IT Accessibility in Technology & Operations collaborated across RBC and with vendors in areas such as creating RBC IT Accessibility Requirements/Guidelines training on providing accessibility testing consulting on technology procurement admins IT Accessibility Project Certification process chair JAWS and Zoom Text user group across the country so employees aren’t so isolated, meeting once a quarter.
All projects at RBC go through various gates, one of which is accessibility.
Talk focus: employee accommodation from a digital inclusion perspective.
Workplace Inclusion with the RBC Accessibility IT team
Pop-up tabs: reasonable solution with lists and ARIA.
Semantic HTML: a button is a button, not a div.
We don’t guide them through, but observe how they approach the task.
partnership with Kitchener-Waterloo AccessAbility.
Implementing WCAG & Beyond: Lessons Learned from User Feedback with Jason Soo Hoo
PwD cross all minority groups (aboriginal, LGBTQ2S etc).
We are us, we are not them there is no them or they.
compare plight of PwD employment to women rights, racism.
Unjustified terror paralyzes efforts to convert unemployment into jobs.
Instead of able-ism, I think disable-phobia is a better term.
3.8 million PwD in Canada are unemployed.
attitudinal barriers are the biggest barrier to overcome.
values and attitudes are the more challenging to change.
inclusion is part values, attitude, skill and funding.
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accessibility allows people to achieve their full potential.
challenges create broader choices and enhancements.
Forms: Not all AT recognizes placeholder text.
ARIA is a temporary solution that fills in gaps very useful – but don’t put ARIA on everything.
Signify whether pages open in a new window with an image with ALT or use ARIA.
Screen reader’s can miss images as buttons.
headings: organize page content and page sections.
Improvement: table headers on row and columns don’t repeat the same links.
CBC.ca has a blissful website – one of the best I’ve seen in my life: clear links headings, labelled forms.
CFL.ca has a blissful website: logical headings, empty ALT for dec.
Flash can be made accessible, but not great.
No skip links: have to read the main navigation all the time.
Bundy’s Hierarchy (base to tip): Not accessible, not usable > accessible not usable > accessible and somewhat usable > Accessible, usable digital bliss.
importance of describing PowerPoint content for people who cannot see them (story of colleague sending texts to describe slides during another’s presentation).
Mentors need a broad understanding keeps knowledge current understands AT and browsers.
Mentors help keep motivation going after the initial excitement about accessibility to push and encourage as you make progress.
Usability testing: calmer to have someone going through your system with AT instead of an angry customer who’s been passed from support person to support person at your company.
Facility Accessibility Design Standards from London (ON) – free, but request acknowledgementīeyond checklists with Janna Cameron, D2L.
Canadian Standards Associations – B651 – costs around $140-160.
Choosing green for a nature sign is not smart – disappear in foliage.
Trail signage at start of trail: length of trail, terrain of trail.
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Signs behind glass windows are a problem when it comes to glare.
People with disabilities (PwD) is the largest minority group in the world – the only minority group you can join at any time!.
My notes from Day One are also available: Accessibility Conference: Day One #accessconf16 When Good Intentions Go Wrong with Brian Kon, Sterling Frazer Associated My conference notes from Day Two of the Accessibility Conference at UofG. Inclusive Design in Digital Media Certification (Humber College, Continuing Education): $96.00 per course (4 courses for Certification of completion – 24 hours in the classroom total) Author nchitty Posted on DecemMaCategories Resources Tags education, human centred design, inclusive design, post-secondary, universal design Leave a comment on Degrees/Certifications in Digital Accessible and Inclusive Design Guelph Conference: Day Two
Advanced Web Accessibility Strategies and TechniquesĬertificate in Accessibility Practices: AODA and Beyond (Ryerson University, Chang School of Continuing Education) Previously known as Certificate in Advancing the AODA.
Digital Accessibility as a Business Practice.
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Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy.
Free!įree MOOCs offered by Ryerson University: Master of Design, Inclusive Design (OCAD University) College Where do you go for a post-secondary education in digital accessible and inclusive design? All of the locations above are currently in my home base of Toronto, but I’d like to add programs from all around the world! Know of one I missed? Let me know! Here is the list I’ve complied to date: University