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IT Accessibility Goes To Camp

A guest blog by Jennison Asuncion. June 1 marked the date of the second Accessibility Camp Guelph. Led again by Sean Yo, it took place in an appropriate spot for a barcamp-type event, The Bullring Pub at Guelph University (Ontario, Canada). As with the five other accessibility camps I have been involved in over the […]

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Fixing Alt – Mr. Twitter

The next in our “Fixing Alt” series is the Mr. Twitter comic on Agent-X Comics. Here’s the alternative text for yet another comic which lacks it. The alt and title attributes are both blank. Sad. So here the text description: Image: Two men standing by wall with poster of man with sunglasses, mustache and bow […]

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Accessibility at Google IO 2011

So I attended the first day of Google I/O 2011, my first time at a Google event. I was glad to hear a fair amount of talk about accessibility. There were at least 3 sessions focusing on the topic (see below) and a breakout area where you can talk with developers. There was even an […]

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Accessibility Twitter Lists

A list of lists! Here are some great Twitter lists relating to accessibility. Web Accessibility list by Me @WebAxe Accessibility list by Michael Mistak @MichaelMistak Accessibility list by Sandi Wassmer @SandiWassmer Accessibility list by A11Y @A11Y HTML5 Accessibility Task Force list by Laura Carlson @laura_carlson Accessibility list by Angela Hooker @AccessForAll Accessibility list by STCAccess […]

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Resources for Writing for Web Accessibility

UPDATED MARCH 2017 A large part of web accessibility is creating content which can be easily understood, and writing is often times an overlooked factor. Like coding a website, writing must account for a variety of user conditions and abilities. It’s tricky! Here are some great articles to help. From 4 syllables Some great adviceĀ fromĀ @Writing4Web. […]