Eight's Accessibility Advantage
Drupal Camp Ottawa
July 24th, 2015
Mike Gifford
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Founder and President of OpenConcept (Canada)
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Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer
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7th biggest contributor in Canada (37th worldwide) to Drupal 8 Core
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Accessibility Advocate
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Author:
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The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 (Accessibility Chapter)
- Understanding Web Accessibility: Why Adopting Universal Web Design Will Be Good for Your Organization
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Compared to What?
Adobe's EMS
WordPress
Core
Standards
World Wide Web Consortium
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
- Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
- HTML Working Group (HTML5)
Drupal 7
Semantics
New Features
- Aural Alerts
- Controlled Tab Order
- Fieldsets & Details
- Inline Form Errors
- Required Alt Text
Just Better Defined
Little(r) Things
- Colour Contrast
- Larger fonts
- Better and more configurable descriptions
- Regressions
Keyboard Only
AODA
Community
Questions
OpenConcept Consulting
- OpenConcept.ca
- @mgifford
Eight's Accessibility Advantage
By Mike Gifford
