How to Begin Remediating Your Website’s Inaccessibility

Learn to diagnose accessibility issues on your legacy site and find helpful starting points for embracing inclusive solutions.

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1. How to begin remediating your website’s inaccessibility. Heather Taylor, CPWA | Frontend Designer
2. Common pitfalls when working to improve site accessibility
3. Pitfall #1 The compliance "checkbox" culture
4. Pitfall #2 Treating accessibility as an afterthought
5. Pitfall #3 Ignoring the enormous spending capacity of people with disabilities
6. Pause. Re fl ect.
7. A few ways people use the web di ff erently
8. People with Visual Disabilities Blindness Low vision Color blindness
11. People with Auditory Disabilities Hard of hearing Deafness
13. People with Motor Disabilities Inability to use a mouse Slow response time Limited fi ne motor control
15. People with Cognitive Disabilities Have a greater di ff i culty with mental tasks than the average person.
17. Start the Conversation!