A11y 411
Accessibility Crash Course
James Pozenel
Software Architect
Quicken Loans
@lectrotext
Title I
Employment Application Process
Title II
Accessibility in the Workplace
Title III
Places of Public Accomdation
contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism
The functions under which a position or product was created to perform.
Changes in policies, practices, and procedures in order to accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense.
If not readily achievable, alternative steps must be taken to make goods and services accessible.
Section 508
2020
Final Rule: issued December 13th, 2013
Phase 1: All “Core functions” must be WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA compliant by
December 12, 2015.
Phase 2: All remaining pages must be made compliant by December 12, 2016.
The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1
Your site should be fully usable with a keyboard.
There should not be "traps" in your document or controls that prevent the user from escaping them without a mouse.
More commonly known as being able to be read by assistive technology like a screen reader.
Level A and AA
Accessibility Summit
Sept 6-7, 2016
http://environmentsforhumans.com/2016/accessibility-summit/
Knowability - AccessU
May 17-19, 2017
http://www.knowbility.org/v/john-slatin-accessu/
http://john.foliot.ca/accessibility-conferences-2016/
Knowability - Training Services
http://www.knowbility.org/v/training-services/
Deque - Deque University
http://www.deque.com/services/deque-university
WebAIM - Web Accessibility Training
When: Quarterly; next is Oct 11-12, 2016
by Sharron Rush and Dr. John Slatin
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
by Jim Thatcher
Browser Plug-Ins
Khan Academy - tota11y
Google - Accessibility Developer Tools
Web AIM - WAVE Toolbar
Deque - aXe
Websites
http://ada.gov/
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/glance/
http://webaim.org/
http://www.adatitleiii.com/
Thanks
https://slides.com/lectrotext/a11y411