{"id":3130,"date":"2025-09-08T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:44:08","slug":"september-2025-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/announcements\/2025\/09\/08\/september-2025-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2025 Digital Accessibility Updates, Trainings, and Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A monthly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Resources &amp; Trainings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are external resources you might find beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>New Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-content-list wsu-list--style-arrow wsu-list--columns-1 \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pope.tech\/2022\/08\/04\/5-heading-accessibility-issues-and-how-to-fix-them\/\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">5 heading accessibility issues and how to fix them<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> Pope Tech\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Learn what a heading structure is, how to help accessibility, and the 5 accessibility issues to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCore Concepts, Headings, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle, Sept-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalaccesstraining.com\/pages\/articles?p=the-curb-cut-effect-how-designing-for-disability-benefits-everyone\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">How Designing for Disability Benefits Everyone<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> Vision Australia\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The curb-cut effect demonstrates how solutions designed for people with disabilities often benefit everyone, revealing a powerful design principle.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBenefits &amp; ROI, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle, Sept-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/blog\/colorblindness-part1\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">How your colorblind and colorweak readers see your colors<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> Datawrapper\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>When visualizing data, you always use colors. But if you don\u2019t know any colorblind people, it\u2019s easy to forget that your charts have readers who can\u2019t tell colors apart as well as you do.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor &amp; Color Contrast, Core Concepts, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle, Sept-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/on-demand-webinar-vpat-101\/\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">Introduction to the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> TPGi\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARC &amp; VPAT, Procurement, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSept-2025, Video\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/blog\/colorblindness-part2\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">What to consider when visualizing data for colorblind readers<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> Datawrapper\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Choosing colors for your visualizations is hard, choosing colorblind-safe colors is harder. This article tries to help by including ideas to design colorblind-safe data visualizations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor &amp; Color Contrast, Data Visualization, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle, Sept-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wsu-content-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datawrapper.de\/blog\/colorblindness-part3\" class=\"wsu-content-list__item-title\">What\u2019s it like to be colorblind<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Source:<\/strong> Datawrapper\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>This article is about giving you somebody to think about when you use the accessibility checklist.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-content-list__item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Categories:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColor &amp; Color Contrast, Data Visualization, Documents &amp; Presentations, Resource\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle, Sept-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/events\/\">Trainings<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event\u2019s information page about registration, changes, or cancellation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"js-wsu-events-list wsu-events-list \"\n\tdata-component-id=\"0896286751e14676b792040f074762ca\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"feed\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-search=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-data-source=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-count=\"999\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-no-results-message=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-post-ids=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-exclude=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-types=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-categories=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-tags=\"94\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-organizations=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-locations=\"\"\n\t\t><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sept email with additional resources and training relevant to digital accessibility including resources for data visualization, headings, and VPAT. 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