Written by Guest Blogger Dane, a WeCoAccessibility Specialist Intern. The inception of Global Accessibility Awareness Dayor GAAD started with a single blog post, written by a Los Angeles web developer named Joe Devon. Jennison Asuncion, an accessibility professional from Toronto came across Joe’s blog post via Twitter and immediately contacted him. They joined forces to… Continue Reading Celebrating GAAD: Beginning Accessibility Tips
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Consulting Users Living With Disabilities: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day helps us reflect on the history we’ve been making in creating a digital accessible world. Continue Reading Consulting Users Living With Disabilities: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Usability & Digital Accessibility: A Closer Look
Web usability and digital accessibility are closely related. When talking about the disabled, it’s important to distinguish them. Continue Reading Usability & Digital Accessibility: A Closer Look
Selecting A Digital Accessibility Evaluation tool
When used throughout the web development phases, automated evaluation tools can be used to assist users with digital accessibility. Continue Reading Selecting A Digital Accessibility Evaluation tool
Web Accessibility Challenges for the Deaf-Blind
People living with a disability face various web accessibility challenges when accessing websites. But ask yourself this: What if you had, not one, but two disabilities? Without vision and the ability to hear, you would think one who was deaf-blind would be unable to browse the Internet, let alone use a computer. Death-blind is defined… Continue Reading Web Accessibility Challenges for the Deaf-Blind
IT Accessibility & Living with Autism
Autism can cause problems with social interaction, communication, cognitive and motor difficulties, but technology can be a huge help. Continue Reading IT Accessibility & Living with Autism
Web Accessibility for People Living with a Hearing Disability
One might believe that people living with a hearing disability don’t really suffer from web accessibility problems since they can see the images, use a mouse, navigate the site, and read the content on the web page just fine, right? Websites are increasingly consisting of video and multimedia content. Continue Reading Web Accessibility for People Living with a Hearing Disability
