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+title: 'The First Rule of ARIA'
+summary: 'The Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification is a powerful tool that can help us tackle the accessible problems on the web.'
+socialImage: '/img/social-thumbnails/the-first-rule-of-aria.png'
+date: '2023-06-23'
+issue: 21
+tags: ['aria']
+github: 'https://github.com/conedevelopment/bite-sized-a11y/blob/master/src/posts/the-first-rule-of-aria.md'
+resources:
+  - title: '2.1 First Rule of ARIA Use'
+    url: 'https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrule'
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+The Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification is a powerful tool that can help us tackle the accessible problems on the web.
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+It is quite complicated, hard to master, and easy to miss or overuse. For this reason, we always have to remember the first rule of ARIA:
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+**If there is a built-in, native HTML element or attribute that already does the same thing you want to use ARIA (through re-purposing an element) for, then use the native solution.**
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+Following this principle, you can save yourself from a lot of headaches. There is rarely a universal solution, so testing is as necessary as any other time.