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Hi, I’m Sara.

I'm an independent web user interface developer, author, speaker, and educator. I work at the intersection of design and code, and I help front-end designers and developers do what they do, better.

My people are Web designers and developers who want push the Web forward without leaving anyone behind—those who understand that the Web is for everyone, and who want to understand how to use all the cool new (HTML, SVG, CSS) features in their daily work without creating barriers to access for people; and who want to learn how to use these features to create innovate and inclusive web user experiences and products.

A headshot of Sara wearing a purple hijab.

Latest articles from the blog

  • 🎥 New (Video) Podcast: "Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan", with Kevin Powell

    I finally sat down with Kevin Powell for a long-overdue, in-depth conversation about web accessibility, and we had a blast!

  • CSS-only scrollspy effect using scroll-marker-group and :target-current

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    The CSS Overflow Module Level 5 introduced a new CSS property which enriches HTML anchor elements with the capabilities of CSS scroll markers, allowing you to recreate the Bootstrap Scrollspy effect using a couple of lines of CSS only. In this post, we're going to look into how to use this property, as well as discuss accessibility expectations to ensure the feature is accessible and inclusive.

  • Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?

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    In this post I want to examine the newly announced “CSS Carousels” through the lens of usability and accessibility. I’ll start with a spoiler: CSS Carousels are highly experimental and they are not yet ready for production; not only because of the current lack of browser adoption for the new CSS features they use, but also because they have some major accessibility issues.

  • Tag, You're It

    Hidde tagged me into this chain of blog posts about blogging. I've really been enjoying reading these posts by other people. So I was happy to be tagged. The idea is that you answer the same series of questions about your blog. So, here we go.

  • Accessible notifications with ARIA Live Regions (Part 2)

    This post is a text-only excerpt from my Practical Accessibility video course. I'm making this chapter (out of 40 total) publicly available simply because I want an extensive guide to ARIA live regions to be publicly available to everyone in the community. This chapter is also one of the longest chapters in the course, and so I think it is a great preview into the level of depth that each topic is covered in the course. You can enroll in the course or learn more about it on the course website.

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