 29, 2019

  3 min read

• Introducing textua11y - A Color Contrast Tool

  Posted May 28, 2019

  2 min read

• Just Make That App

  Posted May 27, 2019

  1 min read

• Minimalism and Habits

  Posted May 26, 2019

  2 min read

• Yes, You Should Have Hobbies Outside of Code

  Posted May 25, 2019

  2 min read

• A Haiku About Pausing

  Posted May 23, 2019

  1 min read

• Sometimes You Have no Choice but to Pause

  Posted May 22, 2019

  1 min read

• What You Can Learn from Your Dog about Mindfulness

  Posted May 20, 2019

  2 min read

• How to Study for a Test by Making a Website

  Posted May 19, 2019

  2 min read

• Aim to Never Stop Learning

  Posted May 18, 2019

  1 min read

• Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions

  Posted May 17, 2019

  2 min read

• Throw All of your Email Subscriptions in the Garbage

  Posted May 16, 2019

  2 min read

• Don't be Afraid to Admit Your Weaknesses

  Posted May 15, 2019

  2 min read

• Just do The Thing

  Posted May 14, 2019

  2 min read

• GPA Isn't Everything

  Posted May 13, 2019

  4 min read

• Build a Multi-Page Gatsby Site from JSON

  Posted May 12, 2019

  2 min read

• How to Accept Rejection in Your Professional Life

  Posted May 11, 2019

  2 min read

• Let People Have Emotions

  Posted May 10, 2019

  2 min read

• What it Means to Learn Out Loud

  Posted May 9, 2019

  3 min read

• The Top Five Books on my TBR

  Posted May 8, 2019

  7 min read

• The Perfect First Project for Exploring Any JS Framework

  Posted May 7, 2019

  2 min read

• Things You Shouldn't Say to a Disabled Person About Why Your App Isn't Accessible

  Posted May 6, 2019

  2 min read

• I Wrote Zero Lines of Code Today

  Posted May 5, 2019

  2 min read

• Don't Forget to Take Breaks

  Posted May 4, 2019

  2 min read

• Why I'm Converting my Blog and Portfolio to Gatsby

  Posted May 3, 2019

  2 min read

• Neither You nor Your Work Has to be Perfect

  Posted May 2, 2019

  2 min read

• It's OK to Be Scared

  Posted May 1, 2019

  2 min read

• How to Identify Your Knowledge Gaps in Under an Hour

  Posted Apr 30, 2019

  2 min read