Easily Accessible
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Accessibility — creating inclusive digital experiences — is often sidelined in site design and development. Common stated reasons include:
- Budget: we don’t have the money right now, but will do it later
- Design: our audience cares more about “wow” than accessibility
- Difficulty: it is just too hard at the moment
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Achieving a high level of accessibility, however, can actually be quite simple, especially if the concepts are considered up front.
Additionally, content strategy plays a huge role in how successfully a site remains accessible over the long run. This gives site owners and builders the opportunity to improve accessibility incrementally with little-to-no additional effort, which is quite satisfying.
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What we will cover:
- Easy ways to significantly improve accessibility
- Understanding the real breadth of accessibility
- Considering (simple) user research as a way to up your accessibility game
- Examining the role designers play
- Looking at how content strategy impacts accessibility
- Low effort ways to identify (and prevent!) points of failure
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Who this session is for:
This talk will not require any high level of technical skill, and is designed for everyone.
- Designers and site builders interested in "doing better"
- Content editors and creators, and anyone responsible for marketing
- Anyone who wants to improve their site accessibility but is concerned about cost and time involved
- Anyone responsible for explaining to stakeholders why accessibility won't break the bank
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What you will come away with:
- A handful of tricks that can be quickly and easily applied across new and existing projects alike
- A short list of easy resources
- A longer list of research opportunities for those who want to go beyond easy