Austin JavaScript August Meetup

Talk: Building UIs for Everyone: Accessibility as a Frontend Responsibility
Speaker: Kushal Kumar Nerella
Abstract:
Kushal will share some of the accessibility work he's been doing as part of Amazon’s homepage team. Over the past year, he's tackled issues like broken carousels, missing focus indicators, and screen reader confusion — all in a high-traffic environment where things can’t just “sort of” work. He'll talk about what he's learned building for accessibility at scale, the tools and techniques he relied on, and why this stuff really matters for every frontend engineer. Whether you’re shipping enterprise UI or just want to make your components more inclusive, this talk will give you practical ideas you can take back to your own codebase.

Meetup Schedule:
6:00 - 6:30 -> Food and networking
6:30 - 7:00 -> Lightning talks on MCP servers
7:00 - 8:00 -> Main presentation and Q&A
8:00 -> Walk to Zilker Brewing Company and hangout