{"id":4017,"date":"2026-05-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:54:06","slug":"may-2026-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/announcements\/2026\/05\/01\/may-2026-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2026 Digital Accessibility Updates, Trainings, and Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A monthly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility, along with additional digital accessibility resources and training.<\/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\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/intopia.digital\/articles\/giving-pages-a-clear-shape-by-using-headings\/\">Giving pages a clear shape by using headings<\/a>: Headings give a page its shape. When they\u2019re not constructed correctly, everyone suffers: screen reader users, people scanning with extensions, and anyone asking AI for a summary.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Intopia<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pope.tech\/2026\/04\/01\/making-emojis-and-icons-screen-reader-accessible\/\">Making emojis and icons screen reader accessible<\/a>: There are specific strategies and considerations for making emojis and icons accessible to assistive technology users.\u00a0<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Pope Tech<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-bi\/create-reports\/desktop-accessibility-creating-reports\">Design Power BI reports for accessibility<\/a>: Whenever building a report, no matter who your audience is, you should create your reports to be usable by as many people as possible, without the need for the report to be adapted for a sort of special design.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Microsoft Learn<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-bi\/create-reports\/desktop-accessibility-overview\">Overview of accessibility in Power BI<\/a>: This article provides an overview of Power BI and accessibility. Other articles provide guidance, and tools, which can help you create great reports with accessibility in mind.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Microsoft Learn<br><\/li><\/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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to the event\u2019s information page for details on registration, changes, and cancellation policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/elevating-the-web-an-adventure-in-web-accessibility\/\">Elevating the Web: An Adventure in Web Accessibility<\/a><br>In this engaging presentation, Nora L. Guy explains her &#8220;secret sauce&#8221; for helping ensure good UX: empathy-driven storytelling that helps stakeholders understand the very human need for accessibility.<br>May 7 at 8:00 am to 9:00 am<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Equalize Digital<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/web-accessibility-101-small-things-that-make-a-big-difference\/\">Web Accessibility 101: Small Things That Make a Big Difference<\/a>: In this introductory webinar, you\u2019ll learn how small, intentional changes can dramatically improve usability for people with disabilities\u2014and create a better experience for all users.<br>May 19 at 8:00 am&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;9:00 am<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Equalize Digital<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/creating-accessible-documents-the-basics-part-1-2\/\">Creating Accessible Documents \u2013 The Basics (Part 1)<\/a><br>Making a great document is more than just typing the correct words. To ensure your information reaches the widest possible audience, the document needs to be accessible.<br>May 19 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Maine CITE<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/a-systematic-approach-to-pdf-accessibility\/\">A Systematic Approach to PDF Accessibility<\/a>: Become more aware of how people with disabilities use PDFs, discuss the most common and more irregular document accessibility issues, learn how to go beyond the Acrobat Accessibility Checker, and gain insight into the go-to tools they use to speed up remediation workflows.<br>May 19 at 10:00 am&nbsp;to&nbsp;11:00 am<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Great Lakes ADA Center<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad\/\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)<\/a><br>The 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a day to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities\/impairments.<br>May 21<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The May email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility, along with additional digital accessibility resources and training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_category":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4017"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4037,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_category?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}