Joanmarie Diggs
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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Top SchoolJoanmarie Diggs is an accessibility-focused software engineer and longtime assistive technology specialist with 18 years of experience building and testing inclusive web and desktop experiences. After a decade-plus practicing vision rehabilitation and orientation & mobility, she transitioned to full-time development at Igalia, where she advances accessibility for free desktops and web standards. An active open-source contributor, Joanmarie authors and maintains accessibility-focused tests in the widely used web-platform-tests suite and has helped clarify W3C ARIA specification language to improve real-world interoperability. Based in Nashua, NH, she blends deep domain knowledge of assistive tech with practical test automation skills—an uncommon pairing that helps bridge specifications, platform APIs, and the needs of people who rely on screen readers.
18 years of coding experience
B.A., Latin, B.A., Latin at The University of Texas at AustinM.Ed., Vision Rehabilitation, M.Ed., Vision Rehabilitation at University of Massachusetts Boston
Github Skills (11)
html10
accessibility10
text-editing10
web-standards10
wai-aria10
documentation10
test-automation10
testing10
javascript9
browser8
dom8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/aria
Oct 2014 - Jun 2021
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
Role in this project:
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility SpecialistContributions:11 reviews, 477 commits, 146 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Joanmarie's contributions focused on improving the accessibility of the ARIA specification documentation. They made a series of editorial changes to ensure the accuracy and clarity of the specification. This includes clarifying language around accessibility attributes like aria-current, aria-errormessage, aria-readonly, aria-expanded, aria-haspopup, and aria-checked, and correcting typos and grammatical errors throughout the document. The user also updated the links and references within the specification, ensuring all information is current and compliant with accessibility best practices.
accessiblewaiwai-ariainternetaria
web-platform-tests/wpt
Apr 2017 - May 2022
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:Front-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Front-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:19 reviews, 53 commits, 72 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Joanmarie primarily contributes to the test suites for Web platform specifications, focusing on accessibility properties. Their work involves creating and modifying test cases that verify the mapping of ARIA roles, states, and properties to platform accessibility APIs, specifically for roles like grid, table, and various menu item types. The commits include adding new tests, updating existing tests, and fixing assertions related to text attributes and actions, demonstrating a strong focus on testing and ensuring the correct behavior of web accessibility features.
microsoft-edgetest-runnerspecssafarifirefox
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