Accessibility
It's Not Just a Client Side Problem
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Stephanie Slattery
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What is accessibility?
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The design of products, devices,
services, or environments for
people who experience
disabilities.
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Let's talk about
disability.
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Categories of Disability
• visual
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Categories of Disability
• visual
• hearing
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Categories of Disability
• visual
• hearing
• motor
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Categories of Disability
• visual
• hearing
• motor
• cognitive
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And all of these
people use
technology!
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Assistive Technology
• screen readers
• magnifiers (hardware and software)
• large print and tactile keyboards
• sip and puff devices
• eye gaze and head mouse systems
• speech recognition
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1 in 5 Americans
have a disability
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56.7 million people
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1 in 10 Americans
have a disability that impacts
computer use
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Accessibility helps
everyone!
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Why would we make
something
accessible?
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To improve the lives
of people with
disabilities
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We are responsible
for what we create.
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To capitalize on a
wider audience or
consumer base
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$175 billion
in discretionary income
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It's the law.
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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Americans with Disabilities Act
(1990)
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How do I know if
what I'm making is
accessible?
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Listen to people with
disabilities.
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Follow best practices.
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Web Content
Accessibility
Guidelines 2.0
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Four Principles of the
WCAG
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1. Perceivable
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2. Operable
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3. Understandable
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4. Robust
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Open Accessibility
Framework (OAF)
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Creation & Use
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But it's more than just
the guidelines...
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Guidelines are tools,
not solutions.
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Listen to people with
disabilities.
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How can you
advocate for
accessibility?
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Collect baseline
information.
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Gather support.
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Define a standard.
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Monitor
conformance.
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If not you, then who?
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You can do it!
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We're all responsible
for improving the
lives of people who
use our technology.
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