A11y – Basic Web and Document Accessibility

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Easterseals Crossroads offers web and document accessibility services to ensure everyone, regardless of ability, has access to information. Our team is well versed on Web Accessibility Content Guidelines (WCAG), Section 508, and other accessibility standards.

For more information or to receive a quote for your website or documentation, please contact Brian Norton at 317-466-2001 ext. 2460.

2024 Web Accessibility Webinar for Programmers and Developers

The INDATA Project is pleased to host a Web Accessibility Webinar for Programmers and Developers Wednesday, May 29 from 11am-4pm.

Description: Join renowned web accessibility professional Dennis Lembree for a full day of training. This training starts with a background on disability, guidelines, and law. Many techniques for designing and developing an accessible website are then explained; basic through advanced levels are covered. The main topics include content structure, images, forms, tables, CSS, and ARIA. Techniques on writing for accessibility and testing for accessibility are also covered. If you are involved in web design or development, don’t miss this wealth of practical knowledge.

Speaker Bio: Dennis Lembree is a Senior Accessibility Consultant at Deque Systems. He was previously Director of Accessibility at Diamond Web Services and worked several years on the PayPal and eBay accessibility teams. He also has experience at several start-up companies and contracted at large corporations including Google, Ford, and Disney. Mr. Lembree published articles, led webinars, and presented on digital accessibility at many conferences including HTML5 DevCon, CSS DevCon, CSUN, AccessU, Accessing Higher Ground, Accessibility Toronto, and Paris Web. Dennis runs a blog, Facebook, and Mastodon account on web accessibility called Web Axe. He created an accessible, two-time national award-winning Twitter app, Easy Chirp which is now sunset.

You can find Dennis on Mastodon at @dennisl@mastodon.social

To sign-up for this event visit our registration page.

Free Web and Document Accessibility Resources:

2023 Web Accessibility Webinar Archived Materials:

2023 Archive Video | 2023 Slides

Web Accessibility Videos: 

Check out these videos about making your website more accessible to assistive technology users.

Part 1 http://youtu.be/BbkyPS5AlNU

Part 2 http://youtu.be/7l75f9Jzweg

Part 3 http://youtu.be/t0F9Lvh8qdY

Archive Video from 2021 Web Accessibility Webinar for Developers

Document and Social Media Accessibility Webinars

Check out these other helpful accessibility videos — making Word Docs and PowerPoints more accessible along with PDF and social media accessibility.

Web Accessibility testing on the Cheap: https://youtu.be/jNzSyJSeifY (video)

PowerPoint Accessibility: http://bit.ly/AT3powerpointaccessibility

Microsoft Word Accessibility: http://bit.ly/AT3MSWordAccessibility

PDF Accessibility: Session 1 – https://bit.ly/AT3PDFAccessibility

Social Media Accessibility: https://bit.ly/AT3SocialMediaAccessibility

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG

Learn more about web accessibility: www.w3c.org/wai