San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design June Meetup

Come talk accessibility with us at Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley! We'll have some amazing lightning talks and time for networking and hanging out.

We'll start the lightning talks around 7:00pm. Food and drinks available for purchase!

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Speakers & Topics

Accessible by Default: Unit Testing Web A11y with Jest in Next.js

Demonstrating how to use Jest and React Testing Library to write unit tests that verify basic web accessibility features, like semantic HTML, labels, and ARIA roles, in your Next.js components. This talk shows how even small tests can make a big difference in building inclusive web apps.

(Tre') Lewis Grisby III is a community-focused front end React developer passionate about making technology accessible and human-centered. In this talk, I’ll share how thoughtful JavaScript unit testing can improve accessibility (A11y) and create more inclusive digital experiences.

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Breaking Down Barriers: How Focusing on Usability Unlocked $1M for Affordable Housing Customers

Real estate management software should enable housing providers to secure critical funding, not block them. This lightning talk shares how fixing key usability barriers in a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) submission feature enabled our largest customer to request $1M in subsidized funding. We'll explore the specific design challenges, the UX methodology used to solve them, and how this demonstrates that accessibility drives both business results and social impact.

Jeanmarie Levy is motivated by the opportunity to improve other’s lives through technology. She currently advocates for human-centered design in her role at Appfolio where she leads the design for a 0-1 Affordable Housing Product. Previously, Jeanmarie served for several SF-based ed-tech and civic-tech organizations like, Code For America where she led the design of an app for justice-impacted communities.

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Please let us know if you have any needs we can accommodate.

Whether you're an accessibility guru or are just curious about what exactly web accessibility and inclusive design are, this event is for you. This group is for designers, developers, project managers, execs... really anyone involved in building and supporting IT products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another!

Special thanks to our sponsors Deque and Evinced!