A More Accessible Django Girls

Appropriate planning and accommodations make Django Girls workshops and other tech events more open to many groups, including people with disabilities, Deaf attendees, attendees with mental illnesses, and more. You'll leave this talk with some concrete things you can do to make your next meetup, workshop, or conference more inclusive of people with disabilities, including how to advertise your accommodations, what to look for in a venue, and some free tools to help your website be more accessible.

Given at Django Birthday 2015 in Lawrence, KS. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXt4dRa6Jc

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1. A More Accessible
   Lacey Williams Henschel
   July 11, 2015
   @laceynwilliams
   

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2. follow along!
   tinyurl.com/django-birthday-
   accessibility
   

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3. Hi, I’m Lacey!
   tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
   

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4. tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
   Cool as a
   cucumber ❄
   

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5. tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
   Definitely not
   an expert.
   

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6. I just wrote a
   thing.
   tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
   

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7. accessibility
   

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8. accessibility
   

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9. #TODO:    
   insert  words  of  
   encouragement
   

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10. Source: J J
    

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11. Source: The Bold Italic left and right
    

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12. Source: Paul Mison
    

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15. did you see what I did there?
    tinyurl.com/django-birthday-
    accessibility
    

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16. Source: Jeffrey
    

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17. hire someone.
    

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18. Source: Django Girls
    

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19. brag.
    

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22. accessibility is not
    too hard
    unimportant
    too expensive
    only for people different than me
    

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23. accessibility is not
    vital
    inclusive
    encouraging
    for everyone
    part of the DSF diversity statement
    

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24. thank you!
    

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25. resources
    •Django Girls Organizer Manual
    •Organizing More Accessible Tech Events and everything it links to.
    

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