--- title: "Let's break some WCAG rules - Elise Kristiansen - NDC Copenhagen 2026" url: https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-break-some-wcag-rules---elise-kristiansen---ndc-copenhagen-2026-yf52j6coc source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sddvqtdjYGs type: video:youtube source: "NDC Conferences" published: 2026-07-06T09:43:47.861Z updated: 2026-07-06T09:44:08.949Z tags: ["frontend", "html", "accessibility"] reading_time: 47 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Let's break some WCAG rules - Elise Kristiansen - NDC Copenhagen 2026 **[NDC Conferences](https://daily.dev/sources/ndc)** · 47 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk transcript covering web accessibility fundamentals through the lens of WCAG standards. Uses the story of a Norwegian gamer with muscular dystrophy to illustrate why accessibility matters, then walks through common violations: missing alt text, improper HTML semantics, poor color contrast, keyboard navigation failures, form labeling issues, and missing video captions. Practical advice includes using semantic HTML tags instead of divs, meeting AA and AAA contrast ratios, providing visible focus indicators, adding VTT captions to videos, and using accessibility scanners like Axe or Polypane in CI pipelines. Notes that 94.8% of websites fail WCAG AA compliance and that AI-generated code tends to worsen accessibility by repeating developers' bad habits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to Build More Accessible Websites with WCAG 2.2](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-more-accessible-websites-with-wcag-2-2-ionjqlod0) · freeCodeCamp · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hidden Web Accessibility Issues Most Designers Miss in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hidden-web-accessibility-issues-most-designers-miss-in-2026-gm6w0zamx) · Netguru · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-break-some-wcag-rules---elise-kristiansen---ndc-copenhagen-2026-yf52j6coc)