What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA

June 20, 2025

Header image for a Smashing Magazine article titled “What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA,” tagged with Accessibility, Coding, and Design, written by Eric Bailey. Includes cartoon artwork of a red cat chasing a bird.

If you haven’t encountered ARIA before, great! It’s a chance to learn something new and exciting. If you have heard of ARIA before, this might help you better understand it or maybe even teach you something new!These are all things I wish someone had told me when I was getting started on my web accessibility journey. This post will:Provide a mindset for how to approach ARIA as a concept,Debunk some common misconceptions, andProvide some guiding thoughts to help you better understand and work with it.It is my hope that in doing so, this post will help make an oft-overlooked yet vital corner of web design and development easier to approach.

Source: What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine

If you’ve still not got deeply into ARIA, then this overview and introduction is an excellent place to start.