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Accessibility in Design Systems
Jordan Overbye spoke at React Sydney about our collaboration with the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry to implement AgDS – a modern and accessible React Design System. AgDS achieved AA-level compliance against WCAG 2.1 and is noted as an exemplary implementation of an accessible React-based design system by independent accessibility consultants, Intopia.
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Project walkthrough: Agriculture Design System
Watch Jordan Overbye and Nathan Simpson outline the origins of our recent collaboration with the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry to implement a modern and accessible React Design System.
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