Steven Faulkner
Co-editor Of WCAG-EM at W3C
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteven Faulkner is an accessibility-focused web engineer with 13+ years shaping how the web works for everyone, currently co-editing the WCAG-EM at W3C. He has deep, practical expertise in HTML, ARIA, and accessibility API mappings, having edited core specs like Using ARIA, HTML-AAM and contributed to HTML 5.2 and Web Components guidance. Steven blends hands-on front-end work—improving Custom Element semantics and adding ARIA-aware examples in prominent repos like WICG/webcomponents—with standards-level leadership at W3C. Former Chief Accessibility Officer and long-time technical director, he advises industry and government on measurable, interoperable accessibility outcomes. Based in Stony Stratford, he pairs a humanities background (BA in Psychology and Philosophy) and a graduate certificate in Computer Science to translate complex standards into practical developer guidance. He’s known for pragmatic tooling and docs improvements that make assistive-technology exposure predictable across platforms.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyGraduate Certificate, Computer Science, Graduate Certificate, Computer Science at Swinbourne University of technology
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Github Skills (18)
accessibility10
acc10
wai-aria10
accessibilityservice10
ria10
web-components10
html10
acessibility10
documentation10
css9
javascript8
screen-reader6
nvda6
w3c6
specification6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/aria
Nov 2014 - Jul 2016
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
Role in this project:
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility SpecialistContributions:64 commits, 9 PRs, 55 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily contributed to the HTML Accessibility API Mappings (HTML-AAM) documentation within the repository. Their work involved updating accessibility information for various HTML elements and attributes, focusing on how these elements are exposed to assistive technologies. This included mapping to different accessibility APIs like UIA, IA2, and AX, and adding details on the accessible name and description calculations. The user also fixed typos, updated links, and addressed bug reports related to accessibility features.
accessiblewaiwai-ariainternetaria
WICG/webcomponents
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Web Components specifications
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:35 commits in 28 days
Contributions summary:Steven's contributions centered on refining the custom elements specification documentation. They focused on enhancing the "Custom Element Semantics" section by adding detailed examples and explanations for developers. Their work included adding code examples with syntax highlighting, incorporating ARIA attributes, and clarifying the use of custom elements and type extensions within a web components context. The user consistently focused on accessibility best practices and providing developers with advice.
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