Accessibility UX (New) Archives

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Digital Accessibility is Important Now More Than Ever

With social distancing becoming the new normal, digital accessibility is vital for people with disabilities to stay in touch with society. Many people are solely.

7 days ago
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5 Top Ways to Increase Inclusion

Organizations often worry that increasing inclusion means throwing away their current design process, or causing major disruption to their day-to-day operations. In an ideal world,.

1 month ago
Kim Phillips In Accessibility Best Practices, Accessibility Best Practices (New), Accessibility UX (New), Ebook (New), Inclusive Design (New), White Paper (New), Whitepapers

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Reporting Accessibility with VPAT 2: A Guide for Vendors

As the demand for accessible technology grows, so does the demand for product manufacturers and vendors to formally document their product’s or service’s conformance with accessibility standards.

6 months ago
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How We Do Our Work Matters: Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Many people use accessibility and inclusive design as interchangeable terms. However, they are not the same thing. Accessibility is an outcome, and inclusive design is.

6 months ago
Derek Featherstone In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Developer / IT (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), UX (New), WCAG (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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Growing Accessibility and Inclusion Through Design Systems

Three experts come together to share their combined experience in the trenches working with clients through development, training, and roll-out of user-experience-driven design systems. They share valuable lessons learned along the way–and innovative ideas for moving forward–to ensure that the right systems are in place to build technology that’s accessible to everyone.

7 months ago
Marketing In Accessibility UX (New), Agile and Accessibility (New), Developer / IT (New), Product (New), UX (New), Webinar (New)

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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Does a Blind Person Use Twitter?

For people who are blind or low vision, screen reading software enables them to browse the web and use applications. We asked Level Access business.

7 months ago
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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Do People with Mobility Disabilities Use Technology?

Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities. But what if you’ve never seen a person with limited mobility use their.

7 months ago
E Foley In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Assistive Technology (New), Developer / IT (New), Marketing (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), Understanding Assistive Technology (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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Webinar: Where Accessibility Lives: Incorporating A11y into Your Process and Team

Chief Experience Officer Derek Featherstone covered real-world examples of how to make accessibility live in your automation tools, style guides, pattern libraries, and design systems, ready to create a more accessible and inclusive web.

9 months ago
Shannon George In Accessibility Trends (New), Accessibility UX (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), UX (New), Webinar (New)

Webinar:The ADA and Web Accessibility: How to Minimize Legal Risks in Banking

Original Presentation Date: June 25, 2019 Web accessibility lawsuits reached an all-time high in 2018, with over 2,250 filed cases. Now, more than ever, it’s.

9 months ago
Shannon George In Accessibility UX (New), ADA (New), Financial (New), Legal (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), UX (New), Webinar (New)

Webinar: WCAG 2.1 and Mobile Accessibility

WCAG 2.1. Mobile Accessibility expert Kara VanRoekel walks through everything you need to know about the new guidelines (including when you should be implementing them).

9 months ago
Shannon George In Accessibility UX (New), Developer / IT (New), Marketing (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), Software (New), UX (New), WCAG (New), Webinar (New)