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It’s not unusual for people to think that making a website accessible requires complex code, fancy tricks, boring design and a lot of money. In fact, making websites accessible is straightforward once you know what’s involved. The World Wide Web Consortium (affectionately known as W3C) has developed Web Content Accessibility… Read More about “What’s involved in making websites accessible?”
The 3rd Annual Accessibility Camp Toronto was held this past weekend at OCAD University. For anyone interested in digital accessibility, it’s a must attend event. If your organization uses PDFs to any extent, either on your website or internally, you’ll want to watch the presentation given by Denis Boudreau. In this… Read More about “PDF Accessibility Testing”
Staring January 1, 2014 if your organization has 50 or more employees, you’ll need to start thinking about the accessibility of your website. What’s required? If you’re going to be launching a new website, relaunching an existing site or publishing new content (yes, that includes PDFs), after January 1 2014… Read More about “Accessible websites are part of the next phase of AODA legislation”
“Why not just create a second version of a website to accommodate people with disabilities?” “Why would an auto manufacturer need an accessible website? People with vision impairments don’t drive after-all.” These are questions that came from an audience member attending a session about website accessibility. Is that type of… Read More about “Short sighted? Does your website unknowingly ignore key decision makers?”
We often come across service providers who offer tools they say will make your web site accessible. These tools usually require software or a plugin to be downloaded and installed by the end user. More often than not, these tools will only work on Windows but not a Mac. While… Read More about “There is no quick fix for web accessibility”
It’s always good practice to test your pages or WordPress templates for accessibility before you release them to the world. There are all kinds of great tools for checking your site’s web accessibility. Test your site with WAVE from Web AIM, check the colour contrast of your site. These tools are effective… Read More about “Quick Tip: Web Accessibility. Test with automated tools but …”
Despite the best efforts of so many web accessibility champions, there still exist many misconceptions – and much misunderstanding – about what it all means. Just this week, I had a conversation with a colleague who needed to include accessibility in the scope of the project. “We need to make… Read More about “Misconceptions about Web Accessibility”
Are you still trying to determine what you need to do to comply with AODA legislation? You’re not alone. The Ministry of Community and Social Services has developed an on-line wizard that helps sort things out. The AODA E-Wizard asks you a few, short questions about your organization and provides you… Read More about “AODA Quick Tip – AODA E-Wizard”
If you’re a member of NTEN or the Ontario 211 Network and want to learn more about web accessibility, please join Cindy Leonard and I on May 16, 2012 for a free webinar. Access for All: Basics of Website Accessibility provides a basic overview of web accessibility including requirements for Section… Read More about “Webinar Scheduled for NTEN and Ontario 211 Network Members”
Now that you have your requirements in place for the Customer Service Standard, it’s time to start looking at your public-facing website as well as your Intranet (if you have one) to ensure you’ll be able to meet the deadlines set out in Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation. The Ministry developed… Read More about “Timelines for the Integrated Accessibility Standards”
