GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAYThe Challenges of Digital Accessibility – May 15

OpenConcept Consulting Inc.

Facts and Figures:President: Mike GiffordCreation date: 1999Switch to Drupal: 2006Number of employees: 10Location: Ottawa

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The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

Definitions

❏ The degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.

❏ The inclusive practice of removing barriers that prevent access to websites by people with disabilities.

AccessibilityWeb

Accessibility

❏ A design that considers the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human difference.

Inclusive Design

Visible vs Invisible disabilities

TYPE RELATED DISABILITIES

VisionColor blindness, Low visionBlindness

BrainDyslexiaLearning/cognitive disabilitiesEpilepsy

MovementCarpal tunnelRepetitive strain injuriesArthritis, Cerebral Palsy 

HearingHearing impairmentDeafness

Population with disabilities

Canada: 14.3% (56.3% of 75+)

Ontario: 15.5%

Quebec: 10.4%

Source: Statistics Canada (2006)

Guidelines & Legislations

❏ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 ❏ Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0❏ Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities (AODA)❏ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Illustration

❏ The Arthritis Society❏ Ontario.ca

An pretty accessible website

A less accessible website

Testing Tools

❏ Wave Toolbar - Sites❏ Functional Accessibility Evaluator❏ Firefox Extension WCAG Contrast checker❏ ChromeVox ❏ NVDA❏ Apple VoiceOver (Mac & iPhone)

Fixing problems at the source■ Drupal CMS■ jQuery UI■ CKEditor

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