making your organization accessible to people with disabilities

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Making Your Organization Accessible to People With Disabilities

Tom Babinszki

October 23, 2012

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Tom Babinszki Director

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• What is accessibility?

• Why is it important?

http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/statistics/

• Physical accessibility

• Accessibility of information

http://www.section508.gov

• Extending services to all people

• Legislation and the right things to do

• How people with disabilities access services and information?

http://www.evengrounds.com/articles/how-do-people-with-different-

disabilities-use-the-computer

• People without sight

• People without hearing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8p2PJzkjU

• People who cannot use

their hands or legs

What you do to involve others can help you as well

Tools and software that make people's lives easier

Mainstream tools and specialized solutions

Demonstration of examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BcZ8sapLs4

• Money reader

Demonstration of examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK97XMibEws

• Screen reader

Demonstration of examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxQ2qKShvmc

• Using iPhone

• What is your building like?

• Can all people access your events and meetings?

• If not, do you have anything in place?

http://www.ada.gov/

• How are you communicating information?

• Do you have alternatives for paper based information?

• How is people's experience when they call you on the phone?

http://www.w3.org/wai

A Few Last Things to Consider

• Web and software accessibility

• Is it keyboard accessible?

• Do you have alternatives for images, videos and audio?

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