CLIENTS & INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES - Build It Right, Right From the Start
Channel: Drupal Association
Date: 2022-10-26

Anyone can be 'normal' online, but where does that leave our attitudes toward disabled people offline? In an era of digitalization, technology provides a way to innovate. Accessibility to the Web is essential to ensure equal access and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Let us examine what tools they use. How does it look? How does it work? How to define digital web accessibility to understand the experience and use of technology among persons with disabilities. Overview of basic concepts around accessibility, such as why digital inclusion is predominant?

For example, a video on a website has to be accessible to people that are blind. The video player should be controllable using a keyboard. Consider commands will be categorized correctly, and all the content in the video will be available as audio. But, if there are no captions or a text transcript available, then the video will be inaccessible to someone that can't hear the audio.

Different innovative products, applications, and websites are not easy to use and accessible to everyone. Several government agencies worldwide have made numerous legal changes to make IT products accessible to people with disabilities.

 Please join my session to understand the high-level introduction to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG)

Learning objectives - Attendees will develop insight, empathy, understanding and inspiration to prepare project strategy in new, more accessible ways.
1. Accessibility considerations & inclusive design
2. Why does accessibility matter?
3. How do people with disabilities use the web?
4. How will Assistive Technologies help them?
5. Let's discuss the Statistics, laws, and more!
6. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, v2.1
7. Role-based accessibility practices and the shift-left approach

Target Audience
Project Managers / Product owners / Scrum Master / Quality Assurance Engineers
Interested Contributors (developers, Testers, Clients)