Accessible Form Design in a Nutshell

As we all know, the Internet is made of cats and web forms. If you aren’t clicking on a link or watching a video, you’re probably interacting with a form. From the web development and design perspective forms are incredibly important, too. However, they are often a source of pain for users of assistive technology. Poorly designed and complex forms frustrate users and create challenges for companies that integrate them into their products. Most that I see as an accessibility expert are not up to scratch.

1. Why is it important to make forms accessible and how do folks access them?

2. How to plan and design a form that is accessible.

3. How to actually write a simple but extremely effective, semantic HTML code that’d make it work.

This workshop is for anyone who designs or builds forms. If you’re into UI design, front-end or back-end, it’s you. You don’t have to have a lot of experience, but you have to care.

The workshop will be facilitated by Wojtek Kutyla of Human Thing Ltd, a web accessibility consultancy from Edinburgh. Wojtek is an internationally published author and consultant with over 25 years of experience in accessibility, software development and design.

Connect with Wojtek on LinkedIn.

This workshop is being hosted by Access:Given, in collaboration with Sunderland Software City and TechNExt 2026.

If you have any accessibility requirements, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with Nathan Rowland at: bmF0aGFuICEgcm93bGFuZCB8IHN1bmRlcmxhbmRzb2Z0d2FyZWNpdHkgISBjb20=

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