A biweekly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.
Resources & Trainings
These are external resources you might find beneficial
Resources
- Tapping into the POUR Principles: Explore each of the POUR principles
Source: Mangrove - Accessible heading structures for home pages: Home pages usually differ from the typical content page. Their language uses more marketing copy to showcase a product’s or service’s benefits.
Source: Pope Tech - AT Is More Than Screen Readers: A screen reader is a single element of the overall set of assistive technologies. In practice, however, each is often used as a metonym for the other.
Source: Adrian Roselli
Trainings
Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event’s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.
- Understanding Accessibility
Details: “Understanding Accessibility: Learning from People with Disabilities,” will provide you with valuable insights and practical knowledge to enhance your knowledge and implementation of accessibility.
Time: August 15, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Source: AccessibilityFirst Solutions - How you can prepare for the new ADA Title II deadline
Details: This one-hour webinar focuses on: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II basics, who is required to comply, and when, the implications of non-compliance, and key exceptions. The U.S. Department of Justice’s new mandate requires all state and local governments, along with their third-party contractors and software vendors, to comply with the digital accessibility standard WCAG 2.1 A/AA standards in as little as two years.
Time: August 21, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Source: Deque - Inclusive Design Patterns For 2025
Details: When we think of accessibility, we often think about the usual suspects — colour contrast, legible font sizes, and mobile tap targets. However, accessible and inclusive design reaches far beyond that.
Time: September 24, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Source: Smashing Magazine