Start Your A11y Journey How to become an Accessibility Advocate Todd Libby - @toddlibby

100% Accessibility Advocate

One BILLION people! 15%* of the world has a disability of some form. • Cognitive *https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health

Many types we know of. • Cognitive • Visual

But there are many more. • Cognitive • Visual • Motor Skill

There are disabilities that aren’t seen. • Cognitive • Visual • Motor Skill • Situational • Invisible

Buy-In

Advocate

Assess

Establish

More Buy-In

Importance

Laws & Guidelines Different laws for different countries • USA: American Disabilities Act (ADA) • Canada: Accessible Canada Act (ACT) • EU: EN 301 549 - When WCAG 2.2 is released, it will be considered for inclusion in the EU standard. • England: Equality Act 2010, combined several equal access acts and regulations, including the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). BSI 8878 standard. • Find out more! https://www.telerik.com/blogs/the-internationalaccessibility-standards-you-need-to-follow

Lived Experiences

Evolving

Employ!

Understand

Ask!

“…our industry as a whole thinks less and less abut accessibility (not that we ever had an A ga on the subject), and talks less and less about progressive enhancement, preferring to chase ephemeral goal posts of over-engineered solut to non-problems.” — Jeffrey Zeldman

“Accessibility is a right. NOT a privilege. Todd 🦞

Thank You!