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
2. follow along! tinyurl.com/django-birthday- accessibility
3. Hi, I’m Lacey! tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
4. tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility Cool as a cucumber ❄
5. tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility Definitely not an expert.
6. I just wrote a thing. tinyurl.com/django-birthday-accessibility
7. accessibility
8. accessibility
9. #TODO:     insert  words  of   encouragement
10. Source: J J
11. Source: The Bold Italic left and right
12. Source: Paul Mison
15. did you see what I did there? tinyurl.com/django-birthday- accessibility
16. Source: Jeffrey
17. hire someone.
18. Source: Django Girls
19. brag.
22. accessibility is not too hard unimportant too expensive only for people different than me
23. accessibility is not vital inclusive encouraging for everyone part of the DSF diversity statement
24. thank you!
25. resources •Django Girls Organizer Manual •Organizing More Accessible Tech Events and everything it links to.