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WAC 2010-06-16 Accessibility Conference Update

WAC 2010-06-16 Accessibility Conference Update. Conference details. Aiming for Accessibility Conference University of Guelph June 8-9, 2010 http://www.accessconf.open.uoguelph.ca/default.aspx. AODA. Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

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WAC 2010-06-16 Accessibility Conference Update

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  1. WAC 2010-06-16Accessibility Conference Update

  2. Conference details • Aiming for Accessibility Conference • University of Guelph • June 8-9, 2010 • http://www.accessconf.open.uoguelph.ca/default.aspx

  3. AODA • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act • http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/ • Web accessibility: • Accessible Information and Communications Standard

  4. Web standards • History: • WCAG 2.0 Level AA WCAG 2.0 Level A • Current & Future: • WCAG 2.0 Level A & AA Hybrid WCAG 2.0 Level AA

  5. WCAG 2.0 Level AA • http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ • Customize Quick Reference to include: • Techniques and Failures: HTML, CSS, SMIL, Client-side Scripting, Server-side Scripting, WAI-ARIA • Success Criteria Levels: A, AA (Hidden: AAA) • Sections: Introduction, Sufficient Techniques and Failures, Advisory Techniques, Conformance Requirements

  6. Waterloo direction • Recommendation to start with Level AA • Expected future direction of AODA • High effort to retrofit websites

  7. Expected timelines for new standards implementation • Clear as mud ... • Start implementation in 2011 • Achieve compliance for 2013 • ... but still TBD

  8. Other items • Plan for accessibility (design, technology, training, effort to retrofit) • Education (training) is key (e.g. alt tags, meaningful links) • Validators are not enough (e.g. meaningful links) • Make web forms accessible (e.g. keyboard navigation must work) • Avoid Flash (good general rule) • Test JavaScript for accessibility (and minimize use) • Remember to caption videos • Accessible documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint) • Accessible alternatives (PDFs, web pages/content)

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