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Accessibility - busting a few misconceptions

Fiona Chan
September 06, 2014

Accessibility - busting a few misconceptions

There are a few common misconceptions that people seem to have when they think of accessibility. This talk explains what these misconceptions are, why we should care about accessibility and techniques we can use to improve it.

This talk was first presented at Learnosity.

Fiona Chan

September 06, 2014
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  1. U.S. and Australia 1 in 5 people have a disability

    http://www.and.org.au/pages/disability-statistics.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/cb12-134.html
  2. Australia 357,000 are blind or have low vision 8% of

    people, mostly males, suffer from some form of colour-blindness. http://www.and.org.au/pages/disability-statistics.html
  3. Section 508 Federal government must provide electronic and information technology

    goods and services that are fully accessible to those with disabilities.
  4. American with Disabilities Act Ensure people with disabilities can have

    an equal opportunity to participate in programs, services, and activities.
  5. Tools • Firefox Accessibility Extension - general accessibility testing
 http://firefox.cita.illinois.edu/

    • Spectrum - test webpage with different types of colour vision deficiency.
 http://goo.gl/bCLPxz • Contrast Ratio
 http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/