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
- How to Make QR Codes More Accessible: As designers and communications professionals, we can make QR codes more accessible and user-friendly.
Source: Vision Australia - What Is the Digital Accessibility Maturity Model?: Every organization needs a starting point for accessibility, but true maturity is an ongoing journey. It’s not just about meeting a set standard and calling it a day. Accessibility maturity is about continuous evolution and integrating accessibility into every area of your organization’s operations.
Source: TPGi - Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility: This guide was created to give managers and leaders a good understanding of why accessibility is important in a format that they can read and access quickly. We also hope that leaders will use the further reading resources section to find out more about accessibility.
Source: GOV.UK - WebAIM’s Roadmap to Meeting the ADA Title II Requirements: This roadmap helps entities identify and prioritize compliance activities. The three tiers provide a loose structure for addressing the most important and time-intensive activities first. Some activities must be done simultaneously, and you should adapt the roadmap activities to your current work in accessibility and available resources.
Source: WebAIM - Update to ADA’s Title II: This article is aimed at people who work for state and local government entities who need to know how the new rule impacts them and how to get started on their accessibility journey.
Source: Minnesota IT Services
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.
- How Strict Should We Be When Testing for WCAG Conformance?
Details: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are a curious blend of strictness and looseness. Some guidelines are precise, with clear objective requirements, while others are more far more subjective and open to interpretation. Why is that?
Time: December 5 at 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Source: TPGi - 2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold
Details: The 2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update shares the latest information about what is happening in the United States in a straightforward way designed for everyone.
Time: December 12 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Source: 3PlayMedia - Accessibility Strategy and Goal-Setting Workshop
Details: Amber will walk attendees through the process of creating an accessibility remediation roadmap, with recommendations for prioritizing fixes and creating a timeline.
Time: December 16 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Source: Equalize Digital