Digital Accessibility

Accessibility Strategy and Goal-Setting Workshop
2024-12-16 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Join us for an interactive workshop to plan your accessibility goals and strategy for 2025. Amber will walk attendees through the process of creating an accessibility remediation roadmap, with recommendations for prioritizing fixes and creating a timeline. There will be time to create and refine your accessibility roadmap and an opportunity to share it and get feedback during the workshop.
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2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold
2024-12-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
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.
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How Strict Should We Be When Testing for WCAG Conformance?
2024-12-05 08:00 - 17:00
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?
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Essential Strategies for Creating Accessible Social Media Content
2024-11-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Participants will gain a range of valuable techniques for crafting inclusive social media posts, writing effective alternative (alt) text, checking color contrast, using hashtags and emojis thoughtfully, and ensuring that video content is properly captioned, among other important topics.
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ADA Title II Regulations Exemptions and Questions
2024-11-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Judy Risch, J.D., Ph.D., brings over two decades of invaluable experience from her tenure at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education. Judy regularly advises and presents to educational institutions and business leaders throughout the country about how to effectively comply with federal civil rights laws, especially those that relate to disability discrimination, access, and technology.
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Catching up with ADA Title II Regulations for Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility
2024-11-12 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
Join us and explore ADA’s Title II rule on accessibility of web content and mobile apps – which organizations and what kind of digital assets the rule applies to, what the requirements are, and how your organization can effectively implement a strategy for meeting the requirements when building and maintaining digital assets.
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Updates to Federal Disability Rights Law in the Digital Space
2024-10-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Join Mary Lou Mobley, National Disability Expert in the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, to hear a discussion regarding the changing legal landscape in the field of technology accessibility to people with disabilities, and hear some practical steps educational institutions and their vendors should take now, and to prepare for the future.
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Personalize to Prioritize: Strategies to Grow Your Accessibility Program
2024-10-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
It can feel impossible to gain the attention of the decision-makers to prioritize accessibility among all the competing priorities within a business. In this webinar, Erin will share strategies, case studies, and success stories from her experiences in growing successful accessibility programs. She’ll also talk about strategies that make accessibility personal to those who may have never considered it before.
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PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps: Ricky Onsman
2024-10-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Webinar
PDF documents on the web can be made accessible if the proper techniques are applied – but even then, there are some things to watch out for. TPGi’s Principal Technical Writer, Ricky Onsman, highlights some problems and solutions.
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WordPress Accessibility Day 2024
2024-10-09 07:45 - 2024-10-10 08:00 | Webinar
WordPress Accessibility Day is a 24-hour global event dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites.
Sessions will be available on the WordPress Accessibility Day YouTube Channel.
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Accessibility is a Civil Right: The Digital Accessibility Legal Landscape for the WordPress Community
October 9, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.
Practical Text Accessibility Tips for Content Creators
October 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Accessible Firebrand: “Why can’t I use my brand color there, and if not there, then where?”
October 9, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
CSS Tiny Tips: Collection of CSS Tips for Making Websites Easier to Read
October 9, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Accessible Design: WCAG or Trendy? No, WCAG AND Trendy!
October 9, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
How to Read a VPAT and ACR
October 9, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.
Beyond Automation: Why Manual Accessibility Testing is Important
October 10, 2024 at 2:00 a.m.
Maintaining Your Site’s Accessibility Well After Launch
October 10, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

Lead the Change: Embedding Accessibility as a Core Value
2024-09-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
Learn tactics on how to create the momentum to embed accessibility into your company’s culture and processes. Discover practical steps to turn accessibility from a one-time project into a sustainable, organization-wide commitment.
Why Attend?

Spark Conversations: Learn how to start impactful discussions about accessibility across your company.
Build Sustainability: Get actionable tips on creating long-term accessibility programs.
Inspire Champions: Find out how to empower your team to advocate for accessibility.

Ideal for leaders, designers, developers, marketers, DEI professionals, and anyone passionate about making accessibility a core value.
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Introduction to making Word documents accessible
2024-09-25 05:00 - 06:00 | Webinar
Do you know about the accessibility features in Office 365? Are you using them to create accessible documents? Have you thought about how you can embed best accessibility practices with Office across your organization? Learn the basics of how to make your documents accessible in Word.
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Inclusive Design Patterns For 2025
2024-09-24 09:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
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.
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Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
2024-09-18 08:30 - 10:00 | Webinar
This session will focus on building awareness and understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA and a constellation of support resources and tools. WCAG 2.1, Level AA is not a complete fix for every accessibility issue, but the guidelines offer a path to better accessibility across a spectrum of technologies.
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Inclusive Design 24
2024-09-11 16:30 - 2024-09-12 17:00 | Webinar
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between.
Presentations will be available on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube Channel.
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Suggested Session to Attend
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Audio Description: Programmatic Accessibility as Inclusive Design
Sept. 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Introduction to XR accessibility
Sept. 11, 2024, at 11:00 p.m.
Digital serenity: How to reduce user stress with brain-friendly web design
Sept. 12, 2024, at 2:00 a.m.
Smart SVGs: transforming the future of graphics
Sept. 12, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.
Influencing Without Authority: A Pep Talk for Accessibility Advocates
Sept. 12, 2024, at 4:00 p.m.

How a Blind Person Uses a Website
2024-08-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
Watch a live demonstration of how a blind person navigates a website with a screen reader, revealing real challenges and actionable opportunities for improvement.
Learn how clear structure, intuitive navigation, and well-crafted content can enhance your website’s accessibility and user experience.
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How you can prepare for the new ADA Title II deadline
2024-08-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
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
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.
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Understanding Accessibility
2024-08-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
“Understanding Accessibility: Learning from People with Disabilities,” will provide you with valuable insights and practical knowledge to enhance your knowledge and implementation of accessibility.
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Creating Source Files in Microsoft Word for PDF Remediation
2024-07-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Microsoft Word offers many tools that make remediation in PDF quicker and more successful. Join Rachel Reeves from Access Ingenuity to learn tips, tricks, and best practices for creating your documents in Microsoft Office with the intent to convert them to PDF.
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Beyond Section 508 Digital Accessibility Requirements: An Overview of Web Accessibility Requirements from WCAG 2.1 and 2.2
2024-07-30 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
If your organization is using only WCAG 2.0 Level AA to audit your web properties, what accessibility features are you missing? Bruce and Rachael will explore and answer this question by reviewing the Success Criteria added in WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 as well as AAA requirements from WCAG 2.0.
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Pope Tech Accessible Documents Webinar
2024-07-23 10:00 - 23:00 | Webinar
George Joeckel, Online Training Program Manager at WebAIM, shares some fundamental principles and processes for accessible documents that WebAIM has taught to over 8,000 trainees since 2018. The training covers headings in Word, slide titles in PowerPoint, sheet names in Excel, alt text, and exporting to PDF.
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Enhancing University Accessibility with Real-Time Web Registry Services
2024-07-11 08:00 - 09:00 | Webinar
Discover how the world’s top universities are revolutionizing web accessibility and achieving stringent compliance standards through Real-Time Web Registry Services. This session will cover the key benefits of deploying these services, provide a practical implementation guide, and share success stories from renowned institutions. Learn actionable strategies to elevate accessibility and inclusivity at your university.
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Accessibility in social media
2024-06-28 04:30 - 05:00 | Webinar
During this webinar, we will present best practices, challenges and recommendations to improve accessibility in social media. You will learn how to use built-in features and tools to enhance the user experience.
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