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Upcoming Accessibility Events (2024)

Post author By Dennis
Post date January 17, 2024
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Mark your calendar! Here are some terrific digital accessibility events coming up in 2024. Please add any good ones that I missed in the comments.

Feb 20-22, axe-con by Deque Systems, online.
April 6, Accessibility Camp Toronto, Toronto, Canada, #A11yTOCamp #a11yTO
April 30-May 1, ACCESS by 3PlayMedia, online.
March 7, Ability Summit by Microsoft, online.
March 18-22, 39th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim, CA.
May 13-16, AccessU 2024 in Austin, Texas.
May 16, Global Accessibility Awareness Day @gaadfdn #GAAD
May 27-28, Accessible Canada – Accessible World Conference in Montreal, Quebec.
June 14, Accessibility Summer Camp, by ICT, online.
July 3-8, Orlando, Florida, NFB National Convention,
July 8 -12, ICCHP – International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, JKU Linz, Austria.
July 30, HighEdWeb 2024 Accessibility Summit, @highEdWeb, online.
September 12, Inclusive Design 24 @ID24Conf #ID24, online.
TBD, Web Accessibility in Mind Conference by WebAIM and Pope Tech, online.
October 3-4, Accessibility Toronto Conference, in Toronto, Canada, @a11yTO #a11yTOConf
October 15-17, M-Enabling Summit, Washington DC, @mEnablingSummit
November 11-15, 27th Annual Accessing Higher Ground in Denver, CO, hybrid.

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Upcoming Accessibility Events (2023)

Post author By Dennis
Post date February 5, 2023
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Mark your calendar! Here are some terrific digital accessibility events coming up in 2023. Please add any good ones that I missed in the comments.

March 8, Ability Summit by Microsoft, online
March 13-17, 38th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim, CA
March 15-16, axe-con by Deque Systems, online
April 27-28, ACCESS by 3PlayMedia, online, free
May 9-12, John Slatin AccessU 2023 by Knowbility, hybrid
May 16-18, Virtua11y web accessibility conference 2023 by Nomensa @we_are_Nomensa
May 18, Global Accessibility Awareness Day @gaadfdn #GAAD
HighEdWeb 2023 Accessibility Summit, July 25,
Online, @highEdWeb
21 September, Inclusive Design 24 @ID24Conf #ID24, online
August 29-30, Web Accessibility in Mind Conference by WebAIM and Pope Tech
October 19-20, Accessibility Toronto Conference, @a11yTO #a11yTOConf
October 10-12, M-Enabling Summit, Washington DC, @mEnablingSummit
November 6-10, 26th Annual Accessing Higher Ground in Denver, CO, hybrid

Also, check out my Twitter list of accessibility meetup groups around the world.

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Upcoming Accessibility Events (mid-2021)

Post author By Dennis
Post date March 18, 2021
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With CSUN and axe-con ending, what are other events or conferences are coming up? Here’s a list of upcoming digital accessibility events in mid-2021. Feel free to comment with more.

TechAccess Oklahoma 2021, April 20-22
Added: Web4All April 19-20
Making a COVID-19 Site Accessible: From Tweet to Action (live YouTube), A11yTalks series, April 22
A Future Date conference, date to be announced @afuturedateconf
Global Accessibility Awareness Day, May 20 #GAAD
Accessibility Camp Bay Area, May 22, @A11yCampBay
John Slatin Virtual AccessU 2021, May 13 and 18–20, Knowbility
Accessibility Toronto Camp, Saturday May 29, tweet announcement, @a11yTO #a11yTOCamp
Inclusive Design 24 returns September 16, @id24conf #id24
M-Enabling Summit, October 4-6, 2021, Washington DC @menablingsummit
Accessing Higher Ground – November 15-19, submit speaker proposal (due 5/12)

Also, check out my Twitter list of accessibility meetups around the world.

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Accessibility Resources for Challenging Times—a letter from Lainey Feingold

Post author By Dennis
Post date April 17, 2020
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This is a guest post; a slightly modified letter from Lainey Feingold. Thank you Lainey!

Dear Web,

I hope this message finds you, your families and colleagues, and all those you love safe and as well as possible during these challenging times, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. I write to share some upcoming accessibility learning opportunities and resources.

A Future Date Conference is a free three day virtual gathering on April 21-23 offering many accessibility sessions cancelled this past spring. It will include the Digital Accessibility Legal Update that didn’t happen at CSUN.
John Slatin AccessU will be virtual this year, with four packed days of accessibility goodness in May. You can catch the Digital Accessibility Legal Update on May 14.
The free Introduction to Web Accessibility Course from the Web Accessibility Initiative of the W3C and Unesco has been extended on edX through May 30. So valuable!
I’ve had the (great) opportunity this past year to serve as a subject matter expert on accessibility issues for Disability:In. In this role I helped with a just-released resource titled Digital Accessibility and Remote Work. It is part of the organization’s COVID-19 Response series. Feedback welcomed.

For years I have said in my talks and trainings that digital accessibility is a civil right of disabled people. The truth of this has never been clearer.

This pandemic teaches that remote work, distance learning, and social connection is not possible without accessible information, software and technology. And this global health crisis underscores that accessible information can be a matter of life and death.

The global pandemic is frightening. Yet every day I am reminded of the importance of the work we all do to make the digital world inclusive. Thank you for the part you play.

Stay safe and stay well,

Lainey

Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Author, Structured Negotiation | A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits
http://lflegal.com/
LF@LFLegal.com
Follow on Twitter @LFLegal

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Summary of Accessibility Toronto Camp

Post author By Dennis
Post date May 20, 2019
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Accessibility Toronto Camp occurred Saturday, May 18 at OCAD University in incredible city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For information on Twitter, search #a11yTOCamp and follow @a11yTO.

The camp kicked off with a warm welcome and announcements from organizers Billy Gregory, Oskar Westin, and Jenny Hiseler. Learn about all of the camp organizers on the event’s website.

Announcements during the event included the launch of a new conference Accessibility In Real Life (#a11yIRL) and an axe-pro beta program for web developers from Deque Systems.

Below are session resources, select Tweets, and a few personal notes.

Session Resources

Here’s a mix of resources from presenters of the conference.

Inclusive Thinking for BAs and PMs by Hala Anwar (@halathinkeths).
Accessibility Squad – How to Cultivate a Community of Practice (Google Slides) by Alex Tait (@AT_Fresh_Dev).
Accessible SVG for icons, links and buttons (PPT), by Dennis Lembree (@DennisL).
Case Study: The New AFB Website (Google Slides) by Crispin Bailey (@cspin)
Hiral‏ (@thehiralmehta) presentation from talk on accessibility and digital advertisements (PPT via Drive).
Patrick Dunphy (@PatrickDunphy) recommend reading for those that attended his session on accessibility & OKR: Digital Accessibility Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
For “Automated Tools to Test Accessibility with NPM” by Arthur Rigaud (@arigaud_ca), here are the accessibility NPM packages discussed:
- pa11y
- axe-core
- Lighthouse
- BBC a11y
More: Google Spreadsheet of presentation materials (bit.ly/a11yTOCamp2019).

Tweets

Reunited #a11yTOCamp pic.twitter.com/gtFB1bIvlr

— Jonny James (@heresjonnyjames) May 18, 2019

Excited to great started with a full room. #a11yTOCamp pic.twitter.com/2NeOWlLvJD

— Patrick Dunphy (@PatrickDunphy) May 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/sophiaminmorgan/status/1130197585128493058

If your stakeholders aren’t readily on board with #InclusiveDesign, find out what your stakeholders do want to improve. @halathinkeths thanks for talking to such a packed room on motivating stakeholders and building engagement to work inclusively.#a11yTOCamp #accessibility pic.twitter.com/t0k6TwfI7Q

— Julianna Rowsell (@JuliannaRowsell) May 18, 2019

Here at #a11yTOCamp watching @FourneyDavid on The Evolution of Digital Accessibility (with CART services). #accessibility #digital #history #CynthiaWaddell #standards #WCAG #NordicGuidelines #SignLanguage #DeafAwarenessWeek #ANSI #procurement #ISO16071 #ISO9241171 #a11y pic.twitter.com/bIEjqgmdjc

— Thea Kurdi ♿ (@tkurdi) May 18, 2019

CAPTCHA is more of a barrier to people trying to access your product and less empathy from your business. #a11yTOCamp @detonite pic.twitter.com/dAMOpNIhdW

— Donna Vitan (@donnavitan) May 18, 2019

@dennisl is presenting “Accessible SVG for icons, links and buttons” #a11yTOCamp @a11yTO pic.twitter.com/MLseGgPuUQ

— David Dias (@TheDavidDias) May 18, 2019

Personal Notes

I loved exploring downtown Toronto; came across a wicked good place to eat called Rolltation — sushi burritos!
It was my first time at OCAD so it was cool just being there. It’s quite a funky/artsy place!
Met more great folks in the community including Sophia Morgan and John McNabb.
I have a few photos on the Instagram #a11yTOCamp feed.