Easterseals Crossroads wants to help ensure that everyone, regardless of ability, has access to information on the web.
Here are some resources to consider:
Web Accessibility for Developers 2019
Description: Join renowned web accessibility professional Dennis Lembree for a full day of training. This webinar training begins 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.
Who: Dennis Lembree is a Senior Accessibility Consultant at Deque Systems. He previously worked on the accessibility teams at eBay and PayPal. His background includes web development, inclusive design and program management. Dennis has published numerous articles, led webinars, and presented at many conferences. As personal projects, he runs a blog on web accessibility, Web Axe, and created an award-winning web-accessible Twitter app, Easy Chirp.
When: May 8, 2019 – 11am-4pm
Registration Link: www.eastersealstech.com/a11y2019webinar
Here are some helpful resources from our 2018 web accessibility (a11y) training.
Power point slides from May 9, 2018 webinar
Archive Video File [Warning: large file size}
Check out these simple videos about making your web site more accessible to users of assistive technology:
Part 1 http://youtu.be/BbkyPS5AlNU
Part 2 http://youtu.be/7l75f9Jzweg
Part 3 http://youtu.be/t0F9Lvh8qdY
Learn more about web accessibility: www.w3c.org/wai
Vendors who are well-known for providing evaluation, consultation, and remediation of inaccessible web sites (listing here does not constitute an endorsement):
* http://www.interactiveaccessibility.com/
* http://theweco.com/
* http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/
* http://www.deque.com/