https://groups.drupal.org/node/534548
Date: December 18th, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Inclusive Digital Products: Why Web Accessibility Matters
Speaker: Kara Gaulrapp - Front-End Developer at Message Agency (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-gaulrapp-045b7047)

Does your website create an inclusive or exclusive environment for users? Does your digital strategy incorporate web accessibility standards? Are you not sure? Let's have a conversation and find out!
This presentation details how to start, develop, manage, and get buy-in for creating inclusive digital products. We’ll cover topics like:

An introduction to web accessibility
Inclusive design and UX principles
Business and social cases for compliance
Strategies and tools for incorporating web accessibility in every project phase
Interim repairs and communication tactics
About our speaker:
With a personal mission to create an inclusive web, Kara is committed to web accessibility, digital literacy, and human-readable information. As a front-end developer, Kara’s focus has been creating online experiences for mission-driven organizations, EdTech companies, and other educational institutions. In 2017, she received an Educational Advertising Award for a microsite she developed for La Salle University.

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Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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Issue tags: -a11y +Accessibility

Accessibility is the preferred tag. We're trying to avoid the a11y tag because (a) lots of people don't understand the numeronym, and (b) so the maintainers don't have to monitor two tag queues.