“WCAG is hard” is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I teach WCAG, the good parts, to people who are not testers all the time and they usually get along fine. Do they understand all the nuance? All the weird language? Not without help.
But it’s not made for that. Principles and Guidelines bring you further than Success Criteria ever can.
But it’s not more complicated than other standards or even documentation. Don’t be afraid. You got this! 🫂
People distribute the impression that you would learn accessibility by reading WCAG and if it just were easier, we had an accessible world.
This is wrong. You don’t learn to drive by reading the manual of your car and understanding every nuance. You don’t learn to cook well just by reading recipes.
You have to practically apply knowledge and best practices. You have to do the work. And then things click into place because you have routine doing it. (1/2)
WCAG does what it does well, better than the average standard. Read other standards. They are much more complicated.
Is there room for improvement in WCAG? Sure, but it’s not the magic wand people expect it to be. And that is OK. (2/2)
Eric Eggert