Today starts our next chapter in in our #accessibility journey, a 5-year commitment to help bridge the global “Disability Divide”. Its time to act with bolder ambition, to empower 1+billion with disabilities around the world.
Read more from @BradSmi:
https://t.co/1Vv6LtiAyv
I’m so used to blind people saying they thought I was white, it doesn’t surprise me now. When you do image descriptions, don’t skip race. Don’t leave room for harmful assumptions. This is #intersectionality. I made a video on inclusive descriptions
https://t.co/vgNkAPi0uI #a11y
THREAD: I am excited to share that there is a plain language summary & translation of my book, Demystifying Disability. You can find them here for free: https://t.co/SWhe8ThpRM
If you want to purchase #DemystifyingDisability, you can do that here: https://t.co/83VcHnaNED (1/4)
Exactly, when accessibility is integrated and present from A to Z - research, wireframes, UX&UI, task acceptance criteria and part of definition of done it can't be postponed. But that practically needs the whole team and stakeholders to be aware and educated about it...
In order to support web authors who must meet the requirements of WAD, we’ve developed CMS templates with built-in accessibility features using #episerver as a model. They’re free for anyone to use so spread the word! #We4AuthorsFEAT https://t.co/BTQJDzOol8
Another favourite research project! The #BuddyTool is using #AI to recommend suitable AT to people with #cognitive#disabilities so you don’t have to struggle with preferences. Power to the people! https://t.co/AqzsrU3nAN #a11y#inclusion
#Accessibility
A great article by Rian Rietveld (@RianRietveld) on how to design the perfect (accessible) link with guidelines on format, anchor, color contrast, states, semantic HTML, etc. https://t.co/1DFMlCrUlq
Interested in learning about #Accessibility Testing with People with Disabilities? Check out this @A11yNYC recap! https://t.co/pR3p71pzJU with Sam Proulx of @makeitfable#A11y
We're thrilled to announce our newest sponsor, the @a11ycollective! They provide courses for designers, developers, product owners, and content creators about how to create accessible web experiences. https://t.co/GpRMTX6tyg
It's live! Our Introduction to Web Accessibility WCAG 2.1 course over 3hrs of video, 58 lectures and a demo website to apply everything to. Learn the fundamentals of WCAG 2.1, build accessible content, create document hierarchies and accessible forms #a11y https://t.co/9Fb6vmpGc5