GAAD Presentation at HUBOttawa
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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
Services❏ Consulting❏ Drupal Development❏ Support and Maintenance
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
You will receive this presentation by email.
Thank you
@mgifford@openconcept_ca
http://openconcept.ca