Date: Aug 11, 2020
Topic: How to fall in love with accessibility
Forget about learning web accessibility standards and focus on what you’re good at first – technology and code. Get a screen reader and get comfortable using it. Using assistive tech regularly is the easiest way to understand barriers and that’s half the challenge – identifying problems.
Speakers:
- Kate Kalcevich – Kate Kalcevich has championed accessibility since 2001. In the last decade, she redesigned Ontario.ca, developed the Inclusive Design Toolkit, created Ontario’s design guide, and taught role-based digital accessibility. Currently she is leading Canada Post in making their websites and applications accessible while building capacity within the digital team to embed accessibility into their daily work.