Easterseals Crossroads wants to help ensure everyone, regardless of ability, has access to information, from creating accessible web content or accessible documents (e.g., PPT, PDF, Word).
2021 A11Y Webinar Registration Information:
The INDATA Program is pleased to host a Web Accessibility Webinar for Programmers and Developers on May 12, 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 has nearly 20 years experience in digital accessibility. He currently is the Director of Accessibility at Diamond Web Services. He previously worked at Deque Systems for nearly 5 years and was also on the accessibility teams at eBay and PayPal for several years. His background includes web development, inclusive design, and program management. Throughout his career, Dennis has published numerous articles, led many webinars, and presented at an array of tech conferences. As personal projects, he runs a blog on web accessibility, Web Axe, and created an award-winning web-accessible Twitter app, Easy Chirp. You can find Dennis on Twitter at @DennisL.
To sign-up for this event visit our registration page.
2020 Webinar Archive Resources
Below you’ll find the archived video and PowerPoint slides from our 2020 web accessibility (a11y) training, along with other helpful resources for creating accessible content.
PowerPoint Slides from 2020 Webinar (INDATA_Web_A11y_Training_2020_May)
Archive Video from 2020 Webinar (https://indatamisc.s3.amazonaws.com/Web+Accessibility+Webinar+.mp4)
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
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
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 Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG
Learn more about web accessibility: www.w3c.org/wai
Document and Web Accessibility Vendors
Here is a list of vendors who are well-known for providing evaluation, consultation and remediation of inaccessible websites (listing here does not constitute an endorsement).